I've got a huge picnic I'm planning for Saturday, and it's crunch time for the freezer goddess. The menu is simple, but it will save fridge space and prep/cooking time. Here's what I'm making ahead of time in order for it to be made "fresh" the day of the picnic.
The first item is the all-important and ever-versatile flash-frozen convenience chicken. With all the people and small children around, I do not want to be dealing with raw chicken on picnic day - and now there's no need to. It only needs to be heated (not cooked) on a low grill. We'll season some of it with a bit of Lawry's and serve it with Crystal Hot Sauce, and then slather BBQ sauce on the rest. As for the leftovers, I may even try refreezing it - I'l let you know how that turns out.
Burgers - I handformed, individually wrapped and froze a couple dozen of them already.
Hotdogs - I buy them in bulk, and I routinely wrap pairs of them in plastic wrap and freeze the whole lot in a gallon ziplock bag. My freezer already is full of them - just thaw and grill.
Mac & Cheese - already assembled and frozen, just needs to be thawed and baked.
Chocolate Chip Cookies - Balls of ready-to-bake dough have previously been flash frozen. To bake, they just go right onto the cookie cheet and into the oven.
Koolaid - believe it or not, I'm actually considering freezing gallon zip-lock bags of it so I'll be cold for the picnic, and not use up my precious ice cubes! Having that large freezer in my garage really helps.
The amount of time and hassle (not to mention fridge space!) that just these few steps will save me will be realized on picnic day.
1 comment:
enjoy your picnic. I am in awe of your organizational skills.
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