Chicken Strips

These chicken strips were tasty and a big hit with my kids.  They gobbled them up, which is unusual for them.

Adapted from: Once Upon A Chef
Difficulty: Moderate
Category: Freezer to Pan
Recipe Column: AC

Poolkogi (Korean BBQ Beef)

I used to know a Korean woman who made this whenever she had people over and it was always delicious.  I am still working on perfecting my cooking technique, but this is still tasty and makes a good freezer meal.

Difficulty: Easy
Category: Some Assembly Required
Recipe Column: BS

Get the recipe here.

To freeze:
Prepare the meat and place in the marinade as instructed in the recipe.  Divide the marinade and meat into containers or bags freeze.

To serve:
Thaw the meat in the marinade.  Remove the meat from the marinade and cook according to the directions in the recipe in step 6.  Serve the meat with rice, lettuce and vegetables such as slices of peppers, cucumber spears and carrots.  Place the meat, vegetables and rice in lettuce leaves and wrap them up.  There is also a sauce recommended for to accompany this dish.  We tried it and didn't care for it, so we stick with the plan meat and veggies with the rice.

French Dip

These sandwiches are a big hit with my family.  They're very tasty plus they are super easy and low maintenance to both make and serve.

Adapted from: Neighbor Food
Difficulty: Easy
Category: Some Assembly Required
Recipe Column: CG
Serves: 6

Saag Paneer

I cannot tell you how delighted I am to have discovered a way to freeze this dish.  Saag paneer is one of my favorite meals and my favorite Indian dish.  Unfortunately we only have one Indian restaurant in town and while they have some delicious food their saag paneer is not great. It can also be pretty time consuming to make saag paneer.  Due to the lack of good saag paneer in my town and how time consuming it is, I haven't been able to have saag paneer on a regular basis for a few years now, hence the delight at being able to freeze it.  Now I make a quadruple bathc and can have it even more frequently than I did when we lived in a town with more Indian restaurants.  As I've said before, Indian food is one of my favorite things to cook.  It's such an enjoyable sensory experience.

Delicious saag paneer with an equally delicious mango lassi right next to it.

This recipe is time consuming and I classify it as difficult based solely on making the paneer, which is a process.  If you can find a store bought paneer or if you want to replace the paneer altogether with chickpeas, chicken or potatoes, this actually becomes and reasonably fast and easy dish.  I love the paneer though, so it's worth the effort to me to make it.