Pre-made dinner preparations will help save time and effort. Just one evening will allow you to provide your family with homemade semi-finished products from meat, poultry, fish, cereals and vegetables. During the week, you will not spend more than half an hour preparing an evening meal.
Instructions
Step 1
After purchasing a bird, immediately disassemble it into portions intended for preparing dinner. For example, take three chicken fillets, rinse each piece, dry, wrap with cling film and put everything in a bag with a label. Place the bag in the freezer. At the right time, remove the fillet, sprinkle with spices and, without defrosting, place in the oven or microwave. All that remains is to prepare a side dish - fresh frozen vegetables, buckwheat or pasta.
Step 2
If you like fried or stewed meat in a sauce, cut the beef or pork into strips and add spices. Place the meat in containers, it will come in handy for making beef stroganes. In the same way, a semi-finished product is prepared for making goulash, only the meat is cut into cubes.
Step 3
Homemade broths are useful for making soups. Cook a large pot of chicken or meat stock. Strain it, then pour it into large containers and place in the refrigerator. Dressing can be prepared separately. Peel and grate the carrots and beets and place them in containers. Before preparing the soup, vegetables will need to be fried, add potatoes, cabbage, spices and broth. For delicious mushroom soups and side dishes, you can boil the mushrooms in advance. Store them in the freezer in portioned containers.
Step 4
After buying fish, take it apart. Set aside the fillet for later frying or baking, wrap the heads and spines in a bag and leave for making the soup. You can turn fish fillets through a meat grinder, mix with egg, salt, pepper, soaked bread and make cutlets. Place them in a container or wrap in plastic wrap and freeze. In the same way, you can make blanks from minced meat: meatballs, cutlets, meatballs.
Step 5
Take care of the side dish. You can cook buckwheat porridge or rice in advance, chop cabbage by mixing it with chopped onions, salt, pepper and vegetable oil. After work, you just need to put the cabbage in a preheated pan and after 15 minutes collect the homemade ones for dinner.
Step 6
If you love salads, keep hard-boiled eggs in the refrigerator. It is enough to mix them with ready-made rice, canned fish and a couple of tablespoons of mayonnaise and get a hearty salad that will completely replace the main course for dinner. To prepare the vinaigrette, boil carrots, potatoes, beets, wrap the vegetables in plastic and put them in the refrigerator.
Step 7
You can also freeze desserts. Prepare a dough for shortbread cookies, add ground nuts, raisins, pieces of chocolate to it. Roll the dough into a sausage, wrap in plastic wrap and place in the freezer. At the right time, take out the dough, cut it into circles with a sharp knife, spread them on a baking sheet and bake in a well-preheated oven.
