Once a month, usually the first Friday of the month, I host a Prep Night at my house. This is a great time for you to get meals prepared and ready to either cook or put away in your freezer. This nights were a LIFESAVER for me whenever we had the week of snow and ice - my family ate good!! (But my freezer is a little bare...yikes!!)
Here's how it works:
The week before, I send out an email that lists all of the recipes that we will be making at the Prep Night. People then send me their wish list of recipes they want to make. They can make however many they want to. Each recipe can feed 6-8 people (they usually feed more than that). For those who don't need to feed that many, I offer a Half Menu which are three of the same full menu recipes but will feed 3-4 people. Each recipe lists the amount of meat needed for that recipe. On the Prep Night, people bring the meat for the recipes they want to prep. For a small charge, I provide all of the other ingredients for the recipes. Everyone sits around my dining room table. We then begin to "Smoosh". Everyone fills freezer bags with the ingredients and meat for each recipe. The labels on the freezer bags tell you what is in the bag and the different ways you can prepare it. After the freezer bag is filled with ingredients, we smoosh! Smoosh is what we call it when you smoosh up the ingredients in the bag to mix them up. It is a great stress reliever!! Then, we place that bag in another freezer bag. And that's it!! People leave with meals for their freezer and have had a really fun time!! I usually serve dinner. People who are attending sign up to bring snack foods and drinks. If you want to be added to the Prep Night mailing list, let me know!
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