So since I did last weeks works for me Wednesday on a way to make meals for small numbers, I will share another tip.
I like to make casseroles, but they are always so big, and now that it just Matt and me eating it we always end up throwing some away. I can only eat the same thing so much.
So tonight, I wanted to make Chicken Poppy Seed Casserole, but I don't have my brother to eat the rest of it. I only cooked half the chicken needed, and then made the whole amount of the sauce, but only put half on , and froze the other half. I only used half the topping too. I used the small pyrex pan not the 9 by 13.
Now next time we want to make it, I already have it half made! YAY. Now I really could have been on the ball and cooked double the chicken and cut it up and put it in the freezer too. But I wanted to save the chicken we have left for other things.
Just the right size. There was one serving left over (LUNCH!)
(yes, i forgot to take a pic of the small casserole finished. OOPS I was hungry!)
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I cannot for the life of me figure out where that darn video button went. It used to be there. I never used it though. And now that I want it, it's gone!
ReplyDeleteAnyways, I like your tip. One of the hardest things I learned after getting married was cooking for just two. Then shortly after having my first child I discovered freezer meals and Once a Month Cooking (OAMC). It's nice to make a large casserole and divide it up into a couple meals. Four meals in the time it takes for one? Deal! Of course now there's 8 of us.
ok so I am not crazy! I thought there used to be one there, but I thought maybe I was confused. Maybe I will email blogger and see if they could tell me what happened to it.
ReplyDeleteNot sure about the video button but YUM!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip too.
Looks good! I usually buy a whole chicken each week, season with salt and pepper and toss into the Crockpot for 3 hours until done. That plain (but seasoned) chicken is then removed from the bones and reseasoned according to the various recipes in which I plan to use it throughout the week. Time saver!
ReplyDeleteSounds yummy!!!!
ReplyDeleteI am following thanks to Friday Follow!!! Sorry I am late/ or early!!!!
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Hi following you from friday follow sorry I am so late- but I guess it is better late than never right?
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