Freezer Meals!

Another great way to save time and money is to start a freezer meal group. I am in a group of 18 women. After we met a few times and agreed on recipes that our families would all like, we each took one recipe. Every person does their own shopping (of course most of the women in our group are Grocery Smart trained!) Everyone assembles their meals themselves, then we all meet one night, with our frozen meals, and exchange.
Some people in our group have small families, and some have large families, so we have the option of ordering a half meal. The banker adds everyone's reciepts, and on the night of the exchange, she writes checks to those that are owed money, and accepts cash or checks from those that owe.
We set up a blog to communicate better, it is private so we can have all of our contact information right there. We are getting really organized now! We have an A list and a B list of recipes to switch every other month. The same person will make the same things. It makes it much easier to find the deals on ingredients you are familiar with, and it makes the assembly much easier!