To begin, you'll need to create a freezer cooking plan. It's your road map to an easy, efficient freezer cooking session. Find a large table, spread out and get comfortable! Planning your freezer cooking session should be fun!
First things first: time. You'll need two days--one partial, for shopping, one total, for cooking--to fill your freezer with a month's worth of meals. Before you devote the time, you'll need a plan. Ready? The first step is to create a freezer cooking game plan: the menus, shopping lists and recipes you'll need for your freezer cooking session.
To start your family's freezer cooking plan, begin with the bottom dollar: the weekly newspaper food sections. Scanning these, jot down all the best weekly meat specials; after all, economy is one of the goals of the freezer cooking plan. Write the type of meat special--Sirloin Tip Steak, Whole Ham, Chicken Breasts--across the top of a 3-by-5 file card, one for each cut of meat.