I started today with cutting and prepping several bags of onions. Oddly one of my least favourite jobs, it has become one of my favourite time-savers.
I normally do this once a month, but things have been pretty busy lately so there were quite a few. I had to toss a few spoiled ones, but ended up with over 6 bags to work with. I prepped over half of those today.
Some days peeling one onion is obnoxious -- the idea of doing 6 bags is somewhat daunting, but once you get going the time goes fairly quickly.
Of course one of my favourite kitchen helpers makes the job a breeze. I simply peel the onion, cut it in half (or quarters if it is larger) and drop them into the food processor for shredding.
From there, I bag them into medium sized freezer bags and stack them in the freezer.
What makes the "job" worthwhile is knowing that I now have 6 or more meals where I can just pop out a bag from the freezer, and either toss it in the soup pot or crockpot frozen or thaw it out if I have something else in mind.
Today I've kept one batch out to cook fresh for a special date night dinner tonight with my teddybear, but the rest have headed for the freezer.
Do you have something you like to prepare ahead to save you time later?
I'd love to hear about it!
Leave me a comment here, or send me an e-mail.
I normally do this once a month, but things have been pretty busy lately so there were quite a few. I had to toss a few spoiled ones, but ended up with over 6 bags to work with. I prepped over half of those today.
Some days peeling one onion is obnoxious -- the idea of doing 6 bags is somewhat daunting, but once you get going the time goes fairly quickly.
Of course one of my favourite kitchen helpers makes the job a breeze. I simply peel the onion, cut it in half (or quarters if it is larger) and drop them into the food processor for shredding.
From there, I bag them into medium sized freezer bags and stack them in the freezer.
What makes the "job" worthwhile is knowing that I now have 6 or more meals where I can just pop out a bag from the freezer, and either toss it in the soup pot or crockpot frozen or thaw it out if I have something else in mind.
Today I've kept one batch out to cook fresh for a special date night dinner tonight with my teddybear, but the rest have headed for the freezer.
Do you have something you like to prepare ahead to save you time later?
I'd love to hear about it!
Leave me a comment here, or send me an e-mail.
