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Eight Time-Saving Cooking Tips
by Rachel Paxton Visit the Author's Website
1. Plan meals at least a week in advance to
incorporate the use of leftovers. For example,
have baked chicken, mashed potatoes, and gravy
for dinner Sunday, and then use the leftover
gravy as the base of beef stroganoff Monday.
2. If you know you're not going to have time to
cook one evening, prepare two dinners the night
before and just reheat one the next night.
3. When preparing a meal using grated cheese,
chopped onions, etc., prepare more than the recipe
calls for and refrigerate the rest for another meal.
4. Clean your kitchen workspace as you go. When
you're done there will be little left to clean.
5. On grocery shopping day, have your children help
individually wrap their cookies, snacks, etc., for
their lunches. Makes lunch preparation for the rest
of the week a breeze and snacks don't disappear
before lunches are made.
6. Don't hide your cookbooks away. Organize them
where you can get to them easily, and you will use
them a lot more.
7. Keep a notepad on the front of the refrigerator
for your shopping list. When you run out of something
write it on the list right away. Encourage family
members to do the same.
8. Prepare favorite beverages like lemonade, tea,
or Kool Aid in gallon-sized pitchers, and you won't
have to make them as often.
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Rachel Paxton is a freelance writer and mom who
is the author of What's for Dinner?, an e-cookbook containing more than 250 quick easy dinner ideas.
For recipes, tips to organize your home, home
decorating, crafts, and frugal family fun, visit
Creative Homemaking at CreativeHomemaking.com
and Suite 101 at
Suite101.com
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