Cook Once, Eat for a Month
Do you feel like your evenings are chaotic?
Struggling to get a NUTRITIOUS dinner on the table?
Wouldn't it be nice to come home to a supper that's already prepared?
Join us for two upcoming workshops:
Wednesday, March 22: 9 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 30: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Location: Rawlins County Fair Building
Cost: $85
Leave with 10 freezer meals, recipes, nutrition facts and educational material. Bring a cooler to take home meals!
Pre-registration is REQUIRED! Contact the Rawlins County Extension Office to register at 785-626-3192.
Planning to Save by Planning Menus
♦ Plan seven days of menus every week. Check your schedule, and write
down what you plan to serve for each meal and snack. Plan to
cook on the days when you’ll have more time. Plan to pack
“meals-to-go” or to serve quick meals at home, such as an item you can reheat
from your stash in the freezer, or cold sandwiches, on busy days. Remember to
plan to use left-overs, too.
♦ Focus on items you already have on hand, especially the perishable foods
in your refrigerator. Then add meals that are based on specials, sales and
coupons in newspaper, radio and TV ads, especially the meat and produce
sales.
♦ Buy enough of each sale item to prepare several meals. For example, if
the grocery store is selling tuna at a lower-than-usual price, you might
decide to serve tuna casserole and tuna salad sandwiches that week. Or, if
ground hamburger is on sale, perhaps you could buy enough to make spaghetti with meat
sauce, tacos and a meatloaf.
♦ Keep your menus for future use.