I always love to try new recipes and different ways of doing things. While browsing at Barnes & Noble, I found this cookbook called "Dinner is Ready!" by Deanna Buxton. You can find it on Amazon.com (which is where I ended up ordering it from). I figured I'd give it a try, after reading almost everything on their website. The concept is that you can make 30 meals in ONE DAY! Crazy, I know. I don't have a freezer big enough, so that's probably not gonna happen anytime soon - hehe. Plus, I hate when the freezer is completely full. I like when it's 1/2-full...that way I can find things and see what's in it!
Tonight I made 3 of the recipes (in fact 2 of them are cooking while I'm writing this right now...very convenient). Some of the recipes are a little weird-sounding, but like any other cookbook, you have to filter out for your own personal taste and also I tend to always tweak recipes. I don't think I ever make something from a recipe, "by-the-book." I always add a little of this and a dash of that to get it to the taste that I (or Ryan) wants. Tonight, the ground beef stroganoff (with my twist) was taken mostly from the book. The other 2 things I made (specifically to freeze for later) were: Spicy Sausage Spaghetti Sauce & Chicken Tortellini Soup.
They smell delicious simmering away on the stove right now, side-by-side. It's great because as they simmer, I can do a bunch of other stuff. Then I just let them cool; package them for the freezer, tag them, and it's all set to go! I highly recommend doing meals this way if you're busy, even if you don't use this book. I can say for a fact, I wouldn't use all these recipes, because some just sound a little too strange. However, by making your own meals and freezing them, you can eliminate wondering what the mystery words are on the frozen-food box ingredients :) Just a thought...
