Your family won’t even notice if you use shredded chicken for every meal with these 15 delicious shredded chicken recipes. I regularly have shredded chicken in my fridge and freezer. I like to buy either chicken breasts or chicken thighs when they are on sale and cook them in bulk so I can replenish myRead More
1 Simple Trick to Save Time with Meal-Prepping
If you are meal prepping, no matter what your motivation to do it, time is probably a big factor for you. Meal prepping is a wonderful way to save time throughout the week from the time you spend at the grocery store to the time it takes to cook dinner. Not only do you saveRead More
10 Make-Ahead Breakfast Recipes
Making a few of these make-ahead breakfast recipes will give you a week’s worth of homemade breakfasts and free up more time for other things. Everyone says breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but it is also the hardest to find time for. Most of us are just trying to get where we needRead More
How to Make it Easier to Cook at Home
Eating out is costly and unhealthy. These tips on How to Make it Easier to Cook at Home will help you save money, eat healthier, and reduce cooking time. I don’t know about you, but it seems that I barely have time to breathe anymore. From the time I wake up, I am go, go,Read More
Prep-Ahead Meal Plan Using Roast and Ham
Here is a prep-ahead meal plan using roast and ham. It includes a printable shopping list, menu plan, and meal prep guide. Sales on roasts and hams have started turning up in sales fliers in my area – perfect timing as the weather has cooled off and I am finally feeling like turning on myRead More
How to Cook Bacon in the Oven
You can cook bacon in the oven. Seriously. This tip for how to cook bacon in the oven is from my cookbook Prep-Ahead Meals From Scratch. You are going to love this method once you realize how easy it is to bake bacon instead of cooking it on the stove top. When I cook bacon, I like to batch cook severalRead More
How to Batch Cook – Batch Cooking Video Tutorials and Tips
In my cookbook, Prep-Ahead Meals From Scratch, I share multiple ways to prepare large batches of different staples that can then be quickly combined into a variety of easy meals through the week. The cookbook includes batch cooking techniques for beef, chicken, pork, beans, and rice. By batch cooking, you can prep the ingredients for multiple family-friendly meals at once, ultimately savingRead More
How to Save Money with Prep-Ahead Meals
How to Save Money with Prep-Ahead Meals One of the great things about batch cooking ingredients in bulk is that when I see a great deal on meat, I feel comfortable buy several packages at once to use in my bulk cooking. I can then bring it home and cook it within a day orRead More
How to Create a Meal Plan with Batch Cooking
You don’t have to spend a whole day cooking meals for your freezer to take advantage batch cooking. You can adapt the concept of batch cooking to fit your lifestyle and schedule. I use batch cooking as a frugal way of creating my own “convenience foods” to simplify dinner preparation on busy weeknights. Cooking basic ingredients, suchRead More
