Do you find yourself constantly throwing away leftovers that aren’t being eaten? There is the leftover roast chicken or the fried-up ground beef for hamburgers. It’s not been eaten yet, but now it’s time to toss it out.

You might find yourself feeling like your wasting food. A couple of years ago I was constantly finding myself in this situation. I was tossing out the leftover food that no one was easting, but I then discovered this cooking method called “Cook Once and Eat Twice”.

The idea of “Cook Once and Eat Twice” is to plan ahead by creating a meal plan that is based around cooking larger amounts of key ingredients for a use in one recipe and then used in an entirely different recipe over the next few days. The key ingredients I cooked in large quantities were chicken, turkey, beef, pork, and eggs.

I love this double-duty cooking method because it’s a great way to save on cooking time – it practically cut my cooking time in half!

Make a plan by deciding what meals your family will want to eat this week using one of those key ingredients listed above. Then you will want to plan another meal the day or two to use the extra meat you have prepared.

Here are some great ideas for cooking once and eating twice.