I have a huge dilema next week. On top of finals, the new kitten is not feeling well. I want to do a small pork roast and a small pot roast tomorrow but I'd like to make TV like dinners with the leftovers and freeze them for next week. There will be nothing fancy. Just mashed, carrots and maybe some grilled veggies. Has anyone ever done this or should I just buy them from the supermarket?
Michael <- thinking he knows what will be in them if he makes them
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I have a huge dilema next week. On top of finals, the new kitten is not feeling well. I want to do a small pork roast and a small pot roast tomorrow but I'd like to make TV like dinners with the leftovers and
freeze
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them for next week. There will be nothing fancy. Just mashed, carrots and maybe some grilled veggies. Has anyone ever done this or should I just buy them from the supermarket?
Michael <- thinking he knows what will be in them if he makes them
My mom used to make "TV dinners" all the time. It works great! If you've already got the food and you need to get rid of it, why not make your own frozen meals?
I have a huge dilema next week. On top of finals, the new kitten is not feeling well. I want to do a small pork roast and a small pot roast tomorrow but I'd like to make TV like dinners with the leftovers and freeze them for next week. There will be nothing fancy. Just mashed, carrots and maybe some grilled veggies. Has anyone ever done this or should I just buy them from the supermarket?
Michael <- thinking he knows what will be in them if he makes them
Michael,
Sounds like fun! Only where are you gonna find those TV-dinner tins? 😉
I have a huge dilema next week. On top of finals, the new kitten is not feeling well. I want to do a small pork roast and a small pot roast tomorrow but I'd like to make TV like dinners with the leftovers and freeze them for next week. There will be nothing fancy. Just mashed, carrots and maybe some grilled veggies. Has anyone ever done this or should I just buy them from the supermarket?
Michael <- thinking he knows what will be in them if he makes them
Frankly, if it were me and you're going to eat them next week, I wouldn't even freeze them. put the leftovers on a plate, nuke them, eat, and go back to studying. Or were you going to fix these for the cat? -- http://www.jamlady.eboard.com, updated 12-1-05, Oodles of Noodles
I have a huge dilema next week. On top of finals, the new kitten is not feeling well. I want to do a small pork roast and a small pot roast tomorrow but I'd like to make TV like dinners with the leftovers and freeze them for next week. There will be nothing fancy. Just mashed, carrots and maybe some grilled veggies. Has anyone ever done this or should I just buy them from the supermarket?
Michael <- thinking he knows what will be in them if he makes them
Sure you can. I think Gladware (or similar) sells divided containers you can use to freeze then nuke the meals. I know you can buy Rubbermaid divided "plates" with lids for this type of storage; I have several of those. Then you could just toss one in the fridge to thaw during the day and nuke it in the evening.
I have a huge dilema next week. On top of finals, the new kitten is not feeling well. I want to do a small pork roast and a small pot roast tomorrow but I'd like to make TV like dinners with the leftovers and freeze them for next week. There will be nothing fancy. Just mashed, carrots and maybe some grilled veggies. Has anyone ever done this or should I just buy them from the supermarket?
I even have a huge supply of those Le' Menu(*) plates for just such occasions.
(*) "Le Menu" were the round-plated TV dinners from the early 80's. The plates are made from some early form of melamine and have lasted forever.
I have a huge dilema next week. On top of finals, the new kitten is not feeling well. I want to do a small pork roast and a small pot roast tomorrow but I'd like to make TV like dinners with the leftovers and freeze them for next week. There will be nothing fancy. Just mashed, carrots and maybe some grilled veggies. Has anyone ever done this or should I just buy them from the supermarket?
Michael, I freeze dinners all the time, in three-compartment "Rubbermaid" dinner dishes for having on the days I don't feel like cooking, or don't have the time. These particular dinner containers have generous compartments, and if anything may need to be roasted instead of "micro-ed" I wrap that one item in foil before setting into the container to freeze. I've never mastered or enjoyed cooking only single meals for myself, so I use these dinner containers to freeze quite often, and without much flavor or consumption enjoyment loss at all. PickyMe
I have a huge dilema next week. On top of finals, the new kitten is not feeling well. I want to do a small pork roast and a small pot roast tomorrow but I'd like to make TV like dinners with the leftovers and freeze them for next week. There will be nothing fancy. Just mashed, carrots and maybe some grilled veggies. Has anyone ever done this or should I just buy them from the supermarket?
Michael <- thinking he knows what will be in them if he makes them
As if TV dinners aren't bad enough, you want to make your own....!!!!
Maybe try fasting. It's good for your system, everyone can stand to lose a little weight, and it's inexpensive.
On Sat 03 Dec 2005 04:27:57p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it PastaLover?
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Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:
I have a huge dilema next week. On top of finals, the new kitten is not feeling well. I want to do a small pork roast and a small pot roast tomorrow but I'd like to make TV like dinners with the leftovers and freeze them for next week. There will be nothing fancy. Just mashed, carrots and maybe some grilled veggies. Has anyone ever done this or should I just buy them from the supermarket?
Michael <- thinking he knows what will be in them if he makes them
As if TV dinners aren't bad enough, you want to make your own....!!!!
Maybe try fasting. It's good for your system, everyone can stand to lose a little weight, and it's inexpensive.
I don't think Michael can stand to lose any weight. I, OTOH...
-- Wayne Boatwright *¿* _____________________________________________
I have a huge dilema next week. On top of finals, the new kitten is not feeling well. I want to do a small pork roast and a small pot roast tomorrow but I'd like to make TV like dinners with the leftovers and freeze them for next week. There will be nothing fancy. Just mashed, carrots and maybe some grilled veggies. Has anyone ever done this or should I just buy them from the supermarket?
Michael <- thinking he knows what will be in them if he makes them
As if TV dinners aren't bad enough, you want to make your own....!!!!
If he makes his own, trust me, they will *not* be like that stupidmarket [censored].
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Maybe try fasting. It's good for your system, everyone can stand to lose a little weight, and it's inexpensive.
Not everyone can stand to lose a little weight. And fasting is just plain stupid, IMO. YMMV.
Maybe try fasting. It's good for your system, everyone can stand to lose a little weight, and it's inexpensive.
Not everyone can stand to lose a little weight. And fasting is just plain stupid, IMO. YMMV.
Jill
Yeah, lots of people's mileage varies on this one. Few would recommend fasting as a weight loss technique. But there are a number of other reasons for fasting, and people of many cultures have been doing it for millennia. It's pretty easy to gather info about fasting, not quite so easy to separate the sensible from the not. Those who are interested might google on "the master cleanse" and "yoga fasting" for some diverse sources. "fasting and health" brings up some weird stuff.... -aem
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Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:
I have a huge dilema next week. On top of finals, the new kitten is not feeling well. I want to do a small pork roast and a small pot roast tomorrow but I'd like to make TV like dinners with the leftovers and freeze them for next week. There will be nothing fancy. Just mashed, carrots and maybe some grilled veggies. Has anyone ever done this or should I just buy them from the supermarket?
Michael <- thinking he knows what will be in them if he makes them
Michael,
Sounds like fun! Only where are you gonna find those TV-dinner tins? 😉
I found these TV dinner like trays in the supermarket of all places, complete with snap on lids. This is what prompted the idea.
Michael
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Michael \'Dog3\' Lonergan said:
I have a huge dilema next week. On top of finals, the new kitten is not feeling well. I want to do a small pork roast and a small pot roast tomorrow but I'd like to make TV like dinners with the leftovers and freeze them for next week. There will be nothing fancy. Just mashed, carrots and maybe some grilled veggies. Has anyone ever done this or should I just buy them from the supermarket?
Michael <- thinking he knows what will be in them if he makes them
Frankly, if it were me and you're going to eat them next week, I wouldn't even freeze them. put the leftovers on a plate, nuke them, eat, and go back to studying. Or were you going to fix these for the cat?
Hmmm... I was actually thinking of feeding them to Steven as well. The cats usually don't eat human food although Ramsey went ape-[censored] over the Tilapia the other night. You've just given me a wild idea. Kitty Kat TV dinners 😉
Michael
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Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:
I have a huge dilema next week. On top of finals, the new kitten is not feeling well. I want to do a small pork roast and a small pot roast tomorrow but I'd like to make TV like dinners with the leftovers and freeze them for next week. There will be nothing fancy. Just mashed, carrots and maybe some grilled veggies. Has anyone ever done this or should I just buy them from the supermarket?
Michael <- thinking he knows what will be in them if he makes them
Sure you can. I think Gladware (or similar) sells divided containers you can use to freeze then nuke the meals. I know you can buy Rubbermaid divided "plates" with lids for this type of storage; I have several of those. Then you could just toss one in the fridge to thaw during the day and nuke it in the evening.
Jill
Well, the pork roast is in the oven and when it's finished, in goes the chuck roast. Everyone's ideas are great and they are ideas I use all the time. I was kinda' looking for plain old TV dinners, like the frozen ones you can buy. As Barb pointed out, I can just leave the goodies in the fridge all week. However, I'm leaving Saturday and that'll leave the S.O. defenseless 😉
Michael
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Michael \'Dog3\' Lonergan said:
I have a huge dilema next week. On top of finals, the new kitten is not feeling well. I want to do a small pork roast and a small pot roast tomorrow but I'd like to make TV like dinners with the leftovers and freeze them for next week. There will be nothing fancy. Just mashed, carrots and maybe some grilled veggies. Has anyone ever done this or should I just buy them from the supermarket?
I even have a huge supply of those Le' Menu(*) plates for just such occasions.
(*) "Le Menu" were the round-plated TV dinners from the early 80's. The plates are made from some early form of melamine and have lasted forever.
-sw
Where did you find those?
Michael
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Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:
I have a huge dilema next week. On top of finals, the new kitten is not feeling well. I want to do a small pork roast and a small pot roast tomorrow but I'd like to make TV like dinners with the leftovers and freeze them for next week. There will be nothing fancy. Just mashed, carrots and maybe some grilled veggies. Has anyone ever done this or should I just buy them from the supermarket?
Michael <- thinking he knows what will be in them if he makes them
As if TV dinners aren't bad enough, you want to make your own....!!!!
Maybe try fasting. It's good for your system, everyone can stand to lose a little weight, and it's inexpensive.
Perhaps weight is an issue with you but it is not one of my problems at this time.
Michael
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PastaLover said:
Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:
I have a huge dilema next week. On top of finals, the new kitten is not feeling well. I want to do a small pork roast and a small pot roast tomorrow but I'd like to make TV like dinners with the leftovers and freeze them for next week. There will be nothing fancy. Just mashed, carrots and maybe some grilled veggies. Has anyone ever done this or should I just buy them from the supermarket?
Michael <- thinking he knows what will be in them if he makes them
As if TV dinners aren't bad enough, you want to make your own....!!!!
If he makes his own, trust me, they will *not* be like that stupidmarket [censored].
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Maybe try fasting. It's good for your system, everyone can stand to lose a little weight, and it's inexpensive.
Not everyone can stand to lose a little weight. And fasting is just plain stupid, IMO. YMMV.
Jill
I can't fast anyway. The diabetes *must* be fed in the appropriate, or inappropriate 😉 manner.
Michael
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jmcquown said:
PastaLover said:
Maybe try fasting. It's good for your system, everyone can stand to lose a little weight, and it's inexpensive.
Not everyone can stand to lose a little weight. And fasting is just plain stupid, IMO. YMMV.
Jill
Yeah, lots of people's mileage varies on this one. Few would recommend fasting as a weight loss technique. But there are a number of other reasons for fasting, and people of many cultures have been doing it for millennia. It's pretty easy to gather info about fasting, not quite so easy to separate the sensible from the not. Those who are interested might google on "the master cleanse" and "yoga fasting" for some diverse sources. "fasting and health" brings up some weird stuff.... -aem
Years ago in my youth I would fast to purge the impurities from my system. When the fast was over I'd gorge and then go right out for a beer. Go figure 😉
Michael
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Perhaps weight is an issue with you but it is not one of my problems at this time.
I didn't get that comment at all. Even if you did want to lose weight, during finals is not the time to be fasting. Besides, you didn't say anything but can you make tv style dinners, not asking for diet help. Strange.
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Perhaps weight is an issue with you but it is not one of my problems at this time.
I didn't get that comment at all. Even if you did want to lose weight, during finals is not the time to be fasting. Besides, you didn't say anything but can you make tv style dinners, not asking for diet help. Strange.
nancy
I didn't understand it either but maybe Pasta did not word it they way they wanted to. No biggie, I got all the answers I needed. Thanks to all.
Michael
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