Pre-Leftovers and Rotating Food

I prefer to plan a main meal by cooking one or two new elements each day and adding them to what I already have. This spreads my cooking time out over the week, and it works equally well for singles or young couples.

Here’s how I planned my main-meal menus in a typical week:

Bar Mitzvah Menu for 35

I’ve more or less finalized the menu. While I would like to follow a commenter’s suggestion and keep it light, the number of teenage boys and the necessity to prepare in advance, along with tradition, means that it probably won’t be. I’ll have fresh salads and vegetables at every meal and leave it to people to make their own choices.

Bar Mitzvah Menu Planning

My menu for my son’s weekend bar mitzvah isn’t finalized, but it’s shaping up. We are down to 35 guests. I have a few considerations:

  • I need to be able to finish all of the cooking by the Thursday before the event, so I can set up and handle logistics on Friday.
  • I prefer to cook fresh rather than freeze in advance, so that I can freeze leftovers afterward. Cooked food that has been frozen and thawed shouldn’t be frozen again.
  • This means I’ll shop for meat and fish on the Wednesday before, and divide the major part of the cooking between Wednesday and Thursday. Vegetable prep work can be done by children, in advance of the actual cooking.

How To Use Up Celery

Tuesday is the day for time-saving tips and techniques at CookingManager.Com. Celery is one of those vegetables that you can always find in your refrigerator— when it is too late. Delicious when fresh, if not stored properly it wilts quickly and loses flavor. And you have to buy a whole head, even if you are one person. Fortunately, celery is flexible and […]

Save Money by Eating Less Meat and More Vegetable Protein

Animal proteins, including eggs, dairy products, meat, fish and poultry, are usually the most expensive part of our food budgets.

Sometimes people think that in order to eat less meat, they need to become vegetarian or make vegetarian meals more often. This is one approach. But you can still choose to include small amounts of meat or other animal protein in most meals. What counts is how much you eat over the course of an average day.

Planning Menus

There are three main methods of meal planning. The methods can apply to the main meal, or to all meals including snacks. The best plan takes into account your schedule, storage space, and cooking style, and is flexible enough to accommodate the unexpected. 1. Daily Plan. This does not mean that you decide what to […]

Evaluating Recipes

“This is delicious. Can I have the recipe?” Sometimes I want to try something, but when I get the recipe I find it doesn’t meet my cooking style. When I see a new recipe I ask myself whether is is fast, frugal and healthy. Fast. Fast recipes have few ingredients, few utensils, and short instructions. […]