Recently, I started a new job and it is going to influence the way we eat and cook a little bit. I am working at a place called Dream Dinners. This is a place where people come and prepare a month's worth of meals, freeze them, and cook them at home as needed. My job is to help guide people as they are making their meals, clean up the stations and prepare ingredients for the stations. Last Thursday, I got to go in and make some meals for Mike and I to try. It was interesting to be on the customer side of things and I got to make some really yummy meals. Yesterday, I made the first of our frozen meals. I thawed it in the fridge and it was ready to go. Our first meal was the Summer Time Pasta with Chicken, which required very little prep work. I preheated the oven, poured some sauce over the pasta mixture, and covered it with aluminum foil, cooking it for about 20 minutes. After the initial cook time, I removed the foil, stirred it, and cooked for another 10 minutes. We added a side of strawberries and salad. This pasta was really tasty. I wasn't sure how it might defrost, but it was really tasty. It had excellent flavor and with a 3 person sized meal, we had enough for the two of us with an extra serving leftover. After trying this meal, we are definitely looking forward tasting more great meals.

The New Austonian