ktrk s patricia lopez shows us how it works. i made marinated shishkabobs. i made chicken with wine. i made turkey lasagna roll-ups. i made chicken enchiladas. reporter: this group of moms from sugarland brought their coolers with loads of food. each mom has cooked one big meal, enough to share with several moms. sometimes we re all the guinea pigs with new recipes. reporter: all the meals are individually prepackaged, one per family, in containers, ziploc bags, and cooking directions attached. they are ready to pop into the freezer. we need to get started on our exchange. reporter: the concept is simple, says brenda thompson. she set up this freezer exchange group with her friends and also blogs on her website called mealplanningmagic.com. the benefit to doing this is that you can shop sales and you can shop at wholesale clubs and save a lot of money that way. reporter: each entree feeds four people. depending on the recipe, costs $5 to $10 per family meal.
the laid back atmosphere and authentic mexican food. christy welcomed us into her home to share three family recipes that are legends on the casa vega menu. lovely kitchen, lovely home, you ve got stuff already prepared. ready for you. this pretty exciting because casa vega has been around for a long time since 1956. exactly yes. wow. and who is this fine gentleman here? 56 wonderful years. i ve been to the restaurant before and this is just exciting because there are recipes that people have started their own generations too but this has been around for a while. i m excited so what are making today. today were making tamales, our casa vega tamales, and were making our vegetable filling. okay and what else are we making? were making chicken enchiladas and soup. what? albondigas soup. it s a meat ball soup it s delicious. sweet. what do we have first? tamales i guess. the tamales are near and dear to