The Plan ~ Getting Ready For Freezer Cooking, Week Two

Are you ready (to get ready) for our Freezer Cooking Challenge, week two? This time, we’ll be focusing on chicken recipes. Want to know what’s coming up after this week? I’ve updated the post which shares the challenges to come. You’ll want to check it out!

Here’s what I have planned to make next week in an effort to put chicken dishes in the freezer. Want to join me?

• Black Bean Chicken Nachos (x2)
• Crock Pot Barbecue Chicken Breasts (x2)
• Chicken Broth, plus shredded cooked chicken for salads and stir fries
• Bacon Wrapped Cream Cheese Chicken (recipe in {Healthy} Make-Ahead Meals and Snacks eBook)

If you joined the challenge last week and ran out of Pyrex dishes, you’ll be glad to know that you don’t have to use any casserole dishes this week (unless you want to)! This week, you’ll just need Ziploc type freezer bags and jars. :)

The Grocery List

• 2 whole chickens (more if you like)
• veggies for making broth (like carrots, onions, and celery)
• 10 pounds (give or take) boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 1/2 cups ketchup (for barbecue sauce)
• 4 cups salsa
• 4 cups cooked black beans (or 2 cans prepared black beans)
• 4 ounces cream cheese
• 1 pound bacon

Miscellaneous items you’ll need:

• minced onion
• sea salt
• garlic powder
• black pepper
• liquid smoke
• cheese, chips, sour cream, and other nacho toppings if you plan to serve Black Bean Chicken Nachos this week
• fruit and veggie side dishes

I’ve created a downloadable and printable grocery list for you here:  Freezer Cooking Grocery List Two

Your first assignment is simply this:

Check out the recipes above and purchase all needed groceries. Then, look at your schedule next week to see how you might be able to work out the following:

On Monday, we’ll start by cooking our whole chickens to make Chicken Broth. Wednesday we’ll work on Black Bean Chicken Nachos. Thursday will be our Crock Pot Barbecue Chicken Breasts day. And we’ll wrap up on Friday by making Bacon Wrapped Cream Cheese Chicken. By the end of the week, you will have fed your family very well, plus you will have a freezer full of broth, pre-cooked chicken for salads, stir-fries, and casseroles, plus packages of bbq chicken, salsa chicken, and bacon wrapped chicken for easy-to-heat-up meals!

If that particular schedule doesn’t work for you – no problem! Those are the days I’ll be blogging about my freezer cooking progress with each of those recipes, but you can certainly work at your own pace and in your own time.

Ready…go!

Don’t forget, Let’s Do This! eCourse and {Healthy} Make-Ahead Meals and Snacks eBook are discounted to just $5 for the whole package. The recipes included in that package are some that we use all the time at our house to get ahead!