There are many reasons for doing freezer meals. The biggest one is price.
We feed a family of 7 (2 adults, some pre-teen eaters, and some small eaters). When we first started our monthly budget was about $500.00. Not bad for a family of 7 ish. When I started doing freezer meals we went from $500.00 to about $250.00-$300.00. I was astonished!
Believe it or not. That's not why I started doing freezer meals. It was because I was always angry at my kids. There, I've said it. Most of you moms have been through this senario:
- 3:00 And you realize that you're in charge of dinner. It shouldn't surprise you, you were in charge of dinner yesterday and the day before but it still surprises you.
- 3:30 The children come home and want to tell you all about their day, there are papers to sign, after-school snacks are in order, and you're trying to put together a meal. You even ask, "So what do you want for dinner?" Hoping that they want corn dogs and tater tots. (You know you have those in the freezer).
- 4:00 The kids start homework and you are needed to help with some algebraic formula that you flunked out of in high school. While you're giving yourself a crash course in Algebra, the baby has opened the fridge and has pulled out the eggs...The telephone starts ringing and your adrenalin starts pumping through you body.
- 4:30 Is more of the same and you HATE being you for the moment and are angry at children for needing you.
- 5:00 Your sweetheart comes in through the door to see a frustrated, angry, flour covered wife, dinner not done or burning, children upset and cracked eggs in the kitchen. He timidly asks, how your day went where you quickly translate it in your hyper-adrenalin state as, "So what did you do all day?"
- 5:30 After a brief time out, for you, you either eat what has been made...as is...or order out for pizza...again.
- 6:30 You apologize to your children about your behavior...again.
This is why I decided to do freezer meals. So I would like my children in the afternoon.
