MOMS Club Meal Exchange



We all spend too much of something (whether it be time, money, or calories) on providing delicious meals for our families. This became all too apparent to me when I went from being full time at the office to being full time as Mommy. It started with the 18 days of meals my freezer was stocked with by family and friends after our little girl arrived. These 18 days made me a believer as I saw our restaurant budget with an excess for the first time in years, experienced several relaxing dinners with the hubby, and even stopped dreading my daily weigh in quite so much.

I started out by stocking my freezer with some of our favorites - homemade pizza dough, gumbo, and meatball sliders. But I was immediately excited when introduced to the concept of a "Supper Club". After a year of this prior to our move to PA, I'm excited to continue this with new friends as part of the MOMS Club of Derry Township.

1) Each member will choose 1 meal to make and will email their recipe to the Chair Mom or post it to the blog prior to our Meetup. This will help other moms to find the directions for preheating, make the meal later if it's one they really enjoyed, and create a database of meals to choose from.

2) Each member will prepare their selected recipe for 6 families (with a generous 4 servings each). One of these you will keep for your own family and you will bring 4 others to exchange.

3) Please freeze for at least 24 hours. Write all cooking instructions on the meal packaging. If there are pantry staples (i.e. rice, noodles, buns) needed to complete the meal, please provide these as well.

4) The meals will be exchanged each month via a brief play date. Kids are welcome! If you'd like to participate and can't attend, feel free to still RSVP and arrange to bring your meals to the Chair Mom before the date of exchange. I can store your meals until you are able to come pick them up from me.

5) Provide feedback on the meals! You can do that via email to the Chair Mom or on the blog. Everyone has different preferences and we want to build a "bank" of recipes that all of our little families enjoy!

You can also post any recipe ideas you want to share with the group to the blog at anytime to help generate ideas.

Only 2 restrictions for our group:
- Use healthy substitutes when possible (i.e. fat free dairy products, half and half instead of whipping cream, lean ground beef).
- No major dietary preferences or restrictions for your family (i.e. No onions is a fair request; Gluten free is not).


Thursday, October 4, 2012

October - Citrus Chicken and Rice


Ingredients:
5 cups pineapple juice
2 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
1 2/3 cup low sodium soy sauce
10 pounds chicken breast tenderloins cut in 1 inch bites

Prep Instructions:
1. In a small saucepan over medium heat, mix pineapple juice, brown sugar, and soy sauce. Remove from heat just before the mixture comes to a boil. Cool the mixture completely in the refrigerator.
2. Divide chicken bites evenly into 5 separate freezer bags. Cover with the pineapple marinade. Freeze flat.

Cooking Instructions:
1. Move the frozen meal from the freezer to refrigerator for at least 24 hours to thaw. If you forget, run under cold water in the sink until thawed.
2. Pour mixture into crockpot and cook on low for 6-8 hours or place chicken on skewers or on a grill pan and grill until heated through (add pineapple chunks if you'd like).
3. Serve over rice (Boil in a Bag rice included which takes just 5 minutes).

Let me know if you like it!
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  1. UnknownOctober 4, 2012 at 10:48 AM

    Cost for the 5 meals for this recipe totaled only $13.33! I have brown sugar on hand and 1 Boil in a Bag rice (they come in packs of 4). Also, great deal on chicken tenderloins when you buy them in the frozen section at Sam's Club - they work great for casseroles and things like this!

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