Betr Prepared Meal Delivery Reheating Best Practices
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Easily reheat your prepared meals and spend more time with your family around the table!
MICROWAVE BEST PRACTICES:
For reheating in the microwave, the best practices are to spoon or fork out your desired portions onto a plate and microwave one minute per serving size. Each tray is considered four serving sizes. Therefore a whole tray would be four minutes in the microwave. Use your own judgement on how you like things cooked depending on your microwave.
REHEATING FROZEN BEST PRACTICES:
All the prepared meals, including side veggies are freezer friendly! Reheating Frozen? Pop them into an insta pot with 1/2 cup of low sodium vegetable broth and steam for 7-10 mins. Or covered on stove top with 1/3 cup of low sodium vegetable broth and cook on low for 10-15 mins. Defrost in refrigerator for 5-6 hours and follow below reheating times:
Eggplant Lasagna
Oven works best based on client reviews. Transfer to a casserole dish, spread out into one layer and added a little tomato sauce. Then cover in tinfoil and cook for 15-20 minutes at 375.
Microwave for 2-4 minutes.
Chili
Stove top works best based on client reviews. Add a little tomato sauce, water, and extra cumin/chili powder if desired and occasionally stir over medium heat for 5-10 mins.
Microwave for 2-4 minutes.
Sloppy Joe
Oven works best based on client reviews. Transferred to a casserole dish, spread out into one layer and added a little tomato sauce. Cook at 375 for about 20 minutes.
Warm on stove top, add a little tomato sauce and occasionally stir over medium heat for 5-7 mins.
Microwave for 2-4 minutes.
Meatballs
Stove top works best based on client reviews. Add a little tomato sauce and occasionally stir over medium heat for 5-7 mins.
Microwave is not recommended, will make the texture tough and harder to chew.
Cook in oven in safe dish covered in tinfoil for 10 minutes at 350.
Zucchini Noodles
Stove top works best based on client reviews. Saute in a pan sprayed with grape seed oil over medium heat for 3-5 minutes.
Microwave for 2-4 minutes.
Eating the raw zucchini noodles cold also tastes good when adding the warm meatballs and sauce!
Marinated Flank Steak
Oven works best based on client reviews. Transfer to casserole dish, cover in tinfoil and cook for 10-15 minutes at 350. Check frequently for desired temperature.
Microwave is not recommended, can make the meat texture more tough.
Bison Burgers
Stove top or grill works best based on client reviews. Saute in a pan or place on grill lightly sprayed with grape seed oil over medium heat for about 3 minutes.
Microwave for 1-2 minutes, check and flip burger after 60 seconds.
Wings
Oven or insta-pot works best based on client reviews. Cook in oven at 425 for 15 minutes on a lightly greased baking sheet and then broil for 2-3 minutes on low.
Member Jill recommends the “Air fryer by a long slide! They do have the sauce on them so I wrapped in tin foil. Used chicken setting and cooked around 15 mins in air fryer.”
Microwave for 2-4 minutes.
Chicken Fajitas
Oven works best based on client reviews. Transferred to a casserole dish, spread out into one layer and added a little tomato sauce. Place tin foil over top and cook at 375 for about 20 minutes.
Microwave for 4-5 Minutes
Chicken Cacciatore
Oven works best based on client reviews. Transferred to a casserole dish, spread out into one layer and added a little tomato sauce. Cook at 375 for about 20 minutes.
Microwave for 4-5 Minutes
Chicken Curry
Oven works best based on client reviews. Transferred to a casserole dish and place tin foil on top. Cook at 400 for about 20 minutes.
Microwave for 4-5 Minutes
Shrimp & Asparagus
Stove top works best based on client reviews. Saute in a pan over medium meat sprayed with grape seed oil for 3-5 minutes.
Microwave shrimp 2-4 minutes.
Cook in oven for 7 minutes at 350.
Ginger Mahi
Stove top works best based on client reviews. Saute in a pan over medium meat sprayed with grape seed oil for 3-5 minutes.
Microwave for 2-4 minutes.
Cook in oven for 7-8 minutes at 350.
Grilled Chicken Breast
Eating chicken cold on a salad tastes good, also reheated in air fryer wrapped in foil based on client reviews.
Microwave for 2-4 minutes.
Cook in oven for 10 min at 350.
Peppers & Onions
Stove top works best based on client reviews. Saute in a pan sprayed with grape seed oil over medium heat for 3-5 minutes.
Microwave for 2-4 minutes.
Cook in oven for 10 minutes at 350.
Steamed Cabbage
Stove top works best based on client reviews. Saute in a pan sprayed with grape seed oil over medium heat for 3 minutes.
Microwave for 2-4 minutes.
Cook in oven for 10 minutes at 350.
Vegetable Medley
Stove top works best based on client reviews. Saute in a pan sprayed with grape seed oil over medium heat for 3 minutes.
Microwave for 2-4 minutes.
Cook in oven for 10 minutes at 350.
Lemon Quinoa with Asparagus Ribbons
Stove top or microwave work best based on client reviews.
Saute in a pan sprayed with grape seed oil over medium heat for 3 minutes.
Microwave for 2-4 minutes.
