As you saw in a previous post Power Cooking to the Rescue I had a Pampered Chef party and Cindy taught us how to Power Cook.  Well my friend Ryan ran with it, and just the other day her, I and two of our friends got together and cooked while the kids played.  All three of us walked away with 3 pre-made meals for future suppers, and boy was it fun!!

3 of us brought 1 recipe with a printout to share, enough ingredients to make 4 meals out of it, aluminum tins or Ziploc bags to store the results in for future meals, and extra pots & utensils for cooking.  We had 3 cooks and 1 dishwasher, and the arrangement worked out perfectly.  Any more than three cooks would have made it impossible in my opinion.

So my Mom friends and I got to cooking and here’s the recipes we chose:

• Easy Beef Stroganoff
• Pizza Casserole
  

  Laura, Jaime, Ryan, & myself

• Chicken Dorito Casserole
  • Preheat oven 350
  • Grease bottom of dish
  • Boil 3 to 4 boneless chic. breasts
  • In a separate pan (until smooth) combine
    • 10 oz can of Rotel tomatoes
    • 10 oz of cream of chic. or mushroom
    • 2 cups of Velvetta cheese
    • add chicken all cut up
  • Layer doritos in the bottom of casserole dish
  • Layer sauce on top of Doritos.
  • Heat until hot and bubbly

Not only did we have meals for 3 nights, but we enjoyed cooking while we talked.  If I got the opportunity to chat with my friends while cooking I think I would do it more often.  As a matter a fact we are thinking about doing it again and I can’t wait!!

Believe it or not after cooking we still had time to sit down and just rest while the kids continued to play.  Talk about multi-tasking!!  We watched kids, fed them lunch, cooked, and relaxed all in a matter of a few hours.  We are women hear us ROAR!! 

Have you done anything unique during playgroup time and if so please tell me about it!!

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