Our winner this month is Ande. Ande shares how she uses freezer cooking the 30 Day Gourmet way to stretch her food budget.

Ande says: 

"My husband is so picky about his meals, I have to sneak in new dishes - and even then he wants to read the recipe when he realizes he hasn't had it before. So I started using the 30 Day Gourmet method with some of our own recipes, and did a few small cooking sessions to see how I liked it. After a few sessions, I had two weeks worth of meals in my deep freeze.

We're military, and you wouldn't believe how often our pay gets messed up. So last month, we found ourselves over a week from payday with almost no groceries and $25 in our account. Being a young couple with only two little kids (2 years and 4 months), we don't keep credit cards, so we had nothing to fall back on. Those meals in the freezer sure did come in handy - I honestly don't know what we would have done without them. Since I don't have anyone to cook with, and regular recipes make two meals for us, I just take half of whatever I'm making for dinner that night and stick it in the freezer. This way, with almost no extra effort, I'm stocking my freezer for the next time we don't get our full paycheck for whatever reason.

On occasion, I do get together with a friend and have a full day of meal preparation, and we both come out with full freezers! Thanks so much for your wonderful site!"