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Ryan is a cool dude and his site is great. FFC was one of my favorites and I am glad that he is also adding some local flavor to the site as well. Even though I live miles away, it is cool to see what is going on other places.
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Reducing Food Costs: Cooking with a Friend
Economic difficulties cause people to reevaluate current behavior. Sometimes it is cheaper to cook at home, other times it is not. A lot of ethnic food in larger cities can be a better deal. Instead of fresh ingredients for fried rice, you can get a ton of it at most Chinese places for about $6.
Look at the ads, cook your meals around them and consider less expensive cuts of meat. Flank steak v. filet, Pork instead of steak etc..
You can always use fillers to stretch it out a little as well.
This is a good idea though.
Grub Grade Picks Up Where Fast Food Critic Left Off—With Hockey Masks!
Ryan is a cool dude and his site is great. FFC was one of my favorites and I am glad that he is also adding some local flavor to the site as well. Even though I live miles away, it is cool to see what is going on other places.
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
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
colts, we've been doing this as well with my mom and dad. Since my son moved away and i'm still used to cooking for him and all his friends, I freeze the leftovers and invite my mom and dad over for dinner every Sunday and she takes home all my frozen leftovers. She hates to cook but is a great bargain clothes shopper so she brings me clothes, I give her food - win/win!!
Reducing Food Costs: Cooking with a Friend
I've just started doing this with my mom, kind of. She's recently separated and there's only two of us in my house. There always seems to be about one serving leftover that never gets eaten. So I bought divided storage containers, pack up one meal for her, date it, mark what it is, and stick it in the freezer for her. I deliver the meals to her about once a week and she returns the empty containers. It works out great.
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Economic difficulties cause people to reevaluate current behavior. Sometimes it is cheaper to cook at home, other times it is not. A lot of ethnic food in larger cities can be a better deal. Instead of fresh ingredients for fried rice, you can get a ton of it at most Chinese places for about $6.
Look at the ads, cook your meals around them and consider less expensive cuts of meat. Flank steak v. filet, Pork instead of steak etc..
You can always use fillers to stretch it out a little as well.
This is a good idea though.