Here are the meals I ended up making: and I made them all in an hour and I did a couple of each! (The kids were in bed.)
All-Seasons Sesame Chicken
3 lbs bnls breasts
1/2 c EVOO
1/2 c white wine
1/2 c soy sauce
2 T fresh grated ginger
1 T dry mustard
4 cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 c green onion, chopped
3 T sesame seeds
*Combine all ingredients and pour over chicken in freezer bag. Marinate. You can grill all this up and slice into strips and use it on salads, sandwiches, stir fry, etc. They freeze well after they are cooked.
Ginger Glazed Chicken
3 lbs bnls breasts
3 T brown sugar
2 T honey
3 T Soy Sauce
3 T balsamic vinegar
3/4 t. fresh grated ginger root
1 clove garlic, crushed
2 t EVOO
1/4 t salt
1/4 t pepper
*Combine everything in freezer bag. (Very easy!) (Grill or bake when thawed)
Grilled Honey Lime Chicken
4 bnls chicken brsts
1/2 c fresh lime juice
1/2 c EVOO
1/4 c honey
1/4 cup fresh cilantro, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 t chopped jal. pepper
*Mix it all together and pour over chicken in freezer bag. (Grill or bake when thawed)
Maui Grilled Chicken
4 bnls chicken brsts
1/2 t garlic powder
2 t. Worcestershire sauce
1 T brn sugar
1/4 t ground ginger
1/2 t black pepper
1 T EVOO
2 T water
1/2 c soy sauce
4 pineapple slices
*Place chicken brsts and pineapple slices in freezer bag. Mix remaining ingredients and pour over chicken and pineapple. Freeze. (These are intended to be made into grilled chicken sandwiches, top the chicken with the pineapple.)
Parmesan Garlic Chicken
6 bnls chicken brsts
1 c freshly grated parmesan cheese
1 envelope Italian salad dressing mix
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 c EVOO
*Mix together cheese, garlic, and dressing mix. Dip chicken in oil and coat with cheese mixture. Wrap each coated chicken breast individually in plastic wrap, then place in freezer bag and freeze. (When ready for baking, thaw them and bake at 400 for 45-60 min until it's tender and no longer pink.)
Pineapple Lemon Chicken
4 bnls chicken brsts
1-20 oz. can crushed pineapple
1 small lemon, very thinly sliced
1/3 c ketchup
1/3 c honey
1 T Worcestershire sauce
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 t. salt
1/4 t dried rosemary, crushed
*Place chicken in bag. Drain pineapple, reserve 1/4 c juice. Combine reserved juice, ketchup, Wor. sauce, garlic, salt and rosemary. Stir in pineapple and lemon slices. Pour marinade over chicken, seal bag and freeze. Grill when thawed. (Can bake it also.)
and also,
Frozen Fruit Cups (makes 25)
20 oz. frozen strawberries, sliced and thawed
12 oz. frozen OJ concentrate, slightly thawed
2-20 oz. cans crushed pineapple
1-16 oz. can mandarin oranges
1/3 c. lemon juice
6 bananas, sliced.
Combine all ing., including juices from fruit. Spoon into lined muffin cups and freeze. Once frozen, place liners with frozen fruit in freezer bags. (I ran out of liners and put them straight into the muffin tins and froze them. Then set them in warm water later and transferred them right into the muffin cups and it worked fine. We love eating these as a treat!
So far, we have had the ginger glazed chicken and it was really good with some rice and steamed veggies. Tonight we're having some pineapple lemon chicken. My deep freezer is so full and I'm ready to be done making stuff for a while and just unload it so we can reload it. :) There are so many other things I want to try!
Okay, so here's a picture of Kai in his robe that is getting too small and in Kevin's 3-D glasses he got from Avatar. Kevin thinks Kai looks like a mini-Hugh Heffner when he wears that robe.
I meant to post these swords that Kevin made out of PVC pipe for the boys for Christmas. With PVC pipe, the possibilities are endless. He used those pool noodles and slipped them over the piping and then spray painted them. We found out after testing them on friends (thanks for sacrificing your bodies Dan and Tiffany!) that the paint will stick to you after you are struck (at least in the forehead, right Tiffany?) So, Kevin solved that problem by covering them with clear packing tape. He used electrical tape around the handles for extra comfort. :) So, of all the gifts our kids got (and they didn't even know about these, it was just something Kevin decided to do one day) the kids loved these the most for some crazy reason. Maybe it was because this gave them full access to pound on one another (however gently) or maybe it's because the adults have just as much fun playing with them. However, when kids come over to play, they almost always ask where the "swords" are. It's cool!
