Sautéed garlic gives this sweet chicken a slightly nutty flavor. It’s quick to prepare and makes a delicious weeknight meal.
Tortellini Zucchini Soup
Tortellini Zucchini Soup is an easy 20 minute soup that is good to the last drop—so good that you might need to double the recipe! It freezes well, so it’s a good dish to stock your freezer.
Taco Seasoning Mix
Making your own spice mixes is cost effective and easy, and you know exactly what is in them. When preparing taco meat with this taco seasoning mix, cook the ground beef then add 2 Tbsp. of mix with 1/3 cup of water per pound of meat. Simmer for about two minutes, stirring as it cooks.
Creole Chicken in Green Chili Cream Sauce
This somewhat spicy stove top chicken dish is a flavorful and attractive dish that can be adjusted based on your preferences—if you prefer less spice, use tomatoes instead of green chilies, or cut the creole seasoning in half. If you like your creole dishes to be smokin' hot, add some cayenne pepper or double the amount of green chilies.
Buttery, Flaky Pie Crust {Freezer-Friendly}
This flaky, buttery pie crust is a delicious foundation for pies, quiches, and pot pies. With only 3 ingredients plus water, this bulk pie crust recipe omits the lard and preservatives found in most commercially prepared crusts and is always available in your freezer.
How To Cook Dried Beans for the Freezer
Using dried beans instead of canned beans is an easy way to save money. Cooking dried beans takes several hours but only requires checking on them a couple of times. For our menus, you can cook a bag (or two if your pot is large enough) of dried beans and freeze the beans in their own juice. These bags of frozen beans, which are far less expensive, can be used in place of canned beans.
Cream Soup Substitute
If you prefer not to use cream soups in recipes that call for undiluted "cream of" soups, try this substitution instead.
Terlingua Chili Mix
There is no need for expensive chili spice packets with this homemade chili spice blend. Just mix and store. Chili powder keeps its flavor the best if stored in the refrigerator, so this chili seasoning blend is best stored in the refrigerator due to the high chili powder content.
Adobo Seasoning
Adobo is a Filipino spice that is mostly made up of garlic salt. Adobo is inexpensive and can be found with the Latino foods at most grocery stores. If you can't find it, you can make your own with this recipe.
Marinated Grilled Chicken for the Freezer
A feature of Menus4Moms menus is having food prep already done before dinner time, and one way we accomplish this is by bulk cooking and freezing chicken in meal-sized portions. Here is a wonderful recipe for cooking chicken in bulk. Have grilled chicken for dinner the night you cook it, then chop and freeze the leftovers in dated freezer bags. The longer the chicken marinates in this mixture, the more flavorful it will be.
