Good morning and welcome to this week’s edition of Works For Me Wednesday where hundreds of mommies share solutions for their families. Be sure to stop by Miss Shannon’s blog to read all of the entries!
I do a lot of cooking for other families because that is how I feel like I can help in crisis situations and to show my appreciation to people. Since I take meals all over, I have gotten the whole process down to a science. Because balancing and carrying items was hard, I did finally invest in a serving tray that I could carry everything on, but I had a creative solution before which worked for a long time. This solution works really well, in particular, for those flimsy aluminum pans. Just invert a lid of a 9×13″ pan and rest your dish into that. I used the edges of it as a handle for carrying the dish and it made it easy to put it in the car.
This also works really well for stacking casseroles (until they become frozen or until you remember you put it in there) when you are freezing multiple dishes.
I also find, when I am running meals, usually the space in my fridge is limited. I just use my cooling racks and stack using those. I can usually get two or three stacks going, which saves on space.
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Great idea, Amy! We do a lot of meals too and Im sure this will help. Im always need ways to make this easier!
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I love taking meals to people too. Especially new moms. I remember how much I appreciated it.
Thanks for the comments about the shopping bags. I have used modified versions of your menu plans. I love Aldi. I do leave some bags for others often too.
I love your idea about the kleenex box. I do keep some in the car too usually, but they end up all over the place. The kleenex box would solve that!
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Great idea! I always mean to take meals to people but never seem to get around to it. You’ve inspired me to try harder!
Thanks for your comment on my WFMW post. I do appreciate it!
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