Good Idea/Bad Idea

Good Idea: Making homemade fries. Understanding that said fries take a while to cook, so you should wedge and soak them early on.

Bad Idea: Forgetting to move them from the soak water to the oven.

Oops! We skipped lunch instead.

Good Idea/Bad Idea

Good Idea: Cooking a whole chicken. It is a cheap way to be able to serve only free-range, organic chicken (as opposed to trying to buy the f-r, o, b/s pieces). It is also a convenient way to cook. I can do it in a crock pot while at work, then pick it clean afterward, divide into several servings (we get 4-5 meals out of one chicken), and then freeze the ones we won't be using right away. We have been very pleased with doing this.

Bad Idea: Forgetting about said chicken after cooking it. Thus the need to toss. the. whole. thing. What a waste.