I made a nice chicken dish today.

In order to reduce work in the kitchen, I cook meat ahead of time. For this dish, I brought home a package of chicken thighs, and right away I roasted them in oven at 350 for 1.25 hours. parchment paper to cut clean-up. We ate some, froze some.

Days later, I got the frozen thighs out and thawed them enough to carve. Made a sauce: sauteed onion, squashed garlic, one can of diced, no-salt tomatoes, juice and all. I sliced the thighs into long strips parallel to the bone and added it to the sauce, simmering gently until it all looked good.

Then came the new part: I flavored it with smoked paprika and powdered sage. (What! no basil?!) It was good! I salted mine at the table, the DH did not.
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Previously, in accordance with my less-effort policy, I had cooked and frozen a pound of penne pasta, and some of that went into the pot too.