A (freezer) Meal Idea

Most of the comments I got from people about my last blog (Organization 102) were about my freezer meals and their recipes.


I love doing freezer meals cause we all know when we are running late and stop by the grocery store to grab a quick dinner it is usually from the freezer isle. Either a frozen pizza, lasagna or the like. Well those foods even if they say No Preservatives or All Natural are really still full of ingredients that I can pronounce. So to make my life easier and healthy and frankly Yummier (yeah I said it, my food is yummier then that frozen junk you can buy, I know it to be true cause my 4 year old will eat it), I make large batches of our favorite foods and freeze them.


I'll be honest though I didn't create any of these recipes, I may have adapted them to make them freezer ready or something but they all came from other sources.


What I keep in my freezer all the time....
Apricot Chicken Glaze. I got this recipe off of the Real Age website. But it was only for 2 servings, that's not real helpful for a family. So I did the calculations and made it serve like 16. Then I freeze it in 4 small Rubbermaid containers and when I want it I just pull it out pop it in the microwave for about 30 seconds and spread it on the chicken pop that in the oven 20-30 minutes latter I have a yummy dinner (and I only used one dish). I guess I also took out the scallions they told me to use cause I don't like Scallions (too closely related to onions which I hate). So I added a little onion powder to their recipe. But here is my beefed up recipe.


This recipe makes enough glaze to make about 16 boneless/skinless chicken breasts each about 4 oz.


32 Dried Apricots, Chopped
1 C. White Wine
1/2 C. Olive Oil
1 t. Ground Cinnamon
1/2 t. Onion Powder (optional)

Saute the ingredients until tender, transfer to a blender/food processor and puree. Now separate evening into 4 freezer/microwave safe containers label and freeze.


On baking day...
Pre heat oven to 375, place chicken in a glass baking dish. Thaw about 1lb of boneless/skinless chicken. Thaw the glaze (about 30 seconds in a microwave) spoon over chicken and bake until chicken is cooked through (about 30 minutes).


We often serve this with long grain brown rice, and either some veggies or a salad.


I hope you like this as much as our family does.