On Thursday, January 1, 2015 3:23:12 PM UTC-6, Ophelia wrote:
> "Janet B" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Thu, 01 Jan 2015 10:32:00 -0800, sf > wrote:
> >
> >>On Thu, 1 Jan 2015 09:50:46 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
> > wrote:
> >>
> >>> My new year's resolution is to know every morning what I will make for
> >>> supper. We'll see how long THAT lasts - ha. No more rooting in the
> >>> freezer at 3 pm and hoping for an inspiration.
> >>
> >>That's why I like to buy fresh with mix & match in mind, but when I
> >>need to root around in the freezer, my granite counter is *great* for
> >>the last minute thawing. For instance, a one pound chub of Italian
> >>sausage was usable in an hour yesterday (I made sausage soup for
> >>dinner).
> >
> > My cast-iron kitchen sink does the defrosting job really fast.
> > Janet US
>
> So does my microwave Incidentally I run a menu on my Excel programme. I
> work out the meals for a week + and (mostly) stick to it. I am not averse
> to moving things around or even changing them, but I find it much easier
> than getting up and thinking, what the heck can I make today)) I keep the
> weeks menus too so it is easy to see what we had recently. HTH
>
> Life is so much simpler these days)
>
Putting raw meat into a microwave is wrong. It's just wrong. Ick.
>

--Bryan