I was reading in a local mag here about a new "thing" that is supposedly sweeping the country and wondered if anyone had heard of or done it? And how they think I should go about starting my own!

It is called supperswap. The concept is simple, several familes in a co-op type situation, where one family per day cooks for all the families and delivers the pre-cooked meals to each family, thereby providing a home cooked meal every day of the week(or however many families you have). It seems like a good idea to me, then I would only have to cook one day a week, but since I would be getting meals the other 3 or 4 days, I would still be able to eat at home. Being a new mom to be, this would be super! And one of my resolutions for the new year is to not eat out as much and since I am having a baby, I want to start eating at home as a family more often, so this would help with all of those things!

I like to cook too, sometimes, so this would be good for me too, motivation to actually cook, but I wouldn't have too if I didn't want too. I could always prepare a "batch" of pre-made meals as well so that if I really am not up to cooking as well..

So has anyone done this? Pointers, recipes, ideas on getting started, anyone in Manchester, NH wanna give it a try?? LOL

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Kinda- I have always wanted to start a club or group but was concerned that meeting the pickiness of my dh would be hard- then I had two picky kids.
I do exchange leftovers sometimes with my mom and brothers.
If I have lots leftover or it was just so good or only warmly received by my family, my less picky extended family love it.

Less cooking- less waste and super when it was good but no urge to eat it again soon.

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Sheri

There was a group at our church that did this a few years back. I think they kept it up for about 2 months and then decided to call it quits. As I remember, they had four families, all families of the same size (in their case, it was 2 parents and 3 children in each family). I think those are important things to consider. They also bought pyrex casserole dishes together and used them for all the meals - that way, there was no worry about having to get the dishes back to the right person.

Let us know if you decide to run with it...I'd be interested in your results.

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Sarah

I am just trying to decide who to ask to do it. I don't think my family would except maybe my cousin and she has 3 kids and it is just my husband and I, so I do'nt know if I want to have to cook for an army..lol..although when making large portions anyways, I don't suppose it would matter much, plus the kids are little, 3, 5, 7, so how much can they eat anyways..lol

And I know that my in laws wouldn't do it(they are a little weird, hoity toity but not rich, you know the type? LOL)..and we do'nt belong to a church, so nothing there...and most of our friends are single people..so who do I ask? LOL

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I've thought about doing this, as well, but I'm kind of picky and my DS really is. I think it's a great concept if you have the right people participating. I'd be very interested to hear from anyone who's done it as well....