Freezer Cooking - Chicken Recipes Day 1

After a week of "what do you want for dinner tonight" and no easy answer, I decided it was time to get the freezer stocked back up. I decided to keep it simple and did only chicken recipes this weekend. I shopped on Saturday, that way I would have all of Sunday to prepare the meals. Before I could do all of this I first gathered the recipes I wanted to try, made my shopping list and created the labels to put on the bags.

Day 1

Go shopping…I will include all ingredients needed, but you may have most of the spices/condiments on hand already.

5 Onions
1 Red Onion
3 Bell Peppers
2 Zucchini
10 Carrots
6 Celery Stalks
7 Potatoes
1 Bunch of Cilantro
Lime Juice

Minced Garlic
Minced Onion
Chili Powder
Garlic Powder
Garlic Salt
Salt
Pepper
Cumin
Quick Cooking Tapioca
Brown Sugar

Honey
BBQ Sauce
Worcestershire Sauce
Dijon Mustard
Teriyaki Sauce
Soy Sauce
Maple Syrup
Red Wine Vinegar
20oz Can of Pineapple Chunks
16oz Jellied Cranberry Sauce
Can Black Beans, Drained
2 16oz Jars Alfredo Sauce
26oz Jar Vegetable Style Spaghetti Sauce
16oz Catalina Salad Dressing
12oz Jar Apricot Preserves
Dried Onion Soup Mix
1 Pound Monterey Jack Cheese
2 16oz Cans Green Enchilada Sauce
Heavy Cream
3 14.5oz Cans of Chicken Broth
3 Cans Cream of Chicken Soup
2 Cans Peas

16oz bag of Frozen Corn
16oz Frozen Broccoli Florets
2 Deep Dish Frozen Pie Crusts Sets

Flour Tortillas ( I bought burrito size 8 pack)

20 Pounds of Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts

2 Tin Baking Pans
Gallon Size Freezer Bags

For side dishes or to complete a meal:
Rice
Veggies (like the steam fresh veggies)
Fettuccine Noodles
Spaghetti Noodles
Stuffing

That night, boil 10 chicken breasts until done, about 30 minutes. Shred or cube 6 breasts and put in the fridge to use tomorrow.

In a gallon sized baggie add the following:
6 tablespoons honey
5 tablespoons lime juice
1 tablespoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

Shred or cube your remaining 4 chicken breasts and put in the honey marinade baggie, mix up and put in the fridge until tomorrow.

Make labels to put on each meal

Stay tuned...the next post will show what I made.

New Tenant

We hung up a second birdhouse when we kept finding one persistent birds nest blown out almost every day. (this years has been the windiest year ever)

We were hoping they would move in, either she finally has, or there is a new mama birdie on the block.



 

This nest hangs out on our front porch, and I took pictures from inside the house.

Hope she enjoys her new digs!

We plan to build some houses this year and have more hung up for next spring...wonder how many we will have move in next year. :)

Loving Spring

To me the best part of Spring is the baby birds. Last Christmas my grandson picked out this adorable owl bird house, and surprisingly it doesn't scare the birds. So we have a family nested all snuggly inside....yesterday I noticed the first baby peeping out.

 

Eyes not even open yet, tiny tuft of hair and a big huge beak....cutest baby bird I've ever seen!!! ;)

 

This hangs outside my kitchen window so I love that I can watch without disturbing them. There looks to be 3 babies in there, can tell more when they get bigger.

What is your favorite thing about Spring?



Meatless Monday - Bean and Cheese Burritos

I am always looking for something easy to make ahead for my work lunches, and I decided bean burritos would be a quick and easy meal.

I bought a can of pinto beans and a can of black beans. I put them in my food processor along with half a can of green chili's, salsa and some onions leftover from BBQ night.



 

I mixed it all up...

...and put in tortillas along with some cheese.

I then wrapped them in foil, then put into a freezer Ziploc and into the freezer. Now I can just grab one out the night before and take to lunch. I will warm up in the microwave and then toast a bit in the toaster oven. If I was home I would probably put in the oven around 350-400 for about 10 minutes.

For around $5 I made 7 burros. Now next time I think I will switch it up by only blending half of each of the beans, and use the remaining half as whole beans in the mix...and also I hope to remember to add the can of corn I had also bought and left sitting unopened on the counter.

Thank You Cards

I had some down time recently, so I thought it was the perfect time to get caught up on making some thank you cards.

 

This first one is a regular sized card using Stampin' Up Vintage Verses set.

 

Then another regular sized "Hello" card using the Feeling Sentimental stamp set. (CASEd from Stamper Dog)

The rest are all 3x3 cards that I like to send with my online orders. (All CASEd from Dawns Stamping Thoughts Youtube videos, LOVE her stuff!!)

Which is your favorite?

Soy Milk Foaming Bath

Hmmm, such a rough job I have. I must try every bath and body product I make before I sell it...my choice, and not a bad choice at all. ;) I figure as sensitive as my skin is, if I can pass the test then I know it is very gentle on other skin types. So here we have a new product alert....a foaming bath powder with soy milk.
As you can see it foams up from the very start.

There is also pink kaolin clay in there, which adds a pretty hue to your tub water.

The tub is filled and as you can see it foamed up quite a bit. I put 2 capfuls in the tub.

As it drains it does leave some clay residue, but....

A cup of water swished at the end left  the tub clean with no scrubbing.

My skin really liked this, it didnt leave me irritated or red in any way. This is comes in a glass jar and sells in the store for $12.00.

The Price of Freedom is Written on the Wall

We got an amazing chance to see the traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall. It is the largest traveling replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall which is located in Washington D.C.


This 80% replica made its way to our small town of Cottonwood, and is 1 of 2 Arizona locations for 2013.

The Hubs and I went with our youngest grandson Orion.

The names with a plus sign are people who didnt make it home and their bodies were never recovered. Those who were killed and their bodies made it home have a diamond shape after their name.

I thankfully don't know anyone on the wall, but a friend has a family member on there so we looked up their wall location in the book and etched the name with a pencil over paper.

You can find more information about the wall and its schedule at the American Veterans Traveling Tribute website. Its an amazing thing to see and a great opportunity for people who cant make it to DC to see the original.