"the Cooker of Good Food"

I have a title. Nick gave me that title after super tonight. I made tacos. They were good tacos. Prior to having tacos, we used a wedding gift card. We used the "Let's Dish" gift card we got from some of my cousins and aunt and uncle. Several weeks ago I had checked out the menu and decided that the April menu looked better than March or May, so I decided to sign up for April. For 8 meals (which is what we got) it is about 2 hours. It was really neat because once the ladies tell you how things work, you really are on your own. They don't hover and watch that you only put 1 tsp of garlic in your mix. They do ask that if you substitute, do vegie for vegie, that kind of thing. So, each meal has its own station with a sign (8 1/2"x11") that tells you what you need for supplies (ziplocs) and how to make the recipe. They tell you when you sign up that everything can be split except a few of them, and those were usually the beef or the crock-pot items. They will split the beef ones for you if you ask. They just have to get the knife and cutting board. Each has instructions to line the "crock" (a bucket type container) with a large freezer ziplock and then add specific quantities of stuff. Its all laid out for you and pre cut and some partially frozen. Once you have added the appropriate items to the bag "gently massage" the bag to mix ingredients. This process was dubed "mangling the meat." That is what we are doing in the picture. So after almost 2 hours we took home 8 meals all freezer ready and divided so we can make a few servings at a time. We are ready to entertain! I would do this again if the opportunity came up, but I won't be doing all my meal prep this way. They are on to something with the ziplock though...