July Cooking Directions

Grilled Chicken and Rosemary Rolls

For the chicken, I packaged them in two bags, two chicken breasts per bag for options sake. You can thaw them all and grill or broil them for a meal with the rolls OR skip straight to the left over options here:

1. Chop and use to top a dinner salad. Still good with the rolls!

2. Chicken Bake - Arrange some pizza dough into a retangle on a cookie sheet. Long ways, down the middle, layer fresh spinach, slices of the chicken and some thinly sliced onion. If you're doing leftover chicken and it's a little dry, add some ceasar dressing. Add cheese, mushrooms, or whatever else you'd like. Fold the sides in a seal. Brush with some ceasar salad dressing and sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Bake.

For the rolls, thaw and bake at 350 degrees until warm about 5-10 minutes. Brush with some melted butter if your diet allows. :)


Beef Broccoli and Sesame Noodles

Beef Broccoli:

Allow to thaw. Pour beef and marinade into a hot frying pan and cook until desired doneness. Mix sauce bag so cornstarch incorporates. Pour over meat and cook over medium heat until sauce is thick and bubbly. Meanwhile, microwave broccoli with a few tablespoons water until desired softness (I like the broccoli more firm so I just barely warm through.) Stir broccoli into beef mixure. If you'd like the sauce thinner, stir in 1/4 C. water.

Sesame Noodles:

Note: I usually don't make an entire box for one meal but the sauce is enough for the whole box. It warms up fine but tends to seem more oily than when it's fresh.

Cook and drain pasta according to box. Add 2 T. hot water into sesame noodle sauce and mix well. Toss sauce with noodles.

Pizza two ways

I made a grown up version and a more basic kid friendly version...

Ham and Pineapple:

Pretty straight forward. Allow crust to thaw on counter all day until double. If it's a pretty warm day, it'll take less time. Arrange dough on pizza stone or cookie sheet. I like to sprinkle with cornmeal and then lay the dough on. Top with sauce, cheese, ham and pineapple. The recipe says bake at 500 degrees for 10-12 minutes. I usually do about 450 at the most...

Chicken, Onion and Rosemary Pizza:

Allow crust to thaw on counter all day until double. If it's a pretty warm day, it'll take less time. Arrange dough on pizza stone or cookie sheet. I like to sprinkle with cornmeal and then lay the dough on. This recipe doesn't need a sauce but you could brush some olive oil over the crust if you wanted to. Top with chicken mixture and then cheese. Bake at 425 degrees for 18-22 minutes.