I’m getting ready to move so I went ahead and cooked up most the chicken I had in my freezer. I threw up the windows and prepared entrees that will be lunch and dinners for the next week. Note: I call them make-ahead meals because of the alliteration, but I serve them with a vegetable and fruit.
Chicken Enchiladas — only takes about 2 cups of chicken to make 6 enchiladas.
Chicken & Stuffing Casserole — originally I used 4 chicken breasts, but I’ve since used less and still get 5 servings.
Chicken Stuff Manicotti — this is a good recipe because I can scale recipe depending on the number of shells and/or chicken. I made 4 servings.
Cream of Chicken and Wild Rice Soup — I like Panera’s soup of a similar name, but find it more cost effective to make my own! This batch is for my mom’s birthday party.
Since I had the oven on and was headed to a party Saturday night I made turtle (walnut + caramel) brownies.
After everything was cooked and cooled, I packaged most of it into smaller containers based on whether it will be eaten for lunch or dinner. Lunches are put in glass containers with resealable lids and dinners are left in bigger dishes with glass lids. After a few days, lunch dishes free up and I can package and freeze a few more lunches. I keep a few glass dishes free so I can reheat dinners. Except for resealable lids, which I do not use in the microwave, I avoid plastic.
In a couple of hours, I made 15 main dishes.
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Excellent ideas for a freezer full of chicken! Good luck with the move.