I have kind of a crazy request, but I’m trying to track down the reader who emailed me this tip about Cooking Clubs in 2008. If that was you or you know who it was, could you email me?
All You magazine would like to use the example in their print magazine, but I need to connect them with the reader so they can get written permission to use it.
If you didn’t write that comment, but you have participated in a Freezer Club or a Cooking Club and you’d be willing to share about your experiences and possibly be quoted in All You magazine, can you email me, as well?
My email address is: crystal @ moneysavingmom.com
Thanks so much!
Kimberly Omersa says
My husband and I host a cooking party every 5-6 weeks in our home. I realized that my sisters, my mom, and I were struggling to have enough ideas for dinners while working full time jobs. (Cooking is not fun for any of us.) So I curate 10-12 recipes for each of our 5 families. I buy the groceries and organize the recipes and ingredients into stations around our kitchen and dining room. Then, my sisters, their husbands, and my parents descend upon our house for a cooking party, which lasts about 4-5 hours. We assemble the meals together over the course of a Saturday morning taking time to eat a quick breakfast and lunch together. Each family reimburses me for the groceries and takes home about 18-20 freezer dinners.
I know that this might be an intimidating amount of work for some. But, for some reason, it is fun for me to find and organize recipes and gather all the groceries. I am happy to help my family this way. It save us money but, even more so, it has taken the pressure off each of us to provide good dinners during the workweek. And now we cook extra meals to give to other families who are sick, elderly, or struggling. It has been a good way to work together, fellowship, and help each other.