Cooking 30 days' worth of food requires using versatile ingredients for variety.
Cooking for 30 days requires calculating the number of meals per person, per day to ensure that you prepare enough food to last the duration. Selecting foods that require minimal culinary techniques and that offer a variety of mixing and matching options assist in attaining your goal of cooking 30 days' worth of food in one weekend. Affix labels to the food containers before storing in the freezer. Add this to my Recipe Box.
Instructions
Saturday
1. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Whisk 20 eggs and 30 cups of milk per person in a large mixing bowl.
2. Chop and saute a combination of vegetables for about 8 minutes on medium heat until softened. Cook a variety of breakfast meats on a griddle for 3 to 4 minutes. Dice the meat into small pieces.
3. Divide the vegetable and meat ingredients into different skillets. Saute the mixtures for 2 to 3 minutes on medium heat. Stir in 1 to 2 cups of cheese, such as Swiss, cheddar or feta, per skillet for 1 minute. Divide and pour the egg and milk mixture into the various skillets.
4. Pour the contents of the skillets into various pie crusts or casserole pans. Bake the ingredients for 50 minutes, and allow them to cool for 10 to 15 minutes. Cut the quiches and casseroles into 30 slices per person. Place the slices into individual containers, seal the lids and place in the freezer.
5. Heat 1 ¼ cups of extra-virgin olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Chop 5 onions into fine pieces. Mince the cloves of 10 garlic heads. Saute the ingredients in a skillet until browned. Add the ingredients to a tall pot. Add five to six 35-oz. cans of crushed tomatoes, as each can yields about 6 servings. Boil and stir the ingredients for 10 minutes.
6. Submerge meatballs and Italian sausage in a skillet filled with olive oil for 5 minutes until browned on each side. Add the meatballs and sausage to the tall pot of tomato sauce. Simmer the sauce and meat for 30 minutes. Refrigerate.
Sunday
7. Cook roast beef, rotisserie chicken and turkey in roasting pans in your oven for the recommended amount of time per pound and per desired temperature. Slice the meat into 4- to 6-oz. portions. Package 1 portion per container. Add a side of mixed vegetables, and top with gravy.
8. Skin, slice and bread 5 large eggplants. Fill a skillet with extra-virgin olive oil so that the eggplant slices are submerged. Heat the oil on medium heat. Add the eggplant slices to the skillet, and cook each side for about 2 minutes until golden brown.
9. Bring a tall pot of 24 oz. of water to a boil. Boil 4 lbs. of pasta for about 10 minutes. Strain the pasta in a colander.
10. Portion the pasta into containers. Take sauce out or refrigerator. Ladle sauce over each portion. Add sausage, meatballs or eggplant to each container. Freeze.
11. Pour the remainder of the tomato sauce onto precooked pizza dough. Add cheese and toppings. Cook the pizzas for 8 to 10 minutes until crispy. Slice the pizzas and portion each slice into a container.
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