Cook Once, Eat Twice

What's for dinner? It's the question that plagues us all around 5 pm every single evening. I try to be good about meal planning, but one of my favorite tricks is to cook something one night that can be turned into something else quickly and easily another night. For example, if we have spaghetti & meatballs on Wednesday, I make enough extra meatballs so we can have meatball subs on Thursday or Friday.

One of my favorite cook once, eat twice meals is BBQ pork. Take a 2-3 lb pork roast and place it in a crock pot with 1 1/2 cups water mixed with 1 packet of onion soup mix. Cook on low for 7-9 hours, and about an hour before you want to eat drain the water out. Pour in a bottle of your favorite BBQ sauce (we like Honey BBQ), and let it cook for one more hour. Serve with whatever sides you prefer, such as sweet potato wedges and broccoli, and then place the leftover pork back in the crock pot. Let the leftover pork cook on low in the remaining BBQ sauce for another 1 to 2 hours. It will then be tender enough to be pulled apart, and you can use it for pulled pork sandwiches another night!

Do you have a favorite cook once, eat twice meal? How about any tips on making meal time easier? Feel free to share in the comments section.