It seems like every ten years or so,
a type of cooking becomes popular, promising that it will provide
nutrition, save mom time in the kitchen and be easy clean up.
Anybody remember the “Meals
In The Freezer” movement? Or the crockpot movement? Caserole
Movement? One pule one cooking? Personally, I still practice all of
these movements when I
can. I might not be able to have a
full 30 day supply of dinners in the freezer, but it is still nice to
have five meals in the freezer. Or even one, truth be told.
So how did I misss the “Dump
Movement” of cookery? Oh did you miss it too?
The “Dump” method calls for
you to have some recipes and supplies like zippered freezer bags, measured amounts of chopped onion etc on
hand. Then quickly, because you are dealing with frozen food,
package each raw meal
and place it in the freezer to freeze solid. When you want to use
the meal, let it defrost in your refridgerator all day and then back
for about an hour in a caserole dish in your oven. Easy peasy. And
the recipes seem really yummy.
The
problem for me is one, the use of so many non safe to recycle freezer
bags. Second, the components for some of the yummy sauces are bound
to stick to the bag and be a real pain to try to get onto the meat.
So for me, the “Dump Meals” as they are written, are out. I
still plan to cook them, but not in my oven, I plan to get everything
ready in my crock pot, and not have to worry about honey sticking to
the bags.
But
check out this wonderful website for some delicious Dump Recipes:
