Freezer Cooking With Chicken Breast
One of the grocery stores in my town puts chicken breast on sale every six weeks or so. It is such a great deal that I’ve gotten into the habit of stocking up on it whenever I can. At first I would simply freeze the raw chicken, but since I’ve gotten into the habit of cooking and preparing most of it as soon as I get home. Below I share the different ways I prepare the chicken in before throwing it in the freezer. It’s a process known as “freezer cooking” and it has made dinner a breeze around here on days when we are all busy running around all day.
Season Or Marinate It
Start by seasoning or marinating most of your chicken. I usually take about 2/3 of the chicken breast I bought, throw it in a large bowl and toss it in light italian dressing. It’s a yummy and very versatile marinate. Take some of the marinated chicken and put it into freezer bags with a bit of the marinade. If you are planning on grilling dinner, take the chicken out of the freezer and move it to the fridge early that morning or the night before. If you forget to take the frozen meat out in time, toss it in a bowl or sink filled with cool water. It should thaw out in about an hour or so.
Precooking The Chicken
Take the rest of the marinated meat and pour it into a large baking dish. Depending on how much chicken you bought, you may need to do this in several batches. Bake the chicken at 400 to 425 degrees F for 40 to 45 minutes or until the chicken is no longer pink. Baking time will depend a bit on how thick your chicken is. I serve a portion of the baked meat for dinner that night with rice and a salad or side vegetable dish.
Reuse It
Take the rest of the chicken that you didn’t eat that night and allow it to cool completely. I thinkly slice some of it to be used in chicken salad later. If you are planning on serving the baked chicken over a bed of salald or on a sandwich later that week, store it in the fridge, otherwise slice and freeze it. To serve, just thaw and then use as you would any grilled chicken strips.
You can also freeze the entire chicken breasts and then rehead in the microwave or the oven and serve it with your favorite side dishes. For best results allow the meat to thaw completely, then microwave for a few minutes or reheat in a 350 F oven until the chicken is heated through.
More Freezer Meal Ideas
What else can you do with the chicken to turn it into yummy freezer meals? Most casseroles freeze really well. Take a look through your cookbooks or think about anything you make that’s a casserole dish that also includes chicken. If you need some ideas, take a look at my freezer casserole recipes here. Put together a few of them and then throw them in the freezer to be used on a busy night. We also happen to like bbq chicken. I cut the chicken into bitesized chunks and brown it in a large pan. Next I add pently of barbecue sauce and a little water and let the mixture simmer until the chicken is all the way cooked through. After it’s completely cooled, I put it into freezer bags or plastic containers with lids that can be stored in the freezer.
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Some people think detox diets are all about losing weight and stuff, but it is way more than that. A detox diet is meant to open your mind to possibilities you have not thought of before, and make you feel better about yourself. You need to
There is sense in doing detox diets. More than that, there is health in it. Ridding yourself of chemicals in your body that your body can do better without, is what it is… and it also is why you need to be doing it and super colon can help.
Begin to think in better ways now, Friend.
You consume more food than your body needs all the time. I don’t know what it is that makes the mind and body work that way; but I know what it is that can get you healthy again in no time. It’s called detox diet.
I could name a few detox diets, but you don’t need me to. You must know enough of them already like super colon. If you are not on the program already, you don’t want to.
Detoxing, some people argue, is better than working out. If you ask me, I don’t think there’s much of a difference between the two. Both are meant to make you feel better about yourself. It has many benefits, including even helping to be a toenail fungus cure. You could do them both for all I care, just love yourself more and be happy.
Recently everyone who is anyone in the country is just going detox. They must have happened on the secret that I found out eons ago. I suggest that you can get to that secret faster on your own if you did your own detox too. So do your own detox too.
How do you choose the best detox program? You don’t. You start up on one, anyone, and get to the end of it. If you didn’t like it, you do another one next time around. But please, do not stop a program halfway through; it’s a nasty habit.
When you find that you are no longer focusing well on anything, you must be getting close to the part where you realize that you need a detox diet. You are on the right track, I tell you; you only have to get yourself to walk the rope and get to the end of it.
There is a lot you can learn about yourself by doing detox diets from time to time. You can learn that you have the resolve and willpower to do many things that you didn’t think possible before; you can learn that some foods are good for you and some are not. Detox is a blessing.
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Vegetarian Recipe – Indian – Aloo Gobi by Manjula
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- olives
- garlic
- Italian parsley
- olive oil
- fresh ground black pepper
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