My Menu:
Main Dishes:
- Garlic Parmesan Chicken- Yummy Recipe Here! I made 3 recipes of this one. It is our family's FAVORITE chicken, even my "particular" eater eats this!
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- Baked Chicken Nuggets- Nugget Recipe Here! I love to have these for quick lunches or for dinners I know the girls won't eat. (Why waste good food if I can give them a healthy option???)
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| Baked Chicken Nuggets ready for the freezer |
- OMGoodness! Chicken - This one is a new one for me that I found on Pinterest, but I made it slightly different...so here is the SIMPLE recipe...
- Just mix 1/2 cup sour cream or yogurt- I used fat free Greek Yogurt, and 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese. Spread over chicken breast in a baking dish. Cover with foil and freeze. When ready to serve: Thaw. Sprinkle Italian bread crumbs on top and bake for 30-40 minutes at 350 degrees. I plan on uncovering it the last few minutes of baking. It is supposed to be amazing- I hope so, because I made 2 pans of it.
- (UPDATE: My family loved this and have requested it again when I freezer cook next!)
- Chicken and Cheese Weight Watchers Casserole- WW Chic and Cheese Casserole This one is not a "freezer" recipe, but here is how I adapted it: Cook macaroni TWO minutes less than package instructions. Combine all ingredients, mixing well. Add to greased baking dish, freezer bag, whatever your preference to freeze in. To serve: Thaw, place in greased baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes. Uncover; bake 10-15 more minutes.
- (UPDATE: Yummy Eats!)
- Grilled Cilantro Lime Chicken- I can't wait to put this on the grill with a Chipotle's knock-off recipe for rice!!!! (UPDATE- Yummy!)
- Teriyaki Honey chicken (UPDATE: We liked this one, too.)
- Grilled Cheeseburger Wraps (UPDATE: It's like having a cheeseburger in MINUTES. A fave for sure.)
- Sweet Baby Ray's Burgers (UPDATE: Sweet Baby Ray's makes everything taste good!)
- Pork Chops with Pineapple Salsa
- Chicken Taco Pizza
- Pecan Crusted Chicken (UPDATE: Delicious)
- Walnut Chicken Salad
Lunches:
- Chicken Pockets (UPDATE- perfect for a quick lunch or dinner!)
- Taco Cups- I used this recipe but put regular biscuits in muffin cups and added the taco meat to it. Soooooo much easier! (UPDATE- the new way tasted just as good and sooooo much easoer to make.)
- Peanut Butter and Jelly Pockets
- Grilled Cheese Pockets- essentially, the recipe above, just cheese instead of PB&J, ready to grill...then I added ham to a few.
- Pepperoni Puffs
Side Dishes:
- Lime Vegetables
- Lemon Pepper Vegetables
- Honey Mustard Peas
- Garlic Green Beans
- Garlic Rosemary Mashed Potatoes (UPDATE: noone really raved over these)
- Macaroni and Cheese
- Sweet Broccoli Pasta Salad (UPDATE- perfect for those summer picnics and cookouts and since all you do is throw the sauce on it, super easy to ALMOST grab and go!)
Breakfast:
- Puffins- This is another new one for us... I made them in large muffin pans...next time, I will try small ones, because they took FOREVER to bake, but everyone loved them. I made them with all different toppings!
- (Pancake Muffins) Preheat oven to 350, mix 1 c pancake mix, 2/3 c water, 1/2 c syrup. Mix together, pour in greased muffin pan. Top with banana, blueberries, chocolate chips, pecans, sausage, bacon....etc. Bake for 12-14 minutes and serve. These were just OK- my kids prefer the Oatmeal Pancakes!
- Oatmeal Pancakes I make these with blueberries or chocolate chips or plain. My 2 older girls like the blueberries, but the "baby" loves chocolate!
After making the menu, putting new recipes I wanted to try into the 30 Meals In One Day program...off to the store. I had 2 hours to grocery shop and get it home before the evening appointments began. I did it! That was Friday night...
If you aren't using the 30 Meals software, you REALLY should!
Saturday Morning:
I got up and before we headed out in all different directions, I threw a bunch of boneless, skinless chicken breasts in the crockpot, seasoned with garlic pepper and minced onions. It could cook while I played Taxi Mom.
Back for an hour before picking up from softball.... So, I grabbed a few packs of chicken and trimmed them from any fat I could find- ICK! Then put together these meals...
- OMGoodness Chicken
- Grilled Cilantro Lime Chicken
- Teriyaki Honey Chicken
Back home again before picking up another daughter from a birthday party. I had 45 minutes. So, I assembled these meals...
- Pecan Crusted Chicken
- Walnut Chicken Salad
After an afternoon of errands, shopping, and an evening appointment, I came home and got the girlies ready and in bed. My chicken I had put in the crockpot was finished now. I cooked for 2 more hours and was able to get these meals done...
- Chicken and Cheese WW Casserole
- Chicken Taco Pizza
- Chicken Pockets
- Taco Cups
- Garlic Parmesan Chicken
So, for just 4 hours time.... 10 MEALS IN THE FREEZER...On a day when I had no big chunk of time to cook...it seems like this is becoming more the norm for me.
Sunday- I put potatoes in the crockpot to cook so that I could make the Garlic Mashed Potatoes. That is all I did today. Our 2 church services followed by a meeting had me exhausted. Plus when we got home, it was SUNSHINE and 80 degrees- playing in the back yard seemed like a much better use of our time. :)
Over the next 2 days amidst work, softball, school, ministry needs, and just LIFE, I fit in the rest of the cooking, but I wanted to share with you how you really CAN freezer cook when you think you have NO TIME to do it!
