Organised frozen dinners

r.mac_2

Hello - been ages since i was last on here.

I thought i'd tell you what idea I can up with this weekend (no doubt lots of you already do this!). Anyway, I am determined to keep on top of food finances as they have been slipping again recently - partly because it gets half way through the week and I'm tired and lacking in inspiration!

So when I was shopping this weekend I bought quite a few chicken breasts. I then decided to chop them up and put them into freezer bag portions. But I also added marinate to the bag at the same time - so now all i have to do is remember to pull out a bag in the morning and all i have to do is pop it in the oven when i get home and cook some rice/pasta/potaotes to go with it.

however - I've run out of marinate ideas! especially ones that can freeze.

so far we have had curry pastemixed with natural yoghurt (that one wasn't frozen) and lemon juice

lemon, thyme and olive oil

chillies and lemons

harissa paste (quite expensive so used sparingly!) and lemon juice

can anyone suggest anything else that would work well?

thriftlady_2

Ooh good idea

What about
ginger, soy sauce, garlic and honey
honey and mustard
sun-dried tomato paste and olive oil
smoked paprika and yogurt

r.mac_2

thriftlady - that sounds gorgeous. I'm off to make them tonight with the remaining chicken.
thanks!

ooh - actually do you think i could freeze the ones with yoghurt in them????

Pink.

That is a clever idea!

A quick and easy one I make if I'm cooking chicken breast is a splash of white wine, a dash of olive oil, chopped onion, garlic and black pepper. If you want it a little bit spicier add some mustard or chilli powder. It makes the chicken much more moist when you come to cook it.

There's an older thread with lots of marinade ideas that should help:

marinade recipes

Pink

phizzimum

so simple can't believe i've never thought of it before! thanks