[ECingMama]

Originally Posted by MegMarch

What did you end up with? Any tips for such a mega undertaking?

This is what I ended up making:



Baked Spaghetti (I had my cookbook with me when I picked up a prescription, and the pharmacist gave me the recipe for this one. ) It was from the front cover of a cooking magazine.

White Chicken Chili

Slow Beef Fajitas (strips)

Garlic Lime Chicken Fajitas (tastes WAY different than previous meal.....LOVE IT)

Mexican Pie (seasoned meat bakes in oven with other things....I put into burritos to take to new mom just last week)

BBQ Chicken Sandwiches (easy for me to bake and shred chicken in my stand mixer...just add bbq sauce and put in slow cooker)

Despite a lot of Tex Mex, they really do taste different! And they are the ones my sister picked!

Baked Spaghetti and Mexican Pie
Brown the meat
Cook the pasta (two boxes for three aluminum foil pans of baked spaghetti)
Giant bowl for making the lasagna type part of the baked spaghetti (I might not make lasagna again....!!!)
Mix all the browned meat with the pasta sauce into one aluminum foil pan
Follow directions to make 3 pans of baked spaghetti

Next add spices for Mexican Pie (It's topped with cornbread and baked for half hour....they LOVED this meal. But they did laugh about the name!)
Assemble those into aluminum foil pans (I bought the ones at Sam's that have lids for easy covered baking)

Put 3 lbs chicken thighs in Instant Pot for half hour or so (I think that was how long I cooked them) Used broth instead of water as I had made a huge batch that week
Shred in stand mixer
Add to Ziplock bags
Add BBQ sauce when serving

Slow Beef Fajitas
I bought tri tip steak at butcher's recommendation

Chop veggies
Add spices
Put meat in own gallon ziplock
Thaw 24 hours prior
Throw in crock pot day of!

White Chicken Chili
Have homemade broth ready prior to cooking day
Cook chicken breasts in Instant Pot
Put rest of ingredients in gallon ziplock bags
add chicken
freeze, thaw, reheat, serve

Garlic Lime Chicken Fajitas (tastes WAY different than previous meal.....LOVE IT)

This one has to marinade. Throw all ingredients into gallon baggie. Add raw chicken.
Cook on stove top when ready to eat

I spent 1-2 hours meal planning/making shopping list.
I spent 3 hours shopping.
I spent 6 hours prepping and cooking, I'd guess. It was over 3 days though.
I drove 2 hours round trip to deliver food.