Help! Hardship Cooking

[cappuccino]

I'm ripping out my kitchen and starting from scratch. Excited, yet it means I have 4wks (hopefully not longer!) with NO kitchen!!

I'm planning on cooking weekly stuff at a friend's house nearby that I can eat all week.

any body have any good recipes, or planning tips? I usually don't cook everything a week ahead.

I'll have the following things avail for me in my dining room: crock pot, toaster oven, microwave, fridge, waffle maker (). And I do have a grill in the back yard. I also stocked up on protein powder so I could have easy access stuff.

gayla's meatloaf
Chilli
healthy lasagna

What do you make when you cook ahead for the week?

Thanks!

[RacerBill]

Cool, a new kitchen! You're arousing my jealousy. You'll invite us all over to take a look at the new one, right?

I've been doing some cooking ahead just as part of re-vamping my diet to conform to Berardi's "Seven Habits". So I've been adding a lot of raw veggies and salads and things that don't need to be cooked. Sounds like you're in good shape with the fridge handy. I've been cooking several chicken breasts once a week and keeping the chopped chicken on hand for tossing into a spinach salad.

Do you have Gourmet Nutrition? A lot of the recipes in there can be made ahead and reheated: London broil stew and peasant stew can be reheated in the microwave. I'm sure the venison stew is good, too, but I haven't made it. And all of these can also be made in the crock-pot, which you'll have on hand, too.

[Lost Dog]

Two words: Velocity Diet.

[cappuccino]

Thanks RacerBill. I do need to consult my gourmet nutrition...hear the chilli is good too. Thanks for suggesting the stews.

velocity diet is way too hardcore for me :P