There are a lot of recipes out there for making meals with store bought rotisserie chickens but honestly I prefer to use bags of frozen chicken breasts in our meals. We love rotisserie chicken but I’m lazy and hate the work of cutting and separating it for meals. The frozen bags of chicken are super easy to bake in one big batch. Since they are boneless and skinless, I can just cut or shred them for our recipes easily. With school coming up soon, I’m starting a weekly series to help you create easy and quick meals using this simple staple. First up is the best garlic chicken pasta! (Seriously, this is delicious!)

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This is the absolute best garlic chicken pasta! It is so easy to make and freezable!

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Ingredients

3-4 Cooked Boneless Chicken Breasts
2 Boxes of Pasta (I used this veggie pasta)
1 cup of Butter or Margarine
¼ cup Minced Garlic (not dried)
½ cup of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 tbsp. Ground Black Pepper
2 Cans of Petite Dice Tomatoes (14.5 oz.)

Step 1

Cook your noodles according to package directions.

Step 2

Cube cooked chicken breasts while pasta is cooking. Set aside.

Step 3

Strain pasta and rinse with cold water to prevent further cooking.

Step 4

Melt one cup of butter or margarine in pot used for pasta. Add in minced garlic, olive oil, and pepper. Simmer for 3 minutes.

Step 5

Strain tomatoes and add to sauce along with chicken cubes. Continue simmering for 5 minutes.

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This is the absolute best garlic chicken pasta! It is so easy to make and freezable!

Step 6

Toss pasta with sauce and chicken until thoroughly mixed. Divide entire dish in half and freeze one half in a freezer bag. Serve remaining half sprinkled with mozzarella cheese (optional).

Tip:

To reheat frozen meal, empty into a microwave safe bowl and heat for 10 minutes in microwave, stirring halfway through.

This is the absolute best garlic chicken pasta! It is so easy to make and freezable!

This meal comes together so quickly and easily that you can have dinner on the table in minutes! This is also a great recipe to sneak more vegetables into kiddos’ diets. Simply puree the veggies and add them in with the sauce along with your tomatoes and chicken. Want more easy recipes? Check back next week for more incredible bagged chicken recipes!

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Planning the perfect celebration? You want your treats to be just as festive and colorful as the rest of your decorations! Setting the mood from your decor to your food doesn’t have to be difficult. When you think of the 4^th of July, you can’t help but think of fireworks. The two go hand-in-hand like milk and cookies. These fun and colorful DIY fireworks suckers are the perfect addition to your Independence Day celebration table of treats!

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These fun and colorful DIY fireworks suckers are the perfect addition to your Independence Day celebration table of treats!

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These fun and colorful DIY fireworks suckers are the perfect addition to your Independence Day celebration table of treats!

Ingredients

Step 1

Preheat your oven to 250°.

Step 2

Line your baking sheet with parchment paper.

These fun and colorful DIY fireworks suckers are the perfect addition to your Independence Day celebration table of treats!

Step 3

Place sticks on baking sheet and arrange Jolly Ranchers in a star pattern around the end of the stick.

Tip:

Depending on the size of your pan, you can fit 2-3 suckers at a time. Be sure not to overcrowd the pan or your suckers will spread and stick to each other.

Step 4

Carefully place your pan on the middle rack of your oven. You don’t want your candies to roll from where you’ve placed them.

Step 5

Bake for 5-10 minutes, checking periodically to ensure that your candies don’t burn.

Step 6

Remove the suckers from your oven. Gently twist each sucker stick to ensure that it adheres to the candy. Do this as soon as you have removed the candy from the oven before it begins to solidify.

Tip:

This is another reason not to overload your pan. You want to be able to be able to twist each stick before they cool too much.

Step 7

Using a clean sucker stick, spread the candy outwards from the center.

Tip:

You need to work quickly because the candy will cool rapidly. Again, this is why you don’t want too many suckers on the pan at a time.

Step 8

Let your suckers cool completely completely before removing from your parchment paper.

Tip:

Be very careful when removing from the pan. The edges will be fragile.

These fun and colorful DIY fireworks suckers are the perfect addition to your Independence Day celebration table of treats!

All that’s left to do is serve and enjoy! These are perfect for all kinds of celebrations, not just patriotic holidays. Serve these at a candy bar at your wedding, birthday party, or more. Don’t forget to check out even more party ideas here!

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I am not a morning person. I have tried and it just doesn’t seem to work for me. Something happens at night and I am transformed into this super-charged go-getter that can conquer a to-do list in 8 minutes flat (or at least it feels like 8 minutes until I look at the clock and see it is well past midnight). Come the morning, I am tired, cranky, and in desperate need of coffee. Sound familiar to anyone?

I’ve come to accept that mornings just aren’t my thing, but that doesn’t mean that they can’t be a little bit easier. One trick I’ve learned is to prepare a lot of breakfasts that can be made whenever you have time and then frozen for a quick morning meal. These protein-packed freezer breakfast burritos are truly perfect; they’re healthy, tasty, and can be served in less than 2 minutes in the morning.

Ingredients

Dozen Eggs
Pack of 20 Small Tortillas
15oz Can of Black Beans
2 Cups Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

Step 1

Scramble your eggs and cook, seasoning as desired. (We just add a little salt and pepper.)

Step 2

Drain your black beans and stir into eggs.

These protein-packed freezer breakfast burritos are a great way to save time on busy mornings!

Step 3

Fill tortillas with egg and bean mixture and sprinkle with cheese.

**If you want to eat some now, roll up your burrito and serve.

Step 4

Roll each burrito up and wrap in plastic wrap.

These protein-packed freezer breakfast burritos are a great way to save time on busy mornings!

Step 5

Place wrapped burritos into a freezer bag and throw them in the freezer.

**Be sure to label the bag with the name and date of the food.

These protein-packed freezer breakfast burritos are a great way to save time on busy mornings!

Step 6

To serve, place wrapped burritos on a microwave safe plate and heat for 1-2 minutes each in the microwave. You can barely cook toaster pastries that fast and these are so much healthier. Cheers to happier mornings!

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