Time Saving Tip: "The rollover meal" and the "Big Batch Meal"

Rollover meals, are meals that have leftovers that turn into a whole new meal for the next day. For instance, you make a ham on Monday and then on Tuesday you make a ham soup. Pretty easy stuff, right? Most people probably already do this anyways. With this method you are still cooking something every night. Here is another idea, that is mainly geared towards saving TIME.....the multi-purpose "Batch Meal". This method of cooking will have you spending less time in the kitchen, AND spending less money on pricy convenience foods that are often bought due to running out of time to cook anything.

Example #1: The stuffed green pepper and meatloaf dinner(s):

Buy:
4 green peppers
About 1.5lbs ground beef or turkey
1 onion
1 cup frozen peas
parmesean cheese
1/2 cup Milk
2eggs
1 6oz. can tomato paste
Seasonings mixture of basil, oregano, garlic, and/or pepper.
2/3 cup Bread crumbs
14oz can tomato sauce or spaghetti sauce.
Ketchup

Mix together the meat, seasoning, peas, cheese, onion, and tomato paste. This is the stuffing for the pepper, so stuff HALF of the mix into 4 hollowed-out bell peppers. Pour your tomato sauce over the whole dish.Then.............

Take the other half of the meat mixture and mix in your milk, eggs, and breadcrumbs. This is now your meat loaf, so stuff it into a loaf pan. You can just put both of these prepared dishes in your refrigerator, and cook one today and one tomorrow. If you want to stretch it out even further, then on the third night eat any leftovers you have, or make the leftovers into a whole new recipe (like meat loaf sandwiches)!

****Cook the peppers at 350 degrees for 30 minutes covered and then 30 minutes uncovered.
Cook the meatloaf for about 60-75 minutes, frost with ketchup and bake for about 10 more minutes.