Making meals ahead of time isn’t something I do often, but when I’ve had one of “those” days and I come home to a wonderful, warm, healthy homemade meal that I just need to reheat it kind of feels like I won the lottery-ya know what I mean?!
One of the meals that I always think of when I think true comfort food is my mom’s chicken noodle soup. She would regularly make it from scratch and serve it just when we needed that comforting bowl of warmth.
Today is Recipe Redux day, and the theme this month is Fantastic Freezer Meals:
Share your tips and tricks for making one – or more freezer meals. It’s the end of the gardening season for some of us; let’s store away that produce in heat-and-eat-from-the-freezer-meals. Show how convenient healthy freezer breakfast, lunches or dinners can be!
As soon as I read this description, I knew that I wanted to replicate a noodleless version of my mom’s soup to keep on hand for a day when I really needed it. I have to admit that prior to last winter, I had no idea how to make delicious homemade meals ahead of time and freeze them properly for later use.
It wasn’t until I was in the midst of recipe testing for the cookbook last November and I had a LOT of extra food on hand that I didn’t want to waste that I figured out HOW to freeze and store meals for later. One of my favorite things to store and reheat was soup!
I actually hosted an entire dinner party utilizing the frozen soups! All I had to do was pull the soups out of the freezer earlier in the day and then make up a salad.
Busy week? This Noodleless Chicken Soup is the perfect make-ahead meal to store in the freezer…
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How to Freeze the Soup?
- 10 cups vegetable or chicken broth/stock (I used homemade to make this low FODMAP)
- 3 cups shredded chicken
- 4 large carrots, chopped
- 2 stalks celery, chopped
- 1 potato, diced
- sea salt and pepper to taste
- Combine the broth, chicken, carrots, celery, potato, and 1 teaspoon sea salt in a large stock pot.
- Bring to a boil and allow to simmer for 25 minutes, or until the vegetables are fork-tender.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper
- Enjoy now, or allow the soup to cool before placing it in 1-2 large zipper top bags. Place the zipper top bags on a baking sheet and allow to freeze. Once frozen, you can removed the soup bags from the baking sheet and stack in your freezer however you see fit.
- To thaw: Simply remove the frozen soup from the freezer and thaw in the fridge.
- To reheat: Pour the desired amount of soup into a large pot and bring to a low boil. Serve and enjoy!
Your Turn!
- What is your favorite make-ahead meal?
- What is your favorite soup?
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