So I have noticed that even on a rare good day with my fibromyalgia, I still have a dip in energy by 3 or 4pm. Usually that's my time to start preparing dinner. I simply run out of spoons.
Because I don't want to make eating frozen dinners the norm, I decided to try a new plan. I am going to cook a few weeks to a month ahead and freeze the meals.
Any day that I find myself having enough spoons, I will cook a few meals at the same time and gradually build this up to a month of meals in advance.
I know it's going to take a lot of planning, but I think in the end it will be worth it. I actually started yesterday.
Firstly, I went through my fridges and freezers and grouped meats together. Yesterday I made 4 meals each honey chicken with vegetables, potatoes and gravy, then another 2 meals of Mexican chicken with rice. Today I am going to bake the chicken rissoles and kievs and add mashed potato and greens.
The next day, God willing- and spoons available, I am going to cook some stews with a lot of vegetables, using up my pork and beef steaks.
On the next Spoon Friendly Day, I plan to make up 6 meals with my sausages. I find my slow cookers- I have 3 of them, so handy plus they don't heat the kitchen up like the oven. We are in our summer at the moment.
I am not sure if I can freeze baked potatoes and bacon successfully, but if I can I will do that for lunches.
We will still be having salads with our meals but I buy the packet salads that are already cut and washed, and that not only saves on spoons but helps me with my arthritic hands.
I know this way is not a new thing to most people, but it is something new to me. Hopefully it will work.
