Chicken & Rice dinner

Sorry I didn't get this posted yesterday - I don't know where my brain was - wait, yes I do, dog tired was where it was - I woke up at 2:30 again, dozed off and on a bit until 3:15, woke again, couldn't get back to sleep, went to living room watched a TIVO'd recording of House, went back to bed about 4:15, finally fell back to sleep until the alarm went off at 5! Wish I could say this was a new occurance but I think I'm going to have to up the dosage of my sleep meds!

Anyhoo,

Chicken and Rice Dinner

1 can cream of.... your preference
1 cup raw white rice
1 cup water
1 envelope onion soup mix
1 pound BSCB (boneless, skinless chicken breast)

I put the first 4 ingredients into a gallon sized ziploc, seal it leaving a bit of air in bag, and shake the dickens out of the bag, mushing around the soup to dissolve. Drop chicken into bag, press out as much air as possible, seal, label and freeze. When ready to cook, thaw in refrigerator overnight. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 1/2 - 2 hours - cook until chicken is cooked through.

Well, off to bed I go! Good night!

Cooler Weather Freezer Meal

Well, it looks like the cooler weather is getting here quickly so I thought I would provide a soup recipe. I usually replace the cheddar cheese soup with the cheddar cheese sauce that you can get at either Sam's or Costco which I divide down into 12 oz. portions and freeze them, then when I need them just put them in the refrigerator, thaw and use.

Broccoli-Cheddar Chowder - 6 servings

1 1/2 cups milk
11 oz. cheddar cheese soup (or use the entire 12 oz. cheese sauce I mentioned above.)
1 cup frozen loose packed broccoli
1/2 cup frozen loose packed hash brown potatoes
1/2 cup frozen whole kernel corn
2 tablespoons chopped pimiento

In a medium saucepan, stir together milk and soup. Cook and stir over medium heat till bubbly. Remove from heat. Stir in remaining ingredients; cool. Pour mixture into a 1 qt. freezer container. Seal, label and freeze.

To serve, transfer frozen mixture to a large saucepan. Cover and cook over medium-low heat for 40 - 45 minutes or until heated through, stirring occasionally.

Other than that there is nothing new going on around here - hope to see you all Friday if not sooner!

Freezer Meals

So, I know that sometime ago I promised to post freezer meals on Mondays - and then after just a few recipes that faded away - I apologize. I know today is Tuesday BUT I DID pull the recipe from my files on Monday! I LOVE these dump chicken recipes as they are so quick and easy and makes you feel like you accomplished something so quickly. You can use either fresh or IQF (individually quick frozen) in these recipes as the chicken marinates as it thaws. Just mix the recipe in a LABELED gallon sized ziploc, toss in the needed amount of chicken, squeeze out as much air as possible, seal and throw it in the freezer. It is wonderful cooked either on the grill or in the oven. We have used many different flavors of jam and have yet to fine a combination that we haven't liked.

DUMP BBQ JELLY CHICKEN
3/4 c Ketchup
3/4 c Blackberry, strawberry,-peach or apricot Jam
1/8 c White Vinegar
1 tsp. Worcestershire
2 tsp. Chili Powder
1/8 tsp. Salt

Where'd the week go?

The trip to Portland had an eventful start to say the least - cancelled flight, going from 2 stops to 3 wih little to no layovers that had us running from gate to gate, and my aunt who I was looking so forward to seeing ending up in the ER for a seizure! We did at least get to see them for a quick dinner the following evening without most of the cousins there and one hiding in her bedroom for some reason.

We had awesome training sessions that left us feeling even more impressed with the business we are getting up and running and enjoyed the company of some incredible people - for those of you who are sports fans or have sport fan hubbies - one of the couples speaking to us was Tracey & Kimberly Eaton (Tracey played in the NFL for Houston Oilers & Atlanta Falcons) who was able to retire at age 38 by being leaders through our business and the Goads (www.thegoads.com) sang to the crowd several times. All in all we had a blast and are glad we went.

Made it home mid-day Monday and then resumed my care of the G's kiddos! We went to Constitution Village, played on the trampoline in the rain, visited Chuck E. Cheese and ended the week with a trip to the Nashville Zoo!

Hope you all had great fall breaks and can't wait to see/hear/read about them real soon!

Off to finish catching up on laundry, house cleaning and all the fun stuff I didn't attend to this week.