In an attempt to get better organised in my daily routine, AND to save dollars, I’ve been doing a bit more planning meals. One strategy to get more out of our time is to pre-plan and/or precook. Tonight’s pre-cook/plan is …..
… coconut-curry chicken pie….
What the?!?! I hear you say … Well it’s easy, I took the left over coconut-curry chicken and made a pie for tomorrow night.
Here’s how –
1) I removed all the meat from the bones and gave it all a cook mix up.
2) Put the leftovers into a pyrex dish (the one with the plastic covers that I bought from BigW last week)
3) Threw on a lid of pastry (from the freezer), including some fancy triangles with the left over bits off the pastry square
4) Brushed the pie with egg & milk, and tucked it in nice and tight
5) Put the blue lid on and chucked it in the fridge
In this weather, a nice warm coconut-curry chicken pie will be just what we need.
Things I need to remember:
- Make sure the Pyrex dish is room temperature before I put it in the oven
- Be mindful that we’re dealing with chicken here so don’t be silly and leave it out
Good call. I've saved money and reinvented a lot of new meals this way. Much to new husband's skepticism. You might need to get a bit of stealth if you are going to practise this on regular basis. Just don't reheat a second time! 😉 Waste is a disgrace, too, I'm sure you would agree. I make sure I call it some impressive name as well. Mr F doesn't like to eat anything that doesn't have a well-established name.
Thanks Flora. I tried it once before and the troops got seriously sick of stuff in pastry. I'll definitely head your advice & try to make it interesting.
You are a woman of many talents….good luck with your planning ahead it certainly will save you heaps of time.
Oh Glenda. I wish I had a talent for cooking. I mean I love eating…. lol … Hoping it does save time during the weeks as I get a tad snowed under. And tell me, how is the blogging going? 😉