The winter season usually plays itself out with overflowing schedules, making it difficult to even sit down for a family dinner.  For a spin on the traditional party with a finished product that will be a gift to your guests, gather your closest friends together for a group cooking party.

In advance, select twelve main dishes that will freeze and reheat well.  Print out the recipes and divvy up who will bring which groceries for the group, being sure to buy enough packaging for each person's twelve meals.  With five participants, multiply each recipe by five so that each person takes home one of each dish.

During your group cooking party, each participant chooses a recipe, making and packaging it for all five families, until the group has all twelve meals ready to go home in their individual coolers with reheating instructions, guaranteeing many delicious meals in the weeks to come.