Cooking on Sunday for the Week Ahead

I cook pretty much all my meals on the weekend and reheat all week. If I'm lazy and don't want to, it stresses me out to cook through the week as the night is so much shorter. I do roasted vegetables, I've done the whole chicken in the slow cooker but de-skin it and pour a bottle of spaghetti or marinara sauce over it and cook away. De-bone and shred it once cooked, add peppers/onions and cook a bit longer. Makes great spaghetti sauce. I do slower cooker steel-cut oats, beef & broccoli, meatballs. Love food cooked in the oven as well, healthier and easier. I make egg mcmuffins, wrap and freeze to reheat in the microwave for lunches or breakfast later. Stews and soups are much better the next day anyway so it works. Oh yes, different bean casseroles in the slower cooker, also there was a WW lasagna recipe for the slow cooker as well. All good. I do need to use the slow cooker more though. Thanks for the recipes above and ideas.

Darlene on April 17, 2016

I see your recipes for roasting all of the veggies. However, no mention for how to the reheat them during the week. Wouldn't they get mushy sitting in the refrigerator?

Pat on April 17, 2016

I cook all sorts of things on the weekends and store for use later in the week - various baked oatmeal dishes, including your baked oatmeal muffins (Snack Girl to the Rescue!), crock pot soups and chili, hard boiled eggs, roasted veges, steamed asparagus and applesauce. I cook and divvy into plastic containers (sometimes label with WW point counts) and enjoy for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Sometimes I add nothing to the meal, other times I'll add steamed spinach or some other easy, last minute item.

Robin on April 17, 2016

I agree with Pat, don't the roasted veggies get icky sitting in the fridge? I'd love to hear your re-heat tips. thanks!

Sarah W. on April 19, 2016

thanks!!

Sarah W. on April 20, 2016