Today, I had a teeny tiny dilemma.
Our oldest son Asa (age 15) knew that some of his friends were coming to town this weekend and that we would see them at church. What he didn’t know was what his friends’ plans would be after church. We decided that we wanted to ask them to join us for lunch. But we knew that there was the possibility that they would have other plans already.
What was I to do? I needed to have plenty of food prepared in case I had 6-10 or so extra kids. But I sure didn’t want loads of leftovers if they decided not to come.
Problem solved: I made eight pounds of Crock Pot Barbecue Chicken Breasts, knowing that we would either eat it all up at lunch, or I could freeze whatever was left for easy Barbecue Chicken Sandwiches another time.
Elias (our 10 year old) found those little snowman potholders at a thrift store and picked them up for us.
They are perfect for hauling the crock pot across the kitchen.
As it turns out, Asa’s friends made other plans. So, our normal crew ate all we wanted for lunch, and now I have a nice bowl full of BBQ Chicken in my freezer for a quick, healthy meal another time. Asa has been able to fellowship with his friends from church camp all day…at someone else’s house. I’m so thankful that he has such great friends. :)
So there you have it – my helpful BBQ Chicken advice. It’s easy to make a big batch when you’re serving extras – and it’s easy to freeze if you make too much. And it takes a delightful five minutes to throw together. I love it!
Here’s what our menu looks like this week:
Sunday, December 16
Oatmeal, fruit
Crock pot barbecue chicken – shredded and made into sandwiches, peas
High School Huddle – Italian pasta bake, tossed salad, green beans, bread and butter, chocolate chip cookies
Monday, December 17
Pancake sausage muffins, applesauce
Whole wheat calzones, raw veggies
Barbecue brisket, baked potatoes, green beans
Tuesday, December 18
Pumpkin chocolate chip muffins, bananas
Pizza boats, fruit-kefir smoothies
Teriyaki chicken and veggies
Wednesday, December 19
Easy breakfast casserole, clementines
Snowflake quesadillas, fruit salad
Taco potatoes
Thursday, December 20 (Malachi’s Birthday – his food choices)
Donuts ;)
Homemade corndogs, fruit
Pasta alfredo, tossed salad, steamed broccoli and carrots
Friday, December 21
Giant breakfast cookies, apples
Tuna salad, crackers, baby carrots, peaches
Pizza, tossed salad
Saturday, December 22
Scrambled eggs, clementines
Leftovers
Hoagie sandwiches, chips, apples, carrots
Have anything yummy on your menu this week you’d like to tell us about?
We had the same thing for lunch today. It was yummy. I didn’t know what to cook this morning and I decided to just throw a few pounds of chicken breast along with BBQ sauce and my house smelled so good when we got home from church.
Love your snowflake quesadillas!! I’m definitely making those!
Here is my dinner plan
http://www.booksbillsandgrocerybags.com/2012/12/dinner-plan-122-1216.html?m=1
I made your barbeque chicken in a crock pot for a Christmas party last night. I took it in a casserole dish over rice. There were left overs, and so tonight, we are having the most delicious fried rice with it for our Sunday night supper! Thanks for the recipe! Yum! Everyone LOVED it!
Yes! I just made this casserole today and the family went wild for it! Such a keeper!
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggs-benedict-casserole/detail.aspx
Those aren’t pot holders, they are for holding utensils (although that is a great use for them too). And I know this because I’m pretty sure I’m the one that donated those!
Hahaha!! Mystery solved! He got them last Wed. night when his Bible class went on a “field trip” to donate food. Everyone got to pick something. He liked them and brought them home and said, “what are they”? I was guessing that they might have something to do with utensils, but there were only three, so we’ve just sort of been using them here and there – and they worked great for the crock pot that day!!!
There are only 3 of us in my house now but SOMETIMES when I pack leftovers for the freezer I separate into ‘personal’ size portions (the entire supply of leftovers) using wax paper so if needed I can separate out a meal if only ONE needs to eat at home. Also I can break out enough for all 3 or if sister is visiting for 4.