So I found these wonderfully easy recipes to make and then you double up and make two of the same dinner in one night. Most of them were recipes we ate growing up. So I thought yay! This could go well! Not mention 14 dinners for $100 sold! I am making them.
Staring off I knew it would be hard because we have the world’s tiniest freezer. So I was worried about being able to freeze these dinners. I worked it out that I could just do three at a time. I would stack up my inventory three dinners at a time.
Then there was the problem of some of the recipes made a lot and looked like we wouldn’t be able to finish just the one meal and others my family could probably demolish in one sitting. And might not even be enough for the one night. How would I divide this up. (Luckily left overs from the meals that had a lot in them supplemented the meals).
Then throw in sensory problems with food. I had to worry about texture and taste. I have one that can taste everything in food and won’t touch it if it’s not the greatest or one ingredient is not all that great or too strong to where it over powers everything else. And other that just thinks everything tastes gross that actually tastes great to the rest of the population. And this one has an aversion to textures. (No they aren’t spoiled, it’s an actual condition they are diagnosed with). (No they will not eat if they are starving enough). (Had feeding therapy as baby) (one actually was starving to death as baby because of this).
So as I was making meals, stocking my inventory, being proud of myself for being super organized like I used to be, hurdle #1.
This is gross. Child gagging almost throwing up. Pushes plate away from them. I can’t eat it. Can I please find something else. It’s making me sick. Tater tots folks. What teen doesn’t like tater tots! That is what they couldn’t handle!
Hurdle #2-I under estimated the smallness of my tiny freezer. I could barely fit 3 meals in the freezer. The whole point not able to be done. I became very discouraged. I was trying to save even more money on food. Trying to stretch the money and trying to portion our food so that we were eating good portions and good ingredients.
Well lesson learned. I experimented and learned. About half of the recipes called for cream of whatever soup. Only one teen can handle the soups. The other one just about barfs over it.
Sooo on to the next experiment. (Can you tell one of my favorite subjects in school was science?) I am now trying some crockpot meals that can be put into freezer bags. These meals have more of a variety of flavors. 🤞they will eat this.
Maybe someday I will get this right. I know many moms who have this down perfect and so I guess this is is where I lack in skill. A skill I have been judged harshly on lacking in. But at least I can say I keep trying! 
Adventures in Carrolling 