Grandma Rosie's Texas Home

• Mon 8 May 2006 - Cooking and Freezing

I am so tired of my hubby hitting McDonalds on the way to work! I am trying to re-train him.

I fixed about 8 lbs of chicken on the grill, also a large batch of pork chops. I peeled 10lbs of potatoes and made homemade mashed potatoes.

I put every thing in serving size freezable containers. I also made several loafs of his favorite bread, sliced it and froze two pieces to a bag. He loves garlic butter, I made that for him.

Now he can just pick what he wants and take it for lunch.

I am just about out of single serving sizes of meat loaf. Guess I'll make some today. Think I will do stuffed bell peppers also.

Home cooking should beat out McDonalds don't you think?

• Mon 8 May 2006 - I would think so...

Posted by morningsunshine

when my 4 yr old son asks to go to McDonalds, my reply is - with all the processing they do - “they don’t have *food*.” He has allowed for that, but has convinced me that they do have ice cream.
I think your dh will appreciate your work and the good food. guys seem to just like convenience over good food, so if yours is as convenient, he'll pick that.

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• Mon 8 May 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by glenda

When my husband was working outside the house i would do the same thing.. I also fixed him his breakfast in those small containers and he would take it with him and eat it at his first break.. The men that worked with him always asked him what do you have today it sure smells great.. He would show them and they all said the same thing must be great as they looked at there food machine food. Hubby always loved to take home food with him.. It sure beats any fast food items any day..
glenda

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• Mon 8 May 2006 - Hi

Posted by MyThreeDaughters

My hubby took lunch to work for three years ending in 2004. I can't remember what he put on his sandwiches. Sandwiches and fruit are a traditonal lunch around here. My daughter takes that to preschool.

In cold weather some people take soup in a flask. My other daughter likes to copy her friend sometimes. At the moment the favourite is salami in a bread roll with grated carrot inside. She loves it. Today she took scones for a snack from a batch of 5 or so I made from the left over box of scone mix or Bisquik type thing.

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• Tue 9 May 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by justme

My husband has only been to McD's About 5 times in his life. My kids won't eat McD's food. So that leaves me as the only person who eats at McD's and I only eat there about once every 2 years.

I've done a lot of freezer cooking in the past and think it's the greatest. If I ever get a break one of these days I may post some recipes that are great to have frozen. When I had my last baby I didn't cook for 6 months. I just pulled something out of the freezer to cook.
Donna

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My Family is the greatest gift God has given me, second only to the Salvation provided me by Jesus Christ, God's son. I love to garden, we have a small garden for vegetables and herbs. A small orchard for growing our own fruit . I recently retired and am very involved in homeschooling my six grandchildren.