Create Your Own Gourmet-Quality Frozen Dinner or Lunch
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Terrific New eBook On How To Broil Delicious Foods Everyone needs a quick convenient meal at times. If you need a quick meal between work and your kids school program or simply something to take to work for lunch, a gourmet frozen meal can be the ticket of the day. If you make your own frozen meals you can be assured of a tasty time saving meal. Sometimes life gets so busy that we have no other choice than to grab a convenient meal from the grocery store. Some of these meals are very good but others are far from gourmet. Here is another option that you might enjoy, make your own gourmet freezer meal. One advantage of making your own meals is that you get to know what is going into the food. You can choose to leave out ingredients that are not your family’s favorite or increase the spice a little here or there. In addition you are in control of the salt shaker and the sugar that is added to your food. While most people simply choose their family’s favorite recipes to cook, others like to experiment a little here and there. If you are in the mood to experiment the try one of these, Broccoli Beef, vegetable soup, corn chowder, chicken curry or beef stew. They work very well in the freezer. Rice and pasta do not do well in many freezer recipes, they tend to be overcooked by the time the food is cooked and then re-warmed. If you are cooking these recipes, just freeze the sauce and cook the rice or pasta separately. If you have a rice cooker just throw in the rice and water so you can let it cook while you warm the rest of the meal. Pick up fresh pasta and it cooks in boiling water in about three minutes. There are a couple of ways to stock your freezer with gourmet frozen meals. The first is to double or even quadruple a recipe that you are cooking for your family’s dinner. As soon as the food is done, remove the excess to the refrigerator to begin cooling. The second is to have two days set aside for shopping and cooking. Buy the food one day and cook the second. While cooking, you can prepare several meals at once for the freezer. Remember to plan to cook more than one recipe of each meal you are cooking. One of the best options for storing your food in the freezer is a vacuum sealer. Choose the sealer that has a heat seal to preserve the quality of your food. The bags are very heavy weight and prevent freezer burn. They can be used to heat food in the microwave or as a boil-in bag in a pot of water. For those of you who aren’t up to this sort of planning and time, acclaimed chefs will actually prepare a gourmet frozen dinner or lunch for you. If you choose this option where other people do the work, stay out of the supermarket aisles to be assured of good quality. Online retailers, will actually deliver the gourmet meals to your home.
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