This is a great beginner method or for those who have little time. Total time for this stack was 1 hour hands on/cleanup. Plus flash freezing time-for the meatballs and patties. Change the ingred and dishes to fit your needs, the method is what I want you to consider trying.

Here is the finished batch-less 1 meatloaf that I cooked for tonight. 10 meal starters for the freezer- I prep for 3 adults. Leftovers for packed lunches.

Need-
1 large bowl I use my roasting pan
10lbs lean ground beef
List of all ingred(added at different times)
2c red onion finely chopped
2c bell pepper finely chopped
1 can of petite diced tomatoes
1 1/2 c fine bread crumbs
1 egg plus 5 egg whites
1lb bulk sausage

Adjust to your favorite recipes. Here is what I start with, sorry raw ground beef doesn't make a good pic. This is 10lbs hamburger with the red onion and bell pepper mixed in well. From this I took out about 4-5lbs and browned. Base starters for-(1 speg, 1 shepards pie, 1 taco dish, 1 chili)


Now I added the egg, egg whites, 1/2 the bread crumbs. mixed that in well. From this I pattied out 6 hamburger patties(3 for pizza burgers, 3 for veggies on rice meal).

Now add the other 1/2 bread crumbs and can of tomatoes. Mix well. From this I formed 3 meatloaves.


Now add 1lb of your fav sausage. From this I form the meatballs and put on tray, froze then bagged, you could brown these but we like to smell supper cooking and they cook really fast.1/2 is for subs and 1/2 is for sweet and sour meatballs dish.




Here is all the different ways with the different flavors(you don't want them all to taste the same, even though they are from the same bowl)

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Thank you!!

What a great idea!!!
Thank you!!

LOVED THIS!!! Great ideas, super cheap and looks super good. I'm printing and doing this for sure!! Post more, Post more!!! Thank you so much.

WOW thanks, I will try this with my next meal plan. I have a new baby coming in 3 1/2 weeks so I gotta get some meals done and frozen so I can relax for a few days.

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What a great idea. Thank you for sharing

Thanks for posting this!!

Thanks everybody. So glad some of you found this helpful.

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momwalker, great post! I did OAMC many years while I was working. When I retired, I slacked off
but your post has inspried me to get back in the kitchen for OAMC!

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Great post. Its like your method adds the effiency of an assembly line.

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