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Reducing Food Costs: Cooking with a Friend
This is a great idea. Especially in these times, sharing ingredients makes a ton of sense. And adding a friend---brilliant. Soups work real well. So does lasagna. There's a group in NJ (and Denver, I think) that does this. It's called "the cooking with friends club." They have a website and a Yahoo group and people make cooking dates and share recipes etc.
Reducing Food Costs: Cooking with a Friend
This is an excellent idea. I run an Indian cooking school in Chelsea and am introducing a class in May where people can come and learn to make 5 or 6 Indian dishes which they prepare in class, and then take food home with them. They get to have food for the week (or more if they freeze some) without even having to go shopping or doing any clean up. I think that is quite a good deal.
http://www.Indianculinarycenter.com
Reducing Food Costs: Cooking with a Friend
That's a great idea! I haven't cooked meals with a friend, but have split grocery shopping before (buy one get one). I'm not a very good meal planner, except for the fact that I do shop by the weekly grocery ads. Recently I cooked a roast and a boston butt in the crock pot and used the leftovers to make different meals such as quesadillas, open face sandwiches, philly cheese steak sandwiches, bbq sandwiches. It's really helped with grocery costs, since it seems I spend an awful lot for three people and really only two of us are home to eat!
Reducing Food Costs: Cooking with a Friend
This is a great idea! Most of my recipes could feed at least 4-6 people and there are only two of us at home. Planning is key!
Reducing Food Costs: Cooking with a Friend
I had stuffed shells florentine on my list of things to make with a few friends. Our plans fell through, but I made a big pan of them anyways (now that I FINALLY own a proper 9x13). I had a few for a snack, two servings in the fridge for today and tomorrow, and three more servings in the freezer.
Reducing Food Costs: Cooking with a Friend
Hi Jen.
I am always excited to discover people like yourself who realize the "genius" in Cooking With Friends. I run a website, e-newsletter and cooking community called the Cooking WIth Friends Club. Here's the link: www.cookingwithfriendsclub.com and have indeed been embracing this lifestyle for many years. As for your menu, I think the soup is especially terrific. Soup is the perfect food to make with a friend -- We've found that it can be made in bulk, it doesn't cost a lot and it freezes and then reheats extremely well. The Baked Ziti with sausage is also a good bet, as it can be frozen in individual portions. I would think the Pork stew would be best made to enjoy as a night's dinner with maybe a lunch or another dinner as leftovers. If you're planning to get together for the day, then your menu is certainly doable. If you only have a few hours, we've found it best to focus on fewer meals that yield higher amounts.
Thanks for sharing your cooking with friends excitement.
Alison
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This is a great idea. Especially in these times, sharing ingredients makes a ton of sense. And adding a friend---brilliant. Soups work real well. So does lasagna. There's a group in NJ (and Denver, I think) that does this. It's called "the cooking with friends club." They have a website and a Yahoo group and people make cooking dates and share recipes etc.