Anyone hire someone to do cooking?

[JazzysMom]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>JORDYSMOM</b></i>

We have a place here that is called "Pass Your Plate". It's a little different, in that you actually go there and spend a couple of hours. They help you prepare as many meals as you wish, and package them in microwave/oven safe containers. You take them home, and put them in the freezer, and just heat them up when you are ready for a meal.



The food is all fresh, so it's not like you could store the meals for a long period of time. I know a lady who goes once a week, and she loves it. She says it's like going into a professional kitchen where tons of ingredients are set out in a salad bar type arrangement. You just choose the meats and veggies or types of meals you want, and they go along with you to prepare them and package them. She puts in an hour or two on Sat. and she doesn't have to cook the rest of the week.



Stacey</end quote></div>

This sounds devine except we have no such place like this <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0">

Thanks for the input.....keep it coming! Anyone want to come to NY once a week or so & cook? <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0">

 

[JazzysMom]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>JORDYSMOM</b></i>

We have a place here that is called "Pass Your Plate". It's a little different, in that you actually go there and spend a couple of hours. They help you prepare as many meals as you wish, and package them in microwave/oven safe containers. You take them home, and put them in the freezer, and just heat them up when you are ready for a meal.



The food is all fresh, so it's not like you could store the meals for a long period of time. I know a lady who goes once a week, and she loves it. She says it's like going into a professional kitchen where tons of ingredients are set out in a salad bar type arrangement. You just choose the meats and veggies or types of meals you want, and they go along with you to prepare them and package them. She puts in an hour or two on Sat. and she doesn't have to cook the rest of the week.



Stacey</end quote></div>

This sounds devine except we have no such place like this <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0">

Thanks for the input.....keep it coming! Anyone want to come to NY once a week or so & cook? <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0">

 

[JazzysMom]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>JORDYSMOM</b></i>

We have a place here that is called "Pass Your Plate". It's a little different, in that you actually go there and spend a couple of hours. They help you prepare as many meals as you wish, and package them in microwave/oven safe containers. You take them home, and put them in the freezer, and just heat them up when you are ready for a meal.



The food is all fresh, so it's not like you could store the meals for a long period of time. I know a lady who goes once a week, and she loves it. She says it's like going into a professional kitchen where tons of ingredients are set out in a salad bar type arrangement. You just choose the meats and veggies or types of meals you want, and they go along with you to prepare them and package them. She puts in an hour or two on Sat. and she doesn't have to cook the rest of the week.



Stacey</end quote></div>

This sounds devine except we have no such place like this <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0">

Thanks for the input.....keep it coming! Anyone want to come to NY once a week or so & cook? <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0">

 

[JazzysMom]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>JORDYSMOM</b></i>

We have a place here that is called "Pass Your Plate". It's a little different, in that you actually go there and spend a couple of hours. They help you prepare as many meals as you wish, and package them in microwave/oven safe containers. You take them home, and put them in the freezer, and just heat them up when you are ready for a meal.



The food is all fresh, so it's not like you could store the meals for a long period of time. I know a lady who goes once a week, and she loves it. She says it's like going into a professional kitchen where tons of ingredients are set out in a salad bar type arrangement. You just choose the meats and veggies or types of meals you want, and they go along with you to prepare them and package them. She puts in an hour or two on Sat. and she doesn't have to cook the rest of the week.



Stacey</end quote>

This sounds devine except we have no such place like this <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0">

Thanks for the input.....keep it coming! Anyone want to come to NY once a week or so & cook? <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0">

 

[JazzysMom]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>JORDYSMOM</b></i>
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<br />We have a place here that is called "Pass Your Plate". It's a little different, in that you actually go there and spend a couple of hours. They help you prepare as many meals as you wish, and package them in microwave/oven safe containers. You take them home, and put them in the freezer, and just heat them up when you are ready for a meal.
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<br />The food is all fresh, so it's not like you could store the meals for a long period of time. I know a lady who goes once a week, and she loves it. She says it's like going into a professional kitchen where tons of ingredients are set out in a salad bar type arrangement. You just choose the meats and veggies or types of meals you want, and they go along with you to prepare them and package them. She puts in an hour or two on Sat. and she doesn't have to cook the rest of the week.
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<br />Stacey</end quote>
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<br />This sounds devine except we have no such place like this <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0">
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<br />Thanks for the input.....keep it coming! Anyone want to come to NY once a week or so & cook? <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0">
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[MargaritaChic]

Here is a website that describes Meal Assembly Kitchens. It also allows you to search for ones in your area. It it mentions that they have the option of ordering meals for pickup/delivery.

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.mealassembly.net/whatisit.html">http://www.mealassembly.net/whatisit.html</a>

 

[MargaritaChic]

Here is a website that describes Meal Assembly Kitchens. It also allows you to search for ones in your area. It it mentions that they have the option of ordering meals for pickup/delivery.

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.mealassembly.net/whatisit.html">http://www.mealassembly.net/whatisit.html</a>

 

[MargaritaChic]

Here is a website that describes Meal Assembly Kitchens. It also allows you to search for ones in your area. It it mentions that they have the option of ordering meals for pickup/delivery.

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.mealassembly.net/whatisit.html">http://www.mealassembly.net/whatisit.html</a>

 

[MargaritaChic]

Here is a website that describes Meal Assembly Kitchens. It also allows you to search for ones in your area. It it mentions that they have the option of ordering meals for pickup/delivery.

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.mealassembly.net/whatisit.html">http://www.mealassembly.net/whatisit.html</a>

 

[MargaritaChic]

Here is a website that describes Meal Assembly Kitchens. It also allows you to search for ones in your area. It it mentions that they have the option of ordering meals for pickup/delivery.
<br />
<br /><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.mealassembly.net/whatisit.html">http://www.mealassembly.net/whatisit.html</a>

 

[Sevenstars]

Another idea that I do with one of my friends is we trade off cooking. Perhaps once a week one of us will make a bit vat of something homemade - mac n cheese, chili, stuffed cabbage, etc... and then give half to the other person. Then the next week, the other person takes their turn to cook something. It's nice for trying out new recipes, too. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[Sevenstars]

Another idea that I do with one of my friends is we trade off cooking. Perhaps once a week one of us will make a bit vat of something homemade - mac n cheese, chili, stuffed cabbage, etc... and then give half to the other person. Then the next week, the other person takes their turn to cook something. It's nice for trying out new recipes, too. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[Sevenstars]

Another idea that I do with one of my friends is we trade off cooking. Perhaps once a week one of us will make a bit vat of something homemade - mac n cheese, chili, stuffed cabbage, etc... and then give half to the other person. Then the next week, the other person takes their turn to cook something. It's nice for trying out new recipes, too. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[Sevenstars]

Another idea that I do with one of my friends is we trade off cooking. Perhaps once a week one of us will make a bit vat of something homemade - mac n cheese, chili, stuffed cabbage, etc... and then give half to the other person. Then the next week, the other person takes their turn to cook something. It's nice for trying out new recipes, too. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[Sevenstars]

Another idea that I do with one of my friends is we trade off cooking. Perhaps once a week one of us will make a bit vat of something homemade - mac n cheese, chili, stuffed cabbage, etc... and then give half to the other person. Then the next week, the other person takes their turn to cook something. It's nice for trying out new recipes, too. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[LisaV]

You've got to be officially housebound and with tasks that need skilled nursing to also get a homemaker who is paid for by health insurance -- and even then they are supposed to only prepare meals for the ill person (tho' many ignore that rule).

Rip liked to cook and did the cooking for us until he was bedbound so I can share his tricks with you -- mostly it involves menu/meal planning for a week and pacing:
1) Cook when you feel up to it and in stages during the day, not at dinner time per se.
2) Cook more than one meal at a time so you have stuff in the fridge and freezer. (I have some caregiver friends who do what is called "freezer cooking" [google it] and take a day to do all of their cooking for a month or at least a week.) Even if you don't go all out with this, you can always have some things (like meatballs and sauce) in meal sized containers in your freezer.
3) Pull out your slow cooker and use it. That way you can start stuff early in the day before you are pooped.
4) Roast a lot. Not too much preparation and you get leftovers.
5) After you do your shopping, store your goodies in meal batches. (You can do this the day after shopping day, if shopping poops you out.) For example, put your veggies for a stew in one container and those for a stirfry dinner in another. Cut up your meat for the various meals and store (or freeze)in those batches. Store the meat in marinade (if your going to do it) if it won't be so long that it turns into soup.
6) Stirfry. If you've done #5, stirfry at dinner time is just the cooking part.
7) When planning the meals for a week, make sure you have at least 1-2 absolutely painless meals (frozen pizza and salad? or roast chicken and roast vegetables?), and have at 1-2 precooked meals in the fridge (like the second day of stew or lasagna or something).
8) Have others in the house work with you (be your sous chef). I bet Jasmine would love to learn how to chop things and cook -- slow cooker at least. (My daughter was cooking one meal a week for us when she was in the 3rd grade.)
9) Sit down to do food prep (this might mean working at the kitchen table or maybe getting a high chair and an over the sink chopping slab [sometimes taking the doors off the undersink cabinet is worth it because it easier to get close to the sink])
10) Barbecue - and convince Robert that it is a "man's" job.

I'm sure other people can think of other things.

 

[LisaV]

You've got to be officially housebound and with tasks that need skilled nursing to also get a homemaker who is paid for by health insurance -- and even then they are supposed to only prepare meals for the ill person (tho' many ignore that rule).

Rip liked to cook and did the cooking for us until he was bedbound so I can share his tricks with you -- mostly it involves menu/meal planning for a week and pacing:
1) Cook when you feel up to it and in stages during the day, not at dinner time per se.
2) Cook more than one meal at a time so you have stuff in the fridge and freezer. (I have some caregiver friends who do what is called "freezer cooking" [google it] and take a day to do all of their cooking for a month or at least a week.) Even if you don't go all out with this, you can always have some things (like meatballs and sauce) in meal sized containers in your freezer.
3) Pull out your slow cooker and use it. That way you can start stuff early in the day before you are pooped.
4) Roast a lot. Not too much preparation and you get leftovers.
5) After you do your shopping, store your goodies in meal batches. (You can do this the day after shopping day, if shopping poops you out.) For example, put your veggies for a stew in one container and those for a stirfry dinner in another. Cut up your meat for the various meals and store (or freeze)in those batches. Store the meat in marinade (if your going to do it) if it won't be so long that it turns into soup.
6) Stirfry. If you've done #5, stirfry at dinner time is just the cooking part.
7) When planning the meals for a week, make sure you have at least 1-2 absolutely painless meals (frozen pizza and salad? or roast chicken and roast vegetables?), and have at 1-2 precooked meals in the fridge (like the second day of stew or lasagna or something).
8) Have others in the house work with you (be your sous chef). I bet Jasmine would love to learn how to chop things and cook -- slow cooker at least. (My daughter was cooking one meal a week for us when she was in the 3rd grade.)
9) Sit down to do food prep (this might mean working at the kitchen table or maybe getting a high chair and an over the sink chopping slab [sometimes taking the doors off the undersink cabinet is worth it because it easier to get close to the sink])
10) Barbecue - and convince Robert that it is a "man's" job.

I'm sure other people can think of other things.

 

[LisaV]

You've got to be officially housebound and with tasks that need skilled nursing to also get a homemaker who is paid for by health insurance -- and even then they are supposed to only prepare meals for the ill person (tho' many ignore that rule).

Rip liked to cook and did the cooking for us until he was bedbound so I can share his tricks with you -- mostly it involves menu/meal planning for a week and pacing:
1) Cook when you feel up to it and in stages during the day, not at dinner time per se.
2) Cook more than one meal at a time so you have stuff in the fridge and freezer. (I have some caregiver friends who do what is called "freezer cooking" [google it] and take a day to do all of their cooking for a month or at least a week.) Even if you don't go all out with this, you can always have some things (like meatballs and sauce) in meal sized containers in your freezer.
3) Pull out your slow cooker and use it. That way you can start stuff early in the day before you are pooped.
4) Roast a lot. Not too much preparation and you get leftovers.
5) After you do your shopping, store your goodies in meal batches. (You can do this the day after shopping day, if shopping poops you out.) For example, put your veggies for a stew in one container and those for a stirfry dinner in another. Cut up your meat for the various meals and store (or freeze)in those batches. Store the meat in marinade (if your going to do it) if it won't be so long that it turns into soup.
6) Stirfry. If you've done #5, stirfry at dinner time is just the cooking part.
7) When planning the meals for a week, make sure you have at least 1-2 absolutely painless meals (frozen pizza and salad? or roast chicken and roast vegetables?), and have at 1-2 precooked meals in the fridge (like the second day of stew or lasagna or something).
8) Have others in the house work with you (be your sous chef). I bet Jasmine would love to learn how to chop things and cook -- slow cooker at least. (My daughter was cooking one meal a week for us when she was in the 3rd grade.)
9) Sit down to do food prep (this might mean working at the kitchen table or maybe getting a high chair and an over the sink chopping slab [sometimes taking the doors off the undersink cabinet is worth it because it easier to get close to the sink])
10) Barbecue - and convince Robert that it is a "man's" job.

I'm sure other people can think of other things.

 

[LisaV]

You've got to be officially housebound and with tasks that need skilled nursing to also get a homemaker who is paid for by health insurance -- and even then they are supposed to only prepare meals for the ill person (tho' many ignore that rule).

Rip liked to cook and did the cooking for us until he was bedbound so I can share his tricks with you -- mostly it involves menu/meal planning for a week and pacing:
1) Cook when you feel up to it and in stages during the day, not at dinner time per se.
2) Cook more than one meal at a time so you have stuff in the fridge and freezer. (I have some caregiver friends who do what is called "freezer cooking" [google it] and take a day to do all of their cooking for a month or at least a week.) Even if you don't go all out with this, you can always have some things (like meatballs and sauce) in meal sized containers in your freezer.
3) Pull out your slow cooker and use it. That way you can start stuff early in the day before you are pooped.
4) Roast a lot. Not too much preparation and you get leftovers.
5) After you do your shopping, store your goodies in meal batches. (You can do this the day after shopping day, if shopping poops you out.) For example, put your veggies for a stew in one container and those for a stirfry dinner in another. Cut up your meat for the various meals and store (or freeze)in those batches. Store the meat in marinade (if your going to do it) if it won't be so long that it turns into soup.
6) Stirfry. If you've done #5, stirfry at dinner time is just the cooking part.
7) When planning the meals for a week, make sure you have at least 1-2 absolutely painless meals (frozen pizza and salad? or roast chicken and roast vegetables?), and have at 1-2 precooked meals in the fridge (like the second day of stew or lasagna or something).
8) Have others in the house work with you (be your sous chef). I bet Jasmine would love to learn how to chop things and cook -- slow cooker at least. (My daughter was cooking one meal a week for us when she was in the 3rd grade.)
9) Sit down to do food prep (this might mean working at the kitchen table or maybe getting a high chair and an over the sink chopping slab [sometimes taking the doors off the undersink cabinet is worth it because it easier to get close to the sink])
10) Barbecue - and convince Robert that it is a "man's" job.

I'm sure other people can think of other things.

 

[LisaV]

You've got to be officially housebound and with tasks that need skilled nursing to also get a homemaker who is paid for by health insurance -- and even then they are supposed to only prepare meals for the ill person (tho' many ignore that rule).
<br />
<br />Rip liked to cook and did the cooking for us until he was bedbound so I can share his tricks with you -- mostly it involves menu/meal planning for a week and pacing:
<br />1) Cook when you feel up to it and in stages during the day, not at dinner time per se.
<br />2) Cook more than one meal at a time so you have stuff in the fridge and freezer. (I have some caregiver friends who do what is called "freezer cooking" [google it] and take a day to do all of their cooking for a month or at least a week.) Even if you don't go all out with this, you can always have some things (like meatballs and sauce) in meal sized containers in your freezer.
<br />3) Pull out your slow cooker and use it. That way you can start stuff early in the day before you are pooped.
<br />4) Roast a lot. Not too much preparation and you get leftovers.
<br />5) After you do your shopping, store your goodies in meal batches. (You can do this the day after shopping day, if shopping poops you out.) For example, put your veggies for a stew in one container and those for a stirfry dinner in another. Cut up your meat for the various meals and store (or freeze)in those batches. Store the meat in marinade (if your going to do it) if it won't be so long that it turns into soup.
<br />6) Stirfry. If you've done #5, stirfry at dinner time is just the cooking part.
<br />7) When planning the meals for a week, make sure you have at least 1-2 absolutely painless meals (frozen pizza and salad? or roast chicken and roast vegetables?), and have at 1-2 precooked meals in the fridge (like the second day of stew or lasagna or something).
<br />8) Have others in the house work with you (be your sous chef). I bet Jasmine would love to learn how to chop things and cook -- slow cooker at least. (My daughter was cooking one meal a week for us when she was in the 3rd grade.)
<br />9) Sit down to do food prep (this might mean working at the kitchen table or maybe getting a high chair and an over the sink chopping slab [sometimes taking the doors off the undersink cabinet is worth it because it easier to get close to the sink])
<br />10) Barbecue - and convince Robert that it is a "man's" job.
<br />
<br />I'm sure other people can think of other things.