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Frozen Assets:  Cook for a Day, Eat for a Month!
Quick Announcement:  
Due to popular demand, I  set up a Tupperware(R) website for anyone who's wanted to try their products but didn't want to hold an in-home party.  Freezer-meal cooks will love the Rock N'Serve and FreezerMate products!  You can even hold e-Parties and earn Hostess Gifts just like at a regular Tupperware(R) Party -- only you don't have to clean house or change out of your pajamas!

THE MODERN DILEMMA    
              
We could all use a few more minutes in our day, couldn't we? Anyone out there have enough time for everything they want to accomplish?

No? I didn't think so.

I've been using bulk cooking techniques for many years. The concept of cooking a month's worth of meals ahead of time to store in the freezer revolutionized the way I feed my family. I adapted the techniques using my own recipes -- and we've been saving time, money and sanity(!) ever since.

No matter who you are, how big your family or what your lifestyle, I believe that cooking ahead for the freezer has something to offer everyone.      
              
For further information, read Frozen Assets: How to Cook for a Day and Eat for a Month (Champion Press, 1999) by Deborah Taylor-Hough, or order the companion audio workshop (audiotape is different content from the book).        
            
                 
THE BENEFITS      
                 
I was recently asked, "Which do you have more of: time or money?" Hmmmm. Tough question ... I don't have much of either one!  I originally started using these cooking techniques because of the time-saving benefits, but I was quickly surprised to discover that I was saving substantially on our regular food bills.

Before using these methods I was spending about $700 per month on groceries and other food related expenses (drive-thru, paper products, pizza) for a family of five. By cooking ahead and buying in bulk, I was able to reduce our food/grocery bills to around $300 per month. That's a $400 savings every month! Over time, that monthy savings adds up to a considerable amount of money: $24,000 over the course of five years.

People from all walks of life are reaping the benefits of this simple, common sense approach to cooking and meal planning: single folks, married, stay-at-home parents, part-time workers, full-time working parents, working couples with no children, business owners, big families and small  families. And they're living all over the world -- throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, Australia, and elsewhere.  


  



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DISCUSSION FORUM

For on-going discussion for people interested in cooking ahead for the freezer, be sure to check out the Frozen Assets Email Discussion Group -- the original email resource for freezer-meal cooks (and just about the friendliest group of people you'll find anywhere online!).

To join in the conversation, send an email containing any message to:  frozen-assets-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Browse the searchable archives, eavesdrop on the current conversation, or subscribe online by going to:  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/frozen-assets/
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