I have a family of 5, some nights there is 5, some 4, some 3, some 2. I try to get a family dinner done every night. But most leftovers become lunches for my son and I since we are the ones home during the day. I even make some meals special for the freezer. My youngest loves fettacini alfredo. I buy the ingredients and portion it out into freezer containers. I do that with leftover pasta because my son loves that. I make Kraft Mac and Cheese special for the freezer just to have as lunches. My son loves wedding soup so I make a double batch (one batch uses a half pound of ground meat) and freeze that into containers. We grew cabbage this year in the garden. We used the big leaves to make stuffed cabbage and the rest of the head became cole slaw to eat then. I even have a chicken dish that I make into meals.

I even premake breakfast foods. Ziploc used to sell a product called Perfect Portions. I stocked up on them. On a weekend I'll make a huge batch of waffle mix or pancake mix and spend time making them. I freeze them into portions of 3 pancakes. Then my kids can have a hot breakfast if they want. The pancakes take a minute in the microwave to be ready.

I haven't found much that I can't freeze. I know I'm out of mac and cheese in the freezer so that is on my shopping list. My kids don't like sandwiches unless we are on vacation traveling so it is nice to have foods ready for them to eat.

I make pancakes to freeze to, but I do not do Kraft Mac&Cheese. I make my own and use shell Macaroni and Velveeta cheese, then add milk to make it creamy, Just made a pot of it tonight. One serving for supper and 4 for the freezer.

My MIL lives with us, she eats like a bird. My wife works all sorts of crazy hours, so I never know when she will be eating at home.

Have any of you found a good freezable container that holds about 1 cup, and is re-usable? So far, when I make stock (chicken, turkey, beef, etc) I use zip lock freezer baggies, but that gets a bit expensive, and they are not the easiest to use when I've got a half gallon of stock to freeze.

I have a collection of Rubbermaid containers that my son puts his soup in. What we do when we want to go from freezer to table is microwave long enough to loosen the food from the container and then put it in a bowl or plate (depending on food) and finish microwaving the remainder of the time needed. Keeps the containers from disfiguring or anything. I've found some decent containers at the dollar store even. The Rubbermaid holds up fairly well when dropped, we only broke some of the edge off, the bowl stayed fine.

I DONT COOK ANYMORE CAUSE OF BRAIN SURGERY.
I EAT STRAIGHT OUT OF A CAN OR COOK IN THE MICROWAVE OR HAVE HUBBY GET ME SOMETHING FROM A RESTAURANT WHEN HE IS HOME....................................
I CANT DRIVE ANY MORE.
I SAW A LITTLE JAPANEZE RESTAUANT THAT IS NOW OPEN.
I GOT A MENU THRU THE MAIL 4 IT AND WILL SEND MY HUBBY 2 THE RESAURANT NEXT TIME HE IS HOME.
HE IS DUE 2DAY.
I LOVE JAPANEZE FOOD BUT NOT RAW................
GBU
DRENA
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Pepperman. I have the perfect solution for you! Use half pint canning jars. Be sure to remove the metal ring and lid before you put it in the microwave for two and a half minutes.

I live alone and cook for myself....I am on a bit of the eat out is better than cooking for one.....but that gets expensive and right now money is tight....

I would like to make sausage gravy for biscuits but I have never done that....I would buy can of biscuits for that....for breakfast I will sometimes get bacon and eggs....I usually do over easy rather than scrambled because I hardly ever keep milk in house....making an omelet is out because of no milk and the other ingredients aren't here usually either....but I do sometimes just have a sandwich for breakfast....or bagel....

lunch is usually some kind of sandwich....not much else...unless leftovers from eating out or cooking....then I might indulge in those...

I do a lot of pizza and summer BBQ of pork steaks bratwurst and chicken and a few steaks....

as for casseroles I usually do not make anything like that....maybe chicken in the oven with cream of soup and some stuffing? I will make my own chili....I am ready to make some of that soon...just bought some ground beef last night just for that... I will use my crock pot....I am not sure if I have chili powder right now though...everything else is in can in cabinets....except onion...I need one of those...I hate green pepper so do not use those at all...

Oh, billy. You do not need milk for scrambled eggs. I use a Styrofoam bowl, beat the egg in it with a plastic fork, set it in the mic for 40 seconds and waa laa! Eat with the plastic fork the then throw the fork and bowl in the garbage. No dishes to.wash.

My favorite breakfast is biscuits and gravy. I make my own from scratch, but if you wanted to use canned biscuits you can buy a mix in the grocery section where they sell other seasonings for sausage gravy. Just add water and follow the directions on the package.

Casseroles are easy. Mac/cheese, tuna noodles, chicken and rice
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I do my own chili too and this week I cooked a big pot of pinto beans with ground beef and taco seasoning. (1 pound of beans, 1 pound of ground beef and 1 envelope of taco seasoning in the crock pot with 8 cups of water for 5 hours) It made 12 half-pint jars for the freezer.