Reply #5: I love to cook big meals

[MagickMuffin]

Growing up I cooked for my family, there were seven of us living at home. So, I've always had a hard time cooking smaller meals.

I can cook a large enough meal to be re-purposed into 3 different dishes during the week.

Sometimes I will cook a large casserole of mixed potatoes, carrots, onions, peppers and cook in the oven. Mmmmmm roasted veggies with gravy. We can usually get 2 or 3 meals just from the veggies, but then hubby will use the rest of the leftovers to make wonderful Indian dishes of curry with rice. He usually makes a large pot of rice (more leftovers) to use with other dishes.

When in the mood I have a Stuffed Poblano Pepper with Cilantro Cream Sauce dish that will make 3 meals. I make enough Cilantro Sauce to last for 3 meals as well.

Soups, oh sheesh the soups can last for days.

We don't eat meat (except seafood occasionally) so we eat soy meats. The chicken soy is a real winner. I make chicken pot pie (a large pie) again 3 meals.

Soy ground meat Mexican burgers 2 meals.

When we eat out we can usually get two sometimes 3 meals out of those meals.

I really haven't ever done a cost analysis tho. But we are very frugal and eat well.


Your soups look very delicious. What kind of mushrooms are you using??? In mine I use Portabellas, and Shiitake. Sometimes I make the Mushrooms to top Spaghetti, before using it for soup, of course I add more dairy to thin it down.