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| I get to go away someplace warm! Soon! I am so excited! In preparation I decide to make some freezer meals, for my family. I spent some time on Pinterest and found some ideas. The Chicken Dijon and Chicken with Corn and Beans are from this website.The rest I made up from recipes we enjoy. I used one box of frozen, boneless,skinless chicken breasts(you could use bone in pieces too)which I bought at Safeway on 10% off day. So, $26.36-$2.64=$23.74 divide that by 5 and it's about $4.75 worth of meat per meal. From start to finish it took one hour to prepare! All need to be thawed in the fridge over night(or you can put them in frozen if you want, just increase the cooking time). All have instructions to cook for 8 hours, but you can adjust that according to your crock pot's cooking time. |
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| Sweet and Sour Veggie Chicken 3 Chicken Breasts 1/2 Bag Frozen Zen Garden Vegetable Homemade Sweet and Sour Sauce 1 cup cold water 1/2 cup Ketchup 1/2 cup Vinegar 2/3 cup Brown sugar 2 Tbsp corn starch Mix all ingredients in a bowl with a whisk. Pour over chicken breasts and add veggies. Squish bag around to mix and coat the chicken. |
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| The night before you want to eat this, take it out of the freezer and put it in the fridge. The next morning pour the contents into your crock pot. Cook on low for 8 hours. Serve over white or brown rice. |
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| These are the ingredients for the sweet and sour sauce from above. |
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| In this sweet and sour sauce I added half of a pineapple chopped into bite size pieces. |
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| Pour over the chicken breasts to coat. Same cooking directions for all of these recipes. Serve over rice sticks. |
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| Chicken with Corn and Beans 1 can of black beans rinsed 1 cup of frozen corn 1/2 onion chopped juice from 1 lime garlic parsley or cilantro salt and pepper to taste |
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| Mix all ingredients together. |
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| Pour over chicken breasts. |
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| Maple Dijon Glazed Chicken 2 Tbsp red wine vinegar 1/2 cup maple syrup 1/2 cup Dijon mustard salt and pepper to taste |
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| Mix all ingredients together. |
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| Pour over chicken breasts. |
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| The ingredients for the Chicken Tacos are just the seasoning mix from the taco kit and 2 of the sauce packs(I always have them left over from the kits as we don't use them). |
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| Mix the 3 packages together. |
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| Pour over the chicken breasts. When using this you'll need to shred or dice the chicken once it's done cooking. It can be served with corn tacos or soft tortilla ,cheese and tomatoes and salsa. |
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| Thought you might want to see the white crock pot It's my only crock pot that actually cooks like a slow cooker! I got it at a garage sale this summer and it's been so fabulous! $5 well spent! Here are some sides to serve the chicken dishes with. There's white and brown rice, brown rice and quinoa, rice sticks or gluten free pasta. |
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| A few posts ago I shared with you that my hubby has Celiac disease. His first food worry was naan bread, he would miss naan bread. I have learned that gluten free baking all comes down to the flour. My friend, Jackie, told me their favorite flour is Bob's All Purpose flour. I haven't had the easiest time finding it, when I did it was $8-$10 for 623 g! This week I found it at Target for $3.99! and they had the spend $50 get a $10 gift card deal! Happy Dance! The original recipe for this bread is here. Naan Bread 3/4 cup warm water 1 tsp sugar 1 tsp yeast Mix sugar and water and sprinkle yeast on top. Leave for 10 minutes. 2 1/4 cup- 2 1/2 cup Bob's All Purpose Flour 1 1/4 tsp xanathan gum 1/8 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 1 tsp sugar Mix all the dry together 2 Tbsp olive oil 3 Tbsp yogurt Mix the yeast and liquids together. Add the liquids to the dry ingredients in the Kitchenaid mixer. Using the dough hook mix, scraping the sides. Mix just until it comes together. Cover with a tea towel and place somewhere warm for 1-3 hours. Sprinkle some flour on your working surface. Press the dough down, sprinkling the top of it with flour. Cut with a sharp knife into squares. |
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| Part of the secret to this bread's success is using a cast iron pan with a lid. Heat it on high. Using a bowl of water sprinkle some water on the dough and add pieces to the cast iron pan. Put the timer on for 1 minute. Flip them and then cook the other side for one minute. Brush them with melted butter. Serve hot. |
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| 1 minute on each side. They should have a charred look to them. |
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| Chicken Thighs at Save On Foods. $5 for 1.326 kg making it $3.77/kg or $1.71/lb. Lower than the on sale price at Superstore, $1.88/lb. |
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| Buttered Chicken using fresh tomatoes from my mom and dad's garden! Thanks mom and dad! |
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| Save On Foods has had some great mark down meats! The fish above was $1.41 for all three packages! |
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| I got paid to take these shrimp home!Any time you are in Save On have a quick walk down the meat aisle to find mark downs like these! Superstore, Coopers and Safeway also do meat markdowns. |
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| My sister in law found this amazing deal. Coopers accidentally ordered WAY too many of these Lean Turkey Cheddar Burgers. These boxes usually go for $13.99 but they blew them out for $3!!! My Coopers was totally out, but hers still had some!(You may be able to still get some!) She was kind enough to get me some and send a picture! Thanks Lynn! |
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| I found an oven! This Faberware was pretty much new. I bought it through Castanet. It can hold a 12inch pizza, a dozen muffins or a whole chicken! I am excited to have an oven to use out on the deck while it's hot, and to tide me over until we decide what to do about our broken oven. |
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| This is a fun story! So, I was in Costco this week and I saw they had the packs of 3 chickens for $2 off. There was a sign over the chickens stating you get $2 off at the till. I didn't get any at that time, but after I left I thought I should have. Costco's sales usually run until Sunday close so once I bought the rotisserie oven I needed some chicken to try it out! Today, while doing errands I did a quick stop at Costco. Just a side note but today the stores were absolutely quiet. Seems everyone was at the beach. I had already got my sunburn for the day, so I was happy to run in and out of the AC! |
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| My 3 pack of chicken was $24.05. When I went through the till the $2 didn't come off. (Ashley, I was that woman! )They called someone over to go and see if there really was a sign over the chickens. The clerk brought it back with him, sure enough they were $2 off, until yesterday!!! The manager was called over(seriously, I was causing a pile up!)and the cashier asked if he should still give me the $2 off as it was their mistake the sign was still up. The manager said no, $10! This is a SCOP! So, 3 chickens for $14.05! Yippee!!! |
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| Of course, I had to try out the rotisserie as soon as I got home. I wonder who gets to clean the drip pan???? |
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| Have I told you how much I LOVE America's Test Kitchen's Slow Cooker Revolution???? It's fantastic! So much fun having so many great slow cooker recipes(again, thank you Linda!). |
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| The sauce needs to be prepared ahead of time and takes 10 minutes. Here's a picture of the ingredients. |
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| I opened that huge tin of pineapples and took out 2/3 cup of pineapple juice. It also calls for 1/2 cup brown sugar. |
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| I opened that huge can of ketchup(all our bottles needed refilling any ways) and took out 1/2 cup ketchup for this recipe. |
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| It calls for the juice of 2 limes, but I only had one large one. |
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| It calls for 6 cloves of minced garlic(I have a big Costco jar of crushed garlic in the fridge). |
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| My mom told me to keep a hunk of ginger in the freezer as it's easy to grate. Thanks mom! 2 Tbsp are needed for this recipe. |
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| 1/4 cup soya sauce |
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| Simmer for 10 minutes. |
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| The recipe says add 1/2 cup of the sauce to the crock pot and reserve the rest. I think next time I would use at least a cup of the sauce. |
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| Season the chicken with salt and pepper and coat with sauce. I used 4 chicken breasts that had bone in and skin on. |
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| Cook on low for 4-6 hours. If your crock pots are anything like mine I would stick to 4 hours or less. |
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| This is the reserved sauce. |
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| After 6 hours. |
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| The recipe says to put it in the oven at 450 for 20-30 minutes. As my oven is kaput I opted to use the barbeque. |
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| Brush the chicken with reserved sauce every few minutes and bake until it has a nice glaze. |
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| We used the left over sauce for dipping. The sauce was soooo yummy! |
