"Christine Dabney" > wrote

> On Fri, 7 Dec 2007 17:18:51 -0500, "Nancy Young" >
> wrote:

>>A lot of the food I eat makes more than one meal. A pot of sauce
>>makes a number of meals, and some of it went into last night's
>>lasagna, and that lasagna will make at least 8 good sized portions.
>>I have leftover beef stew in the refrigerator, and I'm thawing a
>>chicken for sometime over the weekend. That chicken will be
>>dinner along with some vegetables, and will be chicken salad for
>>lunch after that.
>
> I do the same thing. I almost have too much food cooking this way...
> I find myself having to put portions of whatever I cooked into the
> freezer, so that I am not sick of whatever I fixed.

I had to do this just recently. On top of all the leftovers I mentioned
(and more), we had turkey dinner ... you know that free turkey you
get from the supermarket? Well, I finally had to freeze leftover turkey,
too.

> However, it pays
> off, as I have ready made meals for work..with no extra work.

Hardly anything I make just makes one meal. Even a meatloaf makes
leftovers.

> I just made pizza dough and it will rest a day or so in the fridge to
> get a good flavor, and then go to pizza one night this weekend. Topped
> with "fresh" mozzarella, parmesan, and slivers of garlic...maybe some
> basil from the Asian market.

Nice!

> I have also been doing some baking lately... I made several things
> from Dorie Greenspan's book Baking: From My Home To Yours. One is a
> lovely date-walnut loaf,

Oh, do you think I could have the recipe for that? Maybe I can
find it online.

>and the other was a Swedish Visiting Cake. I
> am eeking them out to have with my tea every day. I had ingredients
> for both of these already here...so they cost me very, very little to
> make.
>
> I eat very well..almost too well.

You're certainly not settling for second best.

nancy