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Rice and Beans
This recipe was originally inspired by one shared on the Frugalwoods blog as their ultra-frugal solution to packed lunches. My version contains meat, broth, and a slightly more generous serving size, and hence it is a little bit less frugal, but it’s still a great alternative to eating out. This freezes and re-heats really well, so it can be made once a month and alternated with other lunch options if, like us, you don’t enjoy eating the same meal day after day.
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Single Serving Freezer Pasta
My husband is super picky about texture and used to refuse to take leftovers for lunch because he didn’t like the mouth feel of reheated food. He prefers to eat a hot lunch most days, however, so since he also refuses to become a billionaire hedge fund manager, I had to find ways to pack him hot lunches that he would enjoy to prevent him from spending nearly $300/month eating out every day! This pasta is one of the solutions I came up with and it’s a hit. Since all of the individual elements are cooked to al dente (or the lowest safe temperature for meat), flash frozen, and not combined until he…
