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Jul 3, 2009 2:58 pm US/Pacific

Save With Dave: Meal Swaps

Reporting
Dave Bender
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) ― With our busy lives, it's hard to have a home cooked meal every night. But there is a way to eat at home every night and only cook one night a week.

Planning and cooking meals for your family every day can be tiring, time consuming and expensive. So, it's time to get creative!

Kelli Luck, a mother of two is cooking not just for her family, but two other families as well.

Cooking one night a week as part of a meal sharing concept Kelli created two years ago.

The menus are agreed upon for the month, leftovers are eaten on Wednesday nights, and if a family isn't crazy about a certain meal, honesty is the best policy.

"It's not that big of a deal to tell someone it's not a hit, let's try something else," says Kelli.

This evening Kelli is making chicken tostadas.

"What I do is write items on post-its and stick them on dishes," she says.

Meals are delivered around 5 pm.

Its Katie's night off from cooking, so rather than spending hours in the kitchen, she's spending time with her three kids.

It costs about $80 a week.

If a family of four goes out even three nights a week, that'll easily cost upwards of $120. So, you would save at least $40 a week, and your time is priceless.








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