Tonight I have been organised by preparing meals to sustain us.  I used 1kg of mince  and made bolognaise sauce which yielded 17 individual serves.  It is now all packed up ready to go in the freezer.  On the weekend I soaked some haricot (navy) beans with a view to making my own baked beans.  Last night I cooked the beans in the slow-cooker and this evening I made up the sauce and added the beans.  They taste great and are so useful to take for lunches.  I made 10 single serves from 2 cups of dried beans.

I will add the recipes one day soon.  In the meantime the freezer is replenished and I know that when we arrive home and don’t feel like cooking too much that I have a choice of easy, nutritious meals at my fingertips.

I made another batch of spreadable butter mixture, too.  As an aside, I cooked risotto for dinner tonight with enough left over for 1 lunch tomorrow.