Today Jared and I worked hard on some bulk baking. We started with the foods at the lowest temp and kept going up till everything was cooked. For the record we made a turkey breast, green bean casserole (which Jared made by himself), candied yams, and a lasagna. There are a few reasons for cooking this way. First, we only had to heat the oven once and up the temp as needed instead of using extra electricity pre-heating it for each meal. Second, today was a good day of being pregnant and we made the most of it by cooking meals for a few days. This will help on the days that going into the kitchen or smelling food makes me want to cry and reach for the trash can again. Having the food in the frig already will reduce the " There is nothing to eat" comments, and become some nice warm lunches on these last few cooler days. The turkey is a two-fold meal also, it will be reborn into turkey tetrazzini in the next few days. Jared is excited since it has turkey, noodles and mushrooms. The day Jared started like mushrooms sure made cooking much easier.
We had planned on making a few other items too, but I reached a point where couldn't stand up much longer. On a side note, its funny that when we make a ton of stuff or just one meal, there always seems to be the same amount of dirty dishes in the end.
Bulk baking, great for the environment (using less power), and our pocket book ( less chance of eating out).
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