5 Easy Ways to Cut Your Cooking Time in Half You'll be glad to know that even you can cut your cooking time in half… maybe even more by: • Planning Ahead • Ensuring You Have All Ingredients • Using Something Put Up Beforehand With That Purpose in Mind • Using Leftovers • Repurposing Foods Cooked Earlier in the Week Planning Ahead—Planning ahead requires you to stop and think about what you can do to put all the following steps into use. Ensuring You Have All Ingredients—I've had to put aside something I was making in order to run to the store… fortunately a big box store is only 3.5 miles away. Still, driving, parking, walking around the store, standing in line, walking back to the car, driving, and finally pick up where I left off adds at least 30 minutes to what I was cooking. Depending on what I'm cooking that could have actually been as long as it would've taken me to cook to begin with thereby doubling my cooking time. Using Something Put Up Beforehand With That Purpose in Mind—What I do is to make about 11 pounds of meatloaf mixture and put it in freezer bags of various amounts. I'll pull one out and defrost for meatloaf, stuffed bell peppers, stuffed cabbage, beef and gravy over rice or pasta. Using Leftovers—I love knowing that dinner is already cooked and just waits to be reheated. With all of the above—meatloaf, stuffed bell peppers, stuffed cabbage, or beef and gravy—I make double what I know we'll eat and we're set for the next day too. Repurposing Foods Cooked Earlier in the Week—Chop up the meatloaf, make extra gravy, mix the corn in it, make a topping out of the mashed potatoes, and cover all this with cheese thereby making a shepherd's pie out of it. Another example would be turning spaghetti sauce into lasagna. If you found this video helpful then don’t forget to “Like” it so it’ll be easier for others to find. Also, I’d love it if you’d “Pin” me and pass me on to your friends. Finally, if you have a Home Time Management topic you’d like to see covered shoot me an email @ marysegers@marysegers.com My goal as a Home Time Management Coach is to help you save time on the things you HAVE to do… such as cooking, cleaning, laundry, and housework so that you can reinvest that time into your marriage, your kids, your family and friends, and even yourself. This video has been created from an excerpt of my free 58 page eBook on Home Time Management and Cooking which is available for download from my website @ http://marysegers.com/get-book If you'd like to learn more about Home Time Management then join my email list @ http://marysegers.com/join and I'll send you daily emails aimed at covering all aspects of Home Time Management including saving time on cooking, cleaning, laundry, housework and then spending that time on your spouse, your kids, your family and friends, and even yourself.

1. 5 Easy Ways to
Cut Your Cooking Time in Half
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2. Many people either
(a) spend way too much time in the
kitchen or
(b) simply want to spend less time there
and more time elsewhere.
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3. Perhaps you're one of those people who fall into
one of those categories.
If so, then you'll be glad to know that even you can
cut your cooking time in half… maybe even more.
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4. You can do that by:
• Planning Ahead
• Ensuring You Have All Ingredients
• Using Something Put Up Beforehand With That
Purpose in Mind
• Using Leftovers
• Repurposing Foods Cooked Earlier in the Week
Let’s talk just a little about each of these…
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5. Planning Ahead
All other steps depend on this one.
Planning ahead requires you to stop and think
about what you can do to put all the following
steps into use.
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6. Ensuring You Have All Ingredients
I know, first hand, what a time-saver this is. I've had to
put aside something I was making in order to run to the
store… fortunately a big box store is only 3.5 miles
away.
Still, driving, parking, walking around the store, standing
in line, walking back to the car, driving, and finally
getting home to pick up where I left off, well, that adds
at least 30 minutes to what I was cooking.
(c) Home Time Management 2013 | Mary Segers
http://marysegers.com

7. Depending on what I was cooking that could
have actually been as long as it would've taken
me to cook to begin with thereby doubling my
cooking time.
(c) Home Time Management 2013 | Mary Segers
http://marysegers.com

8. Using Something Put Up
Beforehand With That Purpose in
Mind
What I really love to do is to make about 11 pounds of
meatloaf mixture and put it up in freezer bags of various
amounts.
Then I'll pull one out and defrost for meatloaf, stuffed
bell peppers, stuffed cabbage, beef and gravy over rice
or pasta, or any of several other things I could make
with it.
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http://marysegers.com

9. It's easy to make all of those dishes.
As a matter of fact, the hardest part is the physical act of
mixing 11 pounds of hamburger and all the add-ins.
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10. Using Leftovers
I absolutely love knowing that dinner is already cooked and just
waits to be reheated.
For instance, with all of the above—meatloaf, stuffed bell
peppers, stuffed cabbage, or beef and gravy—I simply make
double… or even triple… what I know we'll eat and we're set for the
next day too.
Oh, and my after-dinner kitchen cleaner (a 16 year-old) loves no
messy cleanup. Yes, I have trained my family to love leftovers as
much as I do.
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11. Repurposing Foods Cooked Earlier
in the Week
Chop up the meatloaf, make extra gravy, mix the corn
in it, make a topping out of the mashed potatoes, and
cover all this with cheese thereby making something
like a shepherd's pie out of it.
Another example would be turning spaghetti sauce
into lasagna.
(c) Home Time Management 2013 | Mary Segers
http://marysegers.com

12. If you found this video helpful then don’t forget to
“Like” it so it’ll be easier for others to find.
Also, I’d love it if you’d “Pin” me and pass me on
to your friends.
And, if you have a Home Time Management topic
you’d like to see covered shoot me an email @
marysegers@marysegers.com
(c) Home Time Management 2013 | Mary Segers
http://marysegers.com

13. Home Time Management Expert, Coach, and
Speaker
My goal as a Home Time Management Coach is to help you
save time on the things you HAVE to do such as:
• Cooking
• Cleaning
• Laundry
• Housework
So that you can reinvest that time into:
• Your marriage
• Your kids
• Your family and friends
• Yourself
(c) Home Time Management 2013 | Mary Segers
http://marysegers.com

14. As a matter of fact, this video has been created from
an excerpt of my free 58 page eBook aimed at…
Home Time Management and
Cooking
which is available for download from my website @
http://marysegers.com/cookingbook
(c) Home Time Management 2013 | Mary Segers
http://marysegers.com

15. If you'd like to learn more about Home Time Management then join
my email list @
http://marysegers.com/join
And I'll send you daily emails aimed at covering all aspects of
Home Time Management including saving time on:
• Cooking
• Cleaning
• Laundry
• Housework
And then spending that time on:
• Your spouse
• Your kids
• Your family and friends
• Yourself
(c) Home Time Management 2013 | Mary Segers
http://marysegers.com

16. Remember…
You only have ONE LIFE.
It's up to you how you live it.
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