Cook Once Eat Twice™ ---how to guarantee you will have a second meal to freeze (part two).

The way to Cook Once Eat Twice™ successfully is to take the doubled amount of food and put it into containers before you serve your family. If you bring all of the food to the table two things will happen. First, everyone will eat too much because the food is delicious and easy to reach. Second, if your family liberally takes seconds, you will have nothing left to freeze because most of it was eaten. You worked too hard to double the recipe; do not take the chance of not having a second meal.

Before you call everyone to the dinner table, take out your containers and put half of the recipe in the containers. The food will be very hot so do not cover the containers, let them sit open on the counter to cool as you eat. When you are done eating and cleaning up the containers will be cool enough to cover. Label them with the date and name of the dish and put them in the freezer. Do not neglect to label the containers. I promise you a month from now you will not remember what you froze and once frozen, the food is completely unrecognizable.

As America’s Cooking Cheerleader™, I will do everything I can to teach and encourage you to cook two nights a week for your family. If you use my Cook Once Eat Twice™ philosophy, you will be cooking two nights, but getting four meals. If you freeze your second meal consistently, there will be weeks where you won’t have to cook at all.

Cooking is easier than you think and you and your family are worth the time and effort it takes.

Simple cooking substitution: 1 cup buttermilk = ¾ cup plain, unsweetened, yogurt + ¼ cup whole milk

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