Any Home Bakers Here?

[wyoDreamer]

All of my family recipes that I got from my mom were for a family of 5 kids + 2 adults. The recipes from my dads mom were for 13 kids + 2 adults but my mom managed to cut them down by 1/2 to feed our family. Now I am trying to cut them even more or find good ways to store/use the leftovers.
Meatloaf is great for freezing - I make mini-meatloafs (6 to 7 ounces each) and freeze them individually for lunches. DH eats his as a meatloaf with potato chips as a side, I cut my leftover meatloaf in half and use for a sandwich on toasted bread for lunch - yum!.

 

[Aria]

All of my family recipes that I got from my mom were for a family of 5 kids + 2 adults. The recipes from my dads mom were for 13 kids + 2 adults but my mom managed to cut them down by 1/2 to feed our family. Now I am trying to cut them even more or find good ways to store/use the leftovers.
Meatloaf is great for freezing - I make mini-meatloafs (6 to 7 ounces each) and freeze them individually for lunches. DH eats his as a meatloaf with potato chips as a side, I cut my leftover meatloaf in half and use for a sandwich on toasted bread for lunch - yum!.

WANT your meatloaf recipe ..YOU like the best.
PLEASE Aria

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hey Home Bakers making chili today pork meat leftover ribs will be in it and corn

 

[ronott1]

I had not thought of that.

Very good idea to cut down on leftovers.

I freeze my leftovers.

I freeze a lot of left overs too!

 

[ronott1]

Make lasagna in smaller pan.. Do not use as recipe make it like Grandma showed me forever an a day ago

I do not have a recipe either!

Lasagna is a simple one to make.

 

[ronott1]

My friend buys the "bread pan" aluminum trays and makes 4 lasagnas from her recipe - which would normally be a 9x13 pan. She bakes up one and freezes the other 3. Pull a pan out of the freezer and bake. 1 small pan gives 2 servings for supper and a leftover for lunch - so perfect sized for the 2 of them. That means her 2 hours of recipe making makes 4 suppers.

I tried making some freezer recipe dishes from a book.

Freezing messes up the flavor of a lot of things-- Cheese is one of them.

 

[wyoDreamer]

I buy 1 pound blocks of cheese when it is on sale and freeze it for future use. I never noticed a taste problem with the frozen cheese as long as it stayed vacuum sealed. Sometimes the texture is a little off (crumbly), but flavor always was acceptable. But, we go thru so much cheese that it never stays in the freezer for more than a couple of months.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Making tri tip tonight but figured need to make lasagna
tomorrow now..

 

[jnicholes]

Guess who MISSED an elk……

 

[Ladies-Eight]

All of my family recipes that I got from my mom were for a family of 5 kids + 2 adults. The recipes from my dads mom were for 13 kids + 2 adults but my mom managed to cut them down by 1/2 to feed our family. Now I am trying to cut them even more or find good ways to store/use the leftovers.
Meatloaf is great for freezing - I make mini-meatloafs (6 to 7 ounces each) and freeze them individually for lunches. DH eats his as a meatloaf with potato chips as a side, I cut my leftover meatloaf in half and use for a sandwich on toasted bread for lunch - yum!.

I just put mini meatloafs in the freezer.

I patted some out flat to fit the bread as my husband likes meatloaf sandwichs.

WANT your meatloaf recipe ..YOU like the best.
PLEASE Aria

Most meatloaf recipes are so different from person to person due to what they like.

I buy 1 pound blocks of cheese when it is on sale and freeze it for future use. I never noticed a taste problem with the frozen cheese as long as it stayed vacuum sealed. Sometimes the texture is a little off (crumbly), but flavor always was acceptable. But, we go thru so much cheese that it never stays in the freezer for more than a couple of months.

I love my vacuum sealer.

I have been eating some steaks lately that were frozen in 2016.

They are just like I bought them last week.