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the shizzle => shootin' the shit => food & drink => Topic started by: rich d on July 16, 2010, 11:56:35 am
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I'm away all next week with work, and to appease the shortie I thought I'd prepare her meals in advance and fridge or freeze them, so she can eat well with the minimum of fuss. However I could really do with some decent ideas, as mine are rubbish, lasagne being the best I've come up with.so i thought I'd ask the collective knowledge,
Cheers rich
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Place one of these in each of three freezer draws...
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Curries can be frozen ok (although if there is lots of vedge it may all disintegrate upon cooking afterwards).
Fridge wise cous-cous will keep for a few days ok.
Boil some rice and cool it then leave in the fridge along with fresh veg (carrotts, broccoli, pak-choi, peppers, onions). Quick and easy to chop veg, stir-fry, throw rice in with a whisked egg and you've egg-fried rice (and meat as desired, its really not too hard).
Very generous of you to be planning ahead like this, my wife has to fend for herself whenever I go away.
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Dal.
Failing that I'm sure you'll be able to tarka into cooking for herself.
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Nice big batch of spag bol. Don't freeze the pasta obv. She MUST know how to prepare dried pasta!
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The wife isn't a total fucktard when it comes to cooking(she's only slightly challenged) - just after work and putting the kids to bed she's usually done in. good ideas so far.
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Phone number for local chinese?
Cook up a chilli, and get some of those microwave packets of rice.
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Of course. No offence meant!
Maybe a nice stew or a casserole.
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Chilli is always good and tastes better after it's been frozen, same for bolognese. Curries are good too, stews but they're more of a winter thing really. Soup?
If you get some decent bread and freeze it then it just needs stuck in the oven for 10 minutes on a low heat to defrost and crisp it up and goes along with main meals.
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No offence taken Will.
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Cook a job load of mince and make a lasagne, a spag bol sauce, a chilli and a cottage pie! She may be sick of mince before the weeks out but at least its easy.
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Dal.
Failing that I'm sure you'll be able to tarka into cooking for herself.
Thats an otterly awful pun...
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More seriously, big vat of soup made up of all the left over veg in the bottom of the fridge.. (salad doesnt work too well apparently)
Or - over the weekend, just make a couple of extra portions of whatever you cook and freeze them for next week?
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More seriously, big vat of soup made up of all the left over veg in the bottom of the fridge.. (salad doesnt work too well apparently)
I find if you leave veg in the bottom of the fridge long enough it turns into soup all by it's self. :oops:
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I've made this red lentil curry (http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/red-lentil-curry/Detail.aspx) a couple of times recently, you'll be able to make a big batch and keep it in the fridge. I normally add some chicken thighs to it as well, but you might want to change the meat if you are going to keep it in the fridge for a while.
I've also made this Thai Beef Red Curry (http://www.denverpost.com/ci_11380689) in the slow cooker a few times lately (could just as easily make it in a casserole dish and slow cook in the oven. It's a piece of piss to make and tastes lurvely - I add some extra heat to it though. This keeps in the fridge for a good 4/5 days.
Other than that a big batch of Chilli Conne Carne or Bolognese and then just cook some rice or pasta on the night.