I came up with a plan to get back into cooking our evening meals. If I can choose meals that I can make or prep and bag as meal bags on the weekend, I can come home and cook dinner.
For example:
Chicken Salad with a simple salad
Sir fry: Prep everything and put everything in separate bags inside of a large bag labeled. (Got that one from you, Jean!)
Chicken Linguine with Candied Cherry Tomatoes: make the whole recipe, except for the pasta, but keep them separate.
Burgers and a nice cold congealed salad like my mom used to make.
Shrimp Boil with coleslaw: prep the veggies and dressing for the salad and mix while boil cooks
That kind of thing. Actually, that is next week's menu.
And as I noted on Susan's Pecan Crusted Chicken review, if I have an early afternoon home, I could prep the chicken and put on a rack in the fridge to bake off the next day. Do you think I can do that that far ahead? Salad and dressing could be made on the weekend. That kind of dish would be doable also.
Another thought, could the Parmesan Chicken Roulades (sp?) be made on the weekend, freeze, and take out to thaw on a rack the night before I make them? If that would work, the Pecan Crusted Chicken could be done the same way?
Any ideas? HELP! My brain is tired already!
For example:
Chicken Salad with a simple salad
Sir fry: Prep everything and put everything in separate bags inside of a large bag labeled. (Got that one from you, Jean!)
Chicken Linguine with Candied Cherry Tomatoes: make the whole recipe, except for the pasta, but keep them separate.
Burgers and a nice cold congealed salad like my mom used to make.
Shrimp Boil with coleslaw: prep the veggies and dressing for the salad and mix while boil cooks
That kind of thing. Actually, that is next week's menu.
And as I noted on Susan's Pecan Crusted Chicken review, if I have an early afternoon home, I could prep the chicken and put on a rack in the fridge to bake off the next day. Do you think I can do that that far ahead? Salad and dressing could be made on the weekend. That kind of dish would be doable also.
Another thought, could the Parmesan Chicken Roulades (sp?) be made on the weekend, freeze, and take out to thaw on a rack the night before I make them? If that would work, the Pecan Crusted Chicken could be done the same way?
Any ideas? HELP! My brain is tired already!
Daphne
Keep your mind wide open.
Keep your mind wide open.