incredibly useful way to have quick and easy 3-course meals (in 10 minutes or less) gainit

Have a section of your freezer dedicated for meal sized bags of meat. Each of these bags should have the amount of meat that you would expect to eat with a three course meal (it may be useful to have two slightly different sizes for lunch and dinner). Some of the bags I prepare the most often are either Chicken, Steak, Pork, Lamb, or Sausage.

For all of these types of meat (except sausage), cooking and eating them without adding a rub or marinade will make them much less appetizing to most of us. But adding marinade and a rub to meat can be a lengthy process within itself. This is why I recommend buying a bulk quantity of any particular meat when it is on sale, marinating and rubbing all of the meat together while stacked on a large cutting board (or preferably a baking sheet), and then bagging and freezing the bags of meat. While it can be fun to initially experiment with rubs and marinades, I recommend buying pre-made rubs from your grocery store (or even online) for guaranteed taste.

The day before you would cook your meal, just reach into your freezer and pull out the bag of meat you want in or on the side of your meal. Refrigerate it overnight, and the slow-thawing will further tenderize your future meat meal.

Here are some easy sides to go with your meat:

carbos:

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  RICE (easiest with rice cooker, very easy with stove top)

  
  


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  InstaRICE (store bought pre-made rice sides, ex. brocolli and cheese)

  
  


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  Fried Orzo (boil 2/3 cup orzo in 2 cup water until orzo is cooked, drain water, pan fry food processed carrots and 1/2 cup chicken broth in frying pan (with oil) for 1 minute, and add orzo and fry for another 2 minutes)

  
  


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  Grits (easy in microwave, better on stovetop, delicious with extra butter and a little bit of cheese)

  
  


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  Insta Mashed Potatoes (very easy to make)

  
  

Greens:

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  Broccoli (raw or boiled in pot for 1 min)

  
  


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  Collard Greens (cheap and nutritious, like broccoli)

  
  


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  Green Beans (these have a very short refrigerator shelf life, I suggest bagging them like the meat into meal size proportions and freezing unused bags)

  
  


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  Carrots (food processed carrots can also make carbo dishes (like orzo) much better, if bulk food-processing a lot of carrots, you can also freeze bags for future meals).

  
  

Submitted March 01, 2015 at 01:49AM by classicbitch http://ift.tt/1zrJqHy gainit