Cooked all of our dishes for today...

I make soups when the weather is rainy and freeze what we don't eat to serve several days later. My husband won't eat the same dish 2 nights in a row. He likes a variety, but it can be a different variety of soup like potato one night and a vegetable soup the next night.

Well, I started doing this years ago when my kids were little cause back then we didn't have microwaves and frozen food meals...I'd cook all weekened and make things that can be forzen..chili, enchilladas, chicken pot pies, burittos, etc. Then I cook/bake double batches and have for hte weekend, and then freeze for the next week or so, then I'd only have to thaw and cook and would have more time for my kids as I was a full time working mother of two! But I hadn't thought about what you say..to have something in power outages. Granted, no power no oven or microwave but seems ther should be somethingt I can do to just thaw and eat. We had an outage few years back and it was out for 4 days. We had a portable generator for some lights and the fridge, but still..it would have been nice to have warm food! What do you cook/bake to have for times like this? Do you do it just as the power outage exists or freeze and when the outage hits, take out of the freezer/fridge?

We don't have a rainy season here; we have four distinct seasons. I do try to have some stuff on hand that doesn't require cooking when it looks like a bad storm might take out the power.

Here for the convenience, we prepare food in the morning and evening. As many are working people this the habit and on holidays kitchen may be always a busy place for trials. Any way, as long as you are considered certain precautions, it is better to warm the food before eating, especially as it is raining. Also, plese not that the dirinking water also to be boild and use. There are a lot of water related desease are happenig around.

We are doing that also during rainy season. It is wise to think that way especially that money is hard to earn nowadays. At least, we don't have any problem preparing when there is no electric power. Thanks

I usually cook one meal once. Is it good to cook so much and then heat it to eat? I don't know. But I do make some steamed buns once, then I put them into fridge. And I heat it before we eat.

I think i would do that too at times such as that. As long as it wont get spoiled then that is ok.

I have a refrigerator with a freezer so many tinmes I cook for more than one day And as I don`t like to eat the same thing two times in a row, I freeze what needs to be frozen.

I usually don't have the habit to keep ingredients at home, because we don't have a fridge. I always cook in the late afternoon for diner only and I am glad I don't have to prepare different meals few times a day. I shop before cooking and I am glad we have a shop in our building, so I can stay dry even going out in rainy days.

Hi, I actually haven't cooked today. My mind was set that I am going to work this morning but due the heavy rain, our work was suspended and so I returned to bed this morning and woke up before noon. We just had coffee and bread. The problem is we have scheduled to go the market this afternoon and we have nothing to cook except for some canned goods. We can't just go down to the market to buy because it is not safe to go down and I think that roads are now flooded so I think that we would just be eating canned goods today and tomorrow. It is good to know that you are taking care of your family and preparing for possible things that may happen due to this kind of weather. Planning and preparation are good especially now that the rain has not stopped.

Hi, I actually haven't cooked today. My mind was set that I am going to work this morning but due the heavy rain, our work was suspended and so I returned to bed this morning and woke up before noon. We just had coffee and bread. The problem is we have scheduled to go the market this afternoon and we have nothing to cook except for some canned goods. We can't just go down to the market to buy because it is not safe to go down and I think that roads are now flooded so I think that we would just be eating canned goods today and tomorrow. It is good to know that you are taking care of your family and preparing for possible things that may happen due to this kind of weather. Planning and preparation are good especially now that the rain has not stopped.

I cook rice for a day, but dishes i will cook before i want to have meals only...

You're just like my mom She would either everything that she planned on in advance or just cook a lot enough for the whole day or two so all we have to do is just to reheat food each time we will eat. The only downside for us kids is, we have to eat the same thing until it's finished. And you know how teens are, they do not eat anything that has been served once.

you are so virtuous, i and my wife are not like cooking. we usually cooky one time every weekend.