My
sister and I have done a few cooking days together and definitely enjoy
the concept of Once A Month........... I have worked at the same
hospital for over 20 years now. One of the nurses I worked with for
years was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of breast cancer. She is
divorced and has a son who had a head injury as a child and is
"limited".
I sent out a note to alot of the nurses we still keep in touch with or
who still work at the hospital. I collected several hundred dollars,
which we are using for filling her freezer.
One Saturday 9 nurses got together and prepared 20 meals, 10 sides and 2
desserts for June. I had pre-purchased all ingredients, precooked some
of the chicken and beef required for the meals and then put all the
individual ingredients with recipes in grocery bags. We made sure all
was precooked so that all it had to be was rewarmed. I purchased as much
"organic" food as I could using the great "Trader Joe's". She was
overwhelmed and grateful since her son doesn’t' cook and she is going
through chemo which makes her not want to cook. We had a great time
putting it all together and sharing it with her.
We have another session planned for April to repeat the process and we
had enough money to hire a cleaning lady for several months.
I am working on putting another group together for a session of filling
a freezer for another friend who is in the end stages of cancer and
feels so bad that she can't cook for her family............so we'll cook
for her and fill it up.............
Thanks for all the great ideas and recipes!
