This weekend I made my first foray into the world of slow cooker freezer meals. I've been pinning recipes for a while, but hadn't yet gotten the hang of all the pre-preparation. But, with busy tech weeks coming up for my play at school, I decided now was the time to tackle it. It can be hard to keep to a healthy, real food diet when I'm gone from the house for 12+ hours a day for multiple weeks, so planning ahead is absolutely necessary! I'm hoping that with these three meals, each of which uses about 1 lb of chicken, we will be able to eat healthily despite the late nights.
The recipes I chose to try are Apricot Chicken from A Year of Slow Cooking, Thai Peanut Chicken from Practical Stewardship, and Chicken with Kumquat Chutney based on the Barbeque Chicken at Practical Stewardship.
We haven't tried these meals yet, so I'll be back with updates to let you know how we liked each meal!
What are some of your favorite recipes for the slow cooker? Or for busy nights? I'm always interested in new meal ideas!
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Hi Cheryl, I look forward to hearing how they turned out for you, I finally just got myself a slow cooker and am starting to experiment myself.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing this on Waste Not Want Not Wednesday :) (psst - thanks for mentioning the party, but your links aren't working)
Thanks for letting me know! I tried doing the link ups while I was away from home, and clearly it didn't work correctly. It should be fixed now
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