Over the last two fall & winter seasons I have participated in a group I called "Freezer Friends." For anyone looking to get started in freezing meals this might be something to try.
The first season I participated with my long-time playgroup friends and the second season I got a whole new group of women together. There were five women in each group and we each "owed" the other four women a frozen meal at the end of each month accompanied with thawing and cooking instructions and the recipe of course. One gal was very clever and saved up all of her meals for after her baby was born. She is a terrific planner and I know she had many of her own doubled/tripled meals frozen for that purpose too. I wonder how old that baby was before she started cooking again.
It was easiest to have a meeting place and time set for the "due date" so that everyone could exchange meals but if someone couldn't make the meeting then they just made arrangements to drop off their meal and pick up their meals from the person's home that held the meeting.
Any allergies or severe food dislikes need to be shared before-hand for a good Freezer Friends group to work. It is best to email everyone what you plan to make so that anyone that needs to be accommodated for allergies or the like can be or can decide to opt out of meal. This season the second group I participated with is itching to do it again and they have picked up another group member so I suppose we'll give it another round. I just asked that no one repeat a meal. It is so awesome not just to have the meals prepared and ready to go, but to have a different meal that maybe you would not have otherwise made yourself is so fun and surprisingly delicious. You have a new recipe to add to your regular meal plan for years to come. Everyone seems to save their best freezer friendly meals for Freezer Friends so I have yet to be disappointed.
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