Chicken with Tomatoes and Thyme

hands-on time: 10 minutes
total time: 1 hour
serves: 4

Buy and freeze the ingredients for this dish in advance. Cook them when you're ready for a fresh, easy dinner.

1 lemon
1 28 ounce can diced tomatoes
8 sprigs tyyme
1 tablespoon capers
4 small chicken thighs
4 small chicken drumsticks
Kosher salt and pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 1 quart resealable plastic freezer bags

Slice the lemon into rounds. In a small bowl, combine the tomatoes and their liquid, lemon, thyme, and capers. Divide them among the 4 plastic freezer bags. Season the chicken with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Add 1 leg and 1 thigh to each bag. Freeze, for up to 3 months, until ready to cook.

When ready to cook....

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Remove the bags of chicken and tomatoes from the freezer (you'll need 1 bag of chicken and tomatoes for each serving). Empty the contents of each bag into a baking dish. Drizzle with the oil, using 1-1/2 teaspoons for each serving. (For 4 servings, use 2 tablespoons oil.) Roast until the chicken is golden brown and cooked through, about 50 minutes.