One of my goals in preparing for the baby is to have some "easy" food in the freezer. However, I got sick of looking for recipes and only finding
things that were:
a. made from pre-packaged or canned foods anyway (that's not saving me time or money),
b. had lots of cheese, milk, or creamy soup, or
c. would fill up my freezer with pasta and rice (I'd rather save the freezer space and add the bulky things later). My solution was to just make up my own recipe: so now my freezer has one container of "Creamy Crouton Chicken Bake", and my fridge has a smaller container to test out this week. The not-so-secret and wholly untasted recipe is:
- boil some chicken (take off bones if not boneless), chop, and place in freezer-safe baking dish
- make a sauce with some of the broth, flour, margarine, and crouton-like spices (thyme, rosemary, salt, pepper, garlic, onion, chicken bullion, basil etc.)
- pour the sauce over the chicken
- freeze
- thaw and bake when ready to eat
- serve with pasta or rice or biscuits, and cheese to sprinkle on top for the lactose-tolerant
Well, it smells good. I'll let you know if it actually works.
Any other freezer meal suggestions that don't violate principles a., b., and c. ?
