On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 23:58:22 -0400, Doris Night
> wrote:

>On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 18:22:04 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
>>My friend Susan fixes meals for from 7-15 every time. It's a big
>>extended family and they all live within 4-5 houses of each other.
>>While some of it is a family 'pot luck style' (where others take turns
>>bring things), they also contribute to the budget.
>>
>>As a result, Susan does a lot of 'cook once, eat many' type dishes.
>>Commonly ground beef will be cooked right away and drained then frozen
>>in suitable amounts. This not only in the long run saves time in her
>>case, but it also takes up less space since the fat has been drained
>>off.
>>
>>When cooking one ham, she says she's apt to cook a second at the same
>>time then break it down and freeze the 2nd one for other dishes.
>
>I do the ground beef thing. It's hard to find a package of ground beef
>less than 500 grams, and that's to much for us, so I'll fry it all up
>and freeze half for a different meal.

500 grams of ground beef is barely enough for two skimpy burgers for
us... I typically prepare 12 ounce burgers.