Pod meal with chicken

     Tonight for dinner I enjoyed Chicken Marsala with minimal cooking time. 

It was delicious.

The only thing I had to cook for this wonderful meal was the fresh, frozen chicken tenders. The potatoes, fresh broccoli, and marsala sauce were in frozen Pods. 
      Pods are my newest cooking companion for a balanced meal. Like many people I found myself throwing food away because I cooked too much. How can anyone make marsala sauce for one? I am one person and it has been a journey to learn how to cook to eat healthy, without waste. Pods are my solution.
     I love fresh vegetables. But even buying fresh frozen they sit in my freezer for too long. My solution, buy fresh,

blanch and freeze in four-ounce pods to use as a side dish, in soups or other recipes, like a frittata.  
     Pretty soon I was podding all sorts of things for an awesome dinner choice variety. I made ratatouille. I cooked linguine. I made smoothies. I podded sweet potatoes and barley. I went pod crazy!  So much so that they were falling all over my freezer. Then I tried putting them in one of my office organizers. Brillant! I can fit twenty-five pods in each. 
     When it is time for dinner I just decide what I want for my main entree, fish, chicken, pork or pasta and take out appropriate pods to create my meal.  The pods are easy to defrost and I just need to cook my protein.  Or if the meal consists of two pods like pasta ratatouille, I only need to defrost the pods and enjoy a delicious meal.

My favorite part of the whole process is no leftovers. I get to enjoy a full, balanced dinner.  Pod cooking allows me to cook a pot of soup from scratch and never throw any away. I just pod it up for another day.