Planning

And so it begins...

Actually, it began last weekend, when Angela and I went over to my parents' house for dinner. (They made steak. It was good.) After dinner, my mother and I sat down and hashed out a menu for Thanksgiving. There was some negotiation involved. For some reason, she was adamantly against the idea of soup.

I don't know why. She loves soup.

I saw these ridiculously-named freezer bags mentioned at The Kitchn, and they got me to thinking.

I work until 5PM most days. Angela works later, but typically gets a "lunch" break for an hour around dinnertime. This is plenty of time for her to come home and eat (she works minutes away). Unfortunately, sometimes she has to take lunch from 5:30 to 6:30 or so. This doesn't really provide me with enough time to come home, decompress, figure out what to make for dinner, and cook. Unless I have something quick planned, something in the slow cooker, or something pre-prepped, we usually end up going out those nights. Going out is expensive and, frankly, rarely as good as what I cook.

I have a confession to make.

I'm horrible about leftovers. I have a tendency to make far too much food.^* This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I also have a tendency to forget that I have leftovers in the refrigerator. Things often get forgotten until they are no longer good to eat.

I was reading this post on keeping a lab notebook over on Make (one of my favorite blogs), when it occurred to me that I don't really keep a formal cooking notebook.

Shocking! I know.