#packetmeals

Chicken Pasta Bake I love a good pasta bake. They're simple, and very easy to make from not a whole lot of ingredients. And the jars of sauces for them make them even easier and tend to be pretty reliable.

Chicken Fried Rice This is part 3 of the 4 part Marinades series that started way back with Spicy Chicken Burgers in mid February. It continued in late June with Mexican-ish things. At this rate I might

Hearty Vegetable and Barley Soup Nice and warming on a wintery day So when a can of soup appeared in my packet meals supplies after raiding my mum's pantry while clearing out the house I was wondering

Butter Chicken I was looking for something simple, quick, and easy, and had some chicken at home in the freezer. I also didn't feel like any of the packets in my stock so was browsing the aisles at the

Beef and Red Wine Casserole With the weather getting colder, and my supplies running low, I decided it was time to get the slow cooker out. Useful for me a couple of the remaining packets that I have from

After another significant delay I've finally gotten back to actually cooking a recipe, and using one of the packet meals at the same time. Country Beef Casserole As usual, the finished product at the top

Introduction For Christmas part of my present from my brother and his wife was a set of 4 marinades from "The Fabulous Food Company", which appears to be a Target (Australia) label for a collection

Side dish time, and one of my favourites is a good potato bake. It's potato. It's creamy. It's cheesy. And it's often got some other nice things in it. They really can be an all in one side dish, or possibly

It's been quite a while since I did a packet meals post, with the whole month away and then a period of time reducing the stockpile of servings that I had before going away it's been over 2 months since

I've come to another of the 'packet meals' which is actually just a sauce to go with a meal. This time around I've made a simple 'meat and 3 veg' style dinner to go with it. Hope you all enjoy. The finished

So it might seem a bit strange as we start getting warmer temperatures to still be making casseroles, but I still like them right up until regular high 20C/low 30C temps, when I start preferring generally

As I'm continuing my way through the selection of packet meals, kits, and similar, I made Carbonara last night from this 'meal base' packet. Pasta Carbonara (3 serves) The packet says 4 serves, but it

Gravox Roast Chicken with Herb Gravy So in amongst the packet meals, I seem to have a few of the packet sauces and gravies, where they're already made up and just need microwaving. These are a great time

Risotto. From a box. Really? Yeah, I'm dubious about that. I have made it from scratch, and it doesn't feel like something a packet can adequately replicate. Sure, I don't think it's as hard a dish to

During the cleaning out of my friend's pantry, I gained 14 packet meals that she was going to toss because they were passed their best before date. There is nothing wrong with these packets, so I'm going