Meal Planning

Transcript

00:03

Make a Meal

00:04

PLANNING

00:12

Choose Recipes

00:14

Take Inventory

00:17

Make a Plan

00:17

Use recipes to determine: What is involved with each meal component?

00:21

Take Inventory: Ingredients you have and a shopping list.

00:25

Plan the tasks of your meal: Multi-task the preparation of your different recipes.

00:29

Prepping

00:30

What can be done in advance? * Bake desserts that can sit. * Make a sauce ahead of time. * Wash and chop vegetables.

00:36

Plan Backwards

00:37

What time is dinner? How much time does each recipe take to cook?

00:43

Before Cooking Dinner

00:43

* Do you have enough stovetop burners for all your recipes? * Do your baked recipes require different oven temperatures?

00:52

It's GO Time: Preheat ovens and grills.

01:02

Things to start first: Get water boiling early.

01:12

Use your plan: Start the dish that will take the longest to cook.

01:24

Next, cook items that can  sit or simmer.

01:34

Finally, start cooking items  that need to be eaten hot.

01:42

Hopefully, your plan worked!

01:48

Because of your plan, your hot foods are served hot.. and the cold dishes are served cold!