Here are some Quick and Easy Dinners. They are Quick because you pull them out of the freezer (pre-made) and Easy because you made eights meals at a time.
Julie bought a warehouse package of chicken breasts and another of pork chops that day, still thawed and fresh. She divided the chicken into four gallon ziplocks, and repeated that for the pork chops. She made two marinades. Two of the chicken and two of the pork received the Citrus Style Marinade, the remaining four ziplocks, the California Style Marinade.
She immediately froze seven of these bags.
Now she made the made Carbonara Sauce using 1/4 of the amount fortonight's dinner, and sealing the remaining three portions in a vacuum ball jar. With the vacuum, it would keep in the fridge for weeks.
Week 1
Monday's Menu: California Style Chicken with Alfredo Sauce
Except for shopping day where the night's meal was still unthawed, Julie would pull out one of the other ziplocks,let it thaw, and add the appropriate sauce, made from scratch or puchased. She would store the remaining sauce properly (fridge or better, a Ball vac jar).
Tuesday's Menu: Citrus Style Pork Chops with Carbonara Sauce
Wednesday for all weeks, the family would pick up subways (soccer practice night)
Thursdays, they would deal with leftovers - a kind of smorgasbord.
Friday and Saturday, Julie would work from a another, similar set of 8 quick and easy dinners - but with different marinades and sauces - using fish andbeef.
Sunday for Julie's household is a potluck dinner with extended family. Julie opts for the beverages because we know that Julie knows a shortcut when she seesone.
Week 2
Monday's Menu: California Style Chicken with Carbonara Sauce
Tuesday's Menu: Citrus Style Pork Chops with Alfredo Sauce
Wednesday - subways (soccer practice night)
Thursday - leftovers - a kind of smorgasbord.
Friday and Saturday, an entree from Julie's fish and beef set
Sunday Julie's extended family potluck dinner
Week 3
Monday's Menu: Citrus Style Chicken with Alfredo Sauce
Tuesday's Menu: California Style Pork Chops with Carbonara Sauce
Wednesday - subways (soccer practice night)
Thursday - leftovers - a kind of smorgasbord.
Friday and Saturday, an entree from Julie's fish and beef set
Sunday Julie's extended family potluck dinner
Week 4
Monday's Menu: Citrus Style Chicken with Carbonara Sauce
Tuesday's Menu: California Style Pork Chops with Alfredo Sauce
Wednesday - subways (soccer practice night)
Thursday - leftovers - a kind of smorgasbord.
Friday and Saturday, an entree from Julie's fish and beef set
Sunday Julie's extended family potluck dinner
Dinners will be quick and easy with frozen dinners you prepared economically in bulk, cleaned up one mess for in the kitchen, and pull out according to a planned monthly menu to provide variety to your quick dinners.
Quick and Easy Dinners - How it works...
