Menu Plan 6/13 – 6/19
Thanks to my Freezer Cooking Week, I have quite a few meals in my freezer right now. I will be planning to eat one or two per week and will be continuing to swap one meal per week with friends. We also purchased a 40 lb case of chicken from Zaycon Foods so we’ll be processing all of that for the freezer this week. Any ideas for what to make with 40 pounds of chicken?
Breakfasts:
Scrambled Eggs with Cheese, Toast with Homemade Jelly (we’ll eat this most mornings)
Scrambled Eggs, Bacon or Sausage, Fresh Fruit
Ham, Egg, and Cheese Breakfast Burritos
Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Pancakes (I made about 50 of these for the freezer recently)
Lunches:
Leftovers
PB&J, Baby Carrots, Yogurt
Grilled Chicken Salad
Pizza
Ham & Cheese Sandwiches, Chips, Fresh Fruit
“Snacky Lunch” – Yogurt, nuts, cheese, fruit, crackers, etc.
Homemade Chicken Nuggets, Baby Carrots, Pickles
Dinners:
Saucy Little Meatballs (freezer), Mashed Potatoes (freezer), Steamed Veggies
Jambalaya, Red Beans, Steamed Veggies,
Hawaiian Chicken, Rice, Salad
Homemade Pizza, Salad
Grilled Italian Chicken, Baked Potatoes, Salad
Tamalie Pie (freezer), Salad
Dinner Out
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4 Comments
Kris
Another chicken idea is to freeze dinner size portions with marinade. I get the teriaki marinade and put about 1/3 of the bottle in a zip loc with three good size chicken breasts. Squish it around a little, seal and freeze. Then, when I take out the chicken to thaw for dinner, it’s marinating at the same time.
Rachel
I try to freeze it in a bunch of forms so it’s not so overwhelming. Here’s some ideas from my freezer…
-grilled (Kathleen nailed this one!)
-baked and diced (casseroles)
-baked and shredded (bbq sandwhiches, chicken gravy biscuits, chicken spaghetti)
-raw in slices (for stir fry, chicken marsala etc.)
-raw flattened (this is one of my favorites–I buy the cheapy non-ziptop gallon size bags at walmart. Place two chicken breasts in a bag and pound it really thin. Freeze in bag, when frozen empty into larger 2 gallon freezer bag. These are great for making ‘rolled’ chicken entrees like chicken cordon blue, we like one with feta/spinach/bacon, and also, it fits perfectly in the bottom of a 9×13 casserole frozen, so I can stick them in there to thaw, dumping casserole ingredients over the top. There’s chicken in every scoop of casserole while only using two breasts for an entire 9×13 casserole. (swiss chicken, chicken divan, chicken parm, etc)
Julie
Tasty crockpot chicken idea-wrap chicken breast with bacon, add one bottle of barbecue sauce of your choice, slice up an apple or two to toss in and let it cook for 6-8 hours on low. Yummy!
Kathleen
I don’t know what to do with 40 pounds, but I do know what to do with a couple of pounds. At the beginning of the week I will grill up a few pounds of chicken. One day we’ll have monterrey chicken, next we might have fajitas, then chicken caesar salads, then chicken nachos or chicken quesadillas. I grill the chicken once and can get up to 5 meals out of it. Makes for a very easy week.