Recipe: Homemade Versions of Frozen Dinners

Hi Mary,

Here are some recipes to experiment with as replacements for commercial frozen dinners you're interested in duplicating:

For Alfredo Chicken (Grilled seasoned white chicken, pasta in an Alfredo Cheese Sauce with broccoli, carrots and garden peas):
- Chicken Alfredo Casserole
- Vegetable and Chicken Alfredo
- Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo

For Beef Steak and Garlic Potato (garlic Herb Seasoned Potatoes and Beef Steak with Carrots, Green Beans and Onions):
- Garlic Potatoes

For Chicken Fajita (Green, Yellow and Red Peppers in a Fajita Sauce with Onions and Grilled White Chicken):
- Chicken Fajitas A-La-Crock Pot
- Chicken Fajitas Using Grilled Chicken Breasts
- Chicken Fajita Marinade

Chicken Stir-Fry (Carrots, Broccoli and Red Peppers in a Stir Fry Sauce with Seasoned White Chicken and Pasta):
- Do-Ahead Stir Fry Sauce
- Mix & Match Stir-Fry

For Garlic Chicken or Garlic Shrimp (Pasta in a Garlic Sauce with Grilled Seasoned White Chicken, Broccoli, Corn and Carrots):
- Chicken Scampi (like Olive Garden)
- Shrimp Scampi
- Scampi Sauce

For Garden Herb Chicken (Grilled Seasoned White Chicken with Pasta, Sugar Snap Peas, Carrots, Corn and Garden Peas in a Parsley Herb Sauce):
- 17 Pasta Sauces (including Creamy Herb Sauce)

For Pesto Chicken Primavera (Pasta al Pesto and Grilled Seasoned White Chicken with Broccoli, Carrots, Yellow Squash and Red Peppers):
- Pesto sauce is available in jars if you don't want to make your own.
- Homemade pesto may be frozen in ice cube trays then the frozen cubes can be stored in plastic bags in the freezer.
- Basil Pesto

For Teriyaki Chicken (Rice in a Teriyaki Sauce with Seasoned White Chicken, Broccoli, Carrots and Sugar Snap Peas):
- Teriyaki sauce may be purchased. You'll should find it near the soy sauce in your grocery store.
- Teriyaki Sauce for Stir Fry
- Chicken Tariyaki Dinner

For Three Cheese Chicken (Pasta in a Three Cheese Sauce with Broccoli, Grilled Seasoned White Chicken, Corn and Carrots):
- Spaghetti Broccoli Casserole and Spaghettie with Broccoli Sauce
- Pasta ala Rhonda

Try freezing a small amount of almost everything you cook to see how you like the results when they're reheated. Keep notes on the results. You may be surprised that some of your favorite dishes freeze well!

For more freezer recipes and resources visit our:
Meal Planning, Make Ahead Cooking and Freezing section (click here) Be sure to scroll all the way down the page when you get there so you don't miss anything- it's a large collection of information!

I hope that's a help to you,

Betsy