# Does anyone here cook once a week?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 9, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-cook-once-a-week/462783 "2008-09-09T14:55:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Momofgirls](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/momofgirls/32/21798_2.png) [@Momofgirls](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Momofgirls)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-cook-once-a-week/462783/21 "2008-09-10T03:09:44Z")

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> [@norinew](#):
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> Here ya go:
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> This recipe _is_ low-carb but very much _not_ low-fat, so brace yourself!🙂

Thank you! Hey, my weigh-in is Friday morning, so this would be a good weekend meal. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-cook-once-a-week/462783/22 "2008-09-10T17:17:03Z")

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I try to only cook 2-3 nights a week - everything I make has at least enough for 2 dinners.

One of the commonest things I’ll do is get one of the big packages of boneless chicken breast when it’s on loss-leader sale, dump that into the big Pyrex dish (9x13) with a full bottle of marinade of some sort (teriyaki, barbecue sauce, or whatever), cover with foil, and stick it in the oven for an hour or so. That lasts us 2-3 days minimum.

Also I’ll get a couple of packages of the chicken breasts, make up a triple or quadruple batch of a marinade, and divide the chicken among 3-4 zip-locs with the marinade. Freeze all but one, cook that one on the grill (for meals for 2 evenings), toss the rest in the freezer. The 30 Day Freezer Gourmet site has a number of good ideas for those marinades (the Sesame Chicken is a family fave).

In general, whatever dish I want to make, I simply double or triple it. It helps that the family is relatively tolerant of eating the same thing 3 nights in a row. I avoid things like roasts, as I don’t think those are as nice the second day.

I also keep an eye out for the loss-leader meats (whatever they are), and often will do a blitz cooking session on Sunday afternoon and freeze most of the results. I’ve got 3-4 lasagnas in the freezer right now as a result of the last such.

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