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Anna's Taco Bake
Beef Stroganoff
Brown Sugar Meatloaf
Cheesy Chicken Casserole
Chicken Packets
Chicken Pot Pie
Quiche
Sweet N' Sour Chicken
1. open crescent rolls and press evenly onto bottom and sides of a 13x9inch baking pan (or 2 8x8รข€™s) 2. brown hamburger(drain grease if desired) 3. mix hamburger, sour cream and taco seasoning in a mixing bowl 4. pour into pan 5. sprinkle cheese over meat mixture 6. Sprinkle crushed chips over cheese
Serving day instructions 1. Thaw 2. Bake covered at 350 for 25 minutes, remove cover and bake 25 minutes more or until heated through
Brown Sugar Meatloaf Supper Swap February 19, 2009
1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 cup chili sauce 1.5 lb. lean ground beef 2/3 cup milk 1 eggs 1 teaspoons salt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 2/3 small onion, chopped 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger 2/3 cup finely crushed saltine crumbs or bread crumbs Cooking Day Instructions: 1. Place brown sugar in a plastic bag. 2. Place chili sauce in a plastic bag. 3. Combine rest of ingredients and place in a plastic bag. 4. Bundle all bags, seal label and freeze flat. Serving Day Instructions: 1. Thaw completely 2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 3. Lightly grease a 5x9 inch loaf pan. 4. Press the brown sugar in the bottom of the prepared loaf pan and spread the chili sauce over the sugar. 5. Place meat mixture on top of the chili sauce. 6. Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes or until juices are clear.
8 oz egg noodles 3 cups cooked chicken 1.5 cups cottage cheese 2 cups shredded American cheese 1/2 cup parmesan cheese 1/3 cup milk 1 can cream of mushroom 1 can cream of chicken
Cook noodles. Mix together rest of ingredients, stir in noodles. Place mixture in a gallon freezer bag. Label and freeze flat.
Serving Day Directions: Thaw casserole mixture and place in a greased 9x13 pan. Sprinkle crushed potato chips. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until bubbly.
Chicken Pot Pie: 1 cup chopped onion 1 cup chopped celery 1 cup chopped carrot ⅓ cup butter or margarine ½ cup all-purpose flour, sifted 2 cups chicken broth 1 cup half and half or evaporated milk (I personally use skim or 1% milk and it’s still good!) 2 cups chicken, cooked, chopped 1 cup frozen peas, thawed 1 tsp. salt ½ tsp. pepper 4 unbaked pie crusts (homemade or store-bought)
TO MAKE FILLING Saute the first 3 ingredients in butter in a big skillet over medium heat until tender. Add flour; stir until smooth. Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Add chicken broth and half & half/evap. milk; cook, stirring constantly until thickened and bubbly. Stir in chicken, peas, salt, and pepper. Cool before pouring into pie crusts. VERY important! FREEZING INSTRUCTIONS: At this point you may freeze the filling in a labeled freezer safe container/bag. To prepare from frozen, read instructions below. Or you may also assemble the whole pie and freeze whole. To do that, prepare crusts. Roll them out and place the bottom crusts in the pie plates and set aside the top crusts until ready to cover. Pour filling mixture into bottom crusts and cover with top crusts. Fold edges under and crimp. Poke slits in the top (you can make a nice pattern here too!) Cover with foil, label and freeze. See below for preparation instructions TO PREPARE POT PIE FROM FRESH Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Prepare crusts. Roll them out and place the bottom crusts in the pie plates and set aside the top crusts until ready to cover. Pour filling mixture into bottom crusts and cover with top crusts. Fold edges under and crimp. Poke slits in the top (you can make a nice pattern here too!) Bake assembled pie uncovered, for 30-45 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. TO PREPARE POT PIE FROM FROZEN Thaw filling in refrigerator. You might need to stir or mush the filling together to combine well and reincorporate. Assemble as described above and bake accordingly. OR you may bake the whole pie from frozen. To do so, preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bake, uncovered, for 30 minutes, then cover with foil and bake 30 more minutes. Remove from oven and let rest for 10 minutes before cutting. Serves 16 (from two pies--if you're just making one pie it will just serve 8). Freezes very well separately or fully prepared in the crust. Try them both and see which way you prefer!
1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef or 1 1/2 lbs ground turkey 2 tablespoons flour 1 1/4 teaspoons salt 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 1/4 teaspoon paprika 1/2 cup chopped onion 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can cream of chicken soup 1 (6 ounce) jar sliced mushrooms (optional) 1 cup sour cream Directions: 1.Combine meat, flour, salt, pepper and paprika. 2.In a large skillet, cook onion in butter until golden. 3. Add meat and brown while stirring. 4. Add cream of chicken soup and mushrooms (if desired) and cook 5 minutes. 5. Add sour cream. Cool and freeze.
Serving day: Thaw. Heat on stovetop until heated through (be careful not to burn). Serve over noodles, rice, or chow mein noodles.
1 ½ cups grated Swiss cheese (or cheddar) 4 tsp flour ½ cup diced ham 3 eggs 1 cup milk ¼ tsp salt ¼ tsp dry mustard 1 Prepared pie crust
Combine cheese and flour; sprinkle on pie crust. Put ham on top of cheese. Combine eggs, milk and mustard. Pour over ham. Freeze until firm.
Serving Directions: Keep frozen. Can go directly from freezer to oven. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place the quiche on the bottom rack of oven. Bake uncovered for 60 minutes or until set.
Frozen - bake, uncovered for 60 minutes at 400. If thawed bake, uncovered 30-45 minutes at 350.
2 cups cooked, chopped chicken 3 oz cream cheese, softened 1 tbsp green onion (the green part) 2 tbsp milk salt to taste 1/2 cup seasoned crouton crumbs 2 pkgs crescent rolls 1/4 cup melted butter
Mix chicken, cream cheese, chives, milk, and salt in a medium bowl. Store in a quart freezer bag. Put crouton crumbs in another quart bag and attach it to the chicken mixture.
Serving day:
Thaw chicken mixture. Unroll crescent rolls. Each tube will contain 4 rectangles of dough with a diagonal perforation. Press dough along each perforation so that the rectangle halves will not separate. Place about 1/4 cup of chicken mixture into the center of each rectangle. Fold dough over the filling and pinch the edges to seal tightly. Dip each packet in melted butter and coat with crouton crumbs. Place packets on a baking sheet. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Packets are good either hot or cold . Serve early in the month before crescent rolls expire. Makes 8 packets.
3lbs. chicken breasts 2 beaten eggs @ 1/2 cup of cornstarch 2-4 T. oil 1 1/2 - 2 cups of rice
sauce: 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 cup cider vinegar 1/2 cup ketchup 1/2 cup chicken broth 2 T. soy sauce
dip chicken in beaten egg, then dip in cornstarch. brown in a pan with hot oil. cool and place in a freezer bag. combine sauce ingredients and bring to a boil. cool. then place in seperate freezer bag. bundle both together with rice. label and freeze flat.
serving day: thaw completely. preheat oven to 350. place chicken in a 9x13 pan. cover with sauce. bake uncovered for 45-60 mins. serve over rice.
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Anna's Taco Bake
2 pks crescent rolls
1 lb hamburger, browned
16 oz sour cream
1 pkt taco seasoning
2 c. cheddar cheese, shredded
Doritos, crushed
1. open crescent rolls and press evenly onto bottom and sides of a 13x9inch baking pan (or 2 8x8รข€™s)
2. brown hamburger(drain grease if desired)
3. mix hamburger, sour cream and taco seasoning in a mixing bowl
4. pour into pan
5. sprinkle cheese over meat mixture
6. Sprinkle crushed chips over cheese
Serving day instructions
1. Thaw
2. Bake covered at 350 for 25 minutes, remove cover and bake 25 minutes more or until heated through
Brown Sugar Meatloaf
Supper Swap February 19, 2009
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup chili sauce
1.5 lb. lean ground beef
2/3 cup milk
1 eggs
1 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
2/3 small onion, chopped
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
2/3 cup finely crushed saltine crumbs or bread crumbs
Cooking Day Instructions:
1. Place brown sugar in a plastic bag.
2. Place chili sauce in a plastic bag.
3. Combine rest of ingredients and place in a plastic bag.
4. Bundle all bags, seal label and freeze flat.
Serving Day Instructions:
1. Thaw completely
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3. Lightly grease a 5x9 inch loaf pan.
4. Press the brown sugar in the bottom of the prepared loaf pan and spread the chili sauce over the sugar.
5. Place meat mixture on top of the chili sauce.
6. Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes or until juices are clear.
Cheesy Chicken Casserole
8 oz egg noodles
3 cups cooked chicken
1.5 cups cottage cheese
2 cups shredded American cheese
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1/3 cup milk
1 can cream of mushroom
1 can cream of chicken
Cook noodles. Mix together rest of ingredients, stir in noodles. Place mixture in a gallon freezer bag. Label and freeze flat.
Serving Day Directions:
Thaw casserole mixture and place in a greased 9x13 pan. Sprinkle crushed potato chips.
Bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until bubbly.
Chicken Pot Pie:
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped carrot
⅓ cup butter or margarine
½ cup all-purpose flour, sifted
2 cups chicken broth
1 cup half and half or evaporated milk (I personally use skim or 1% milk and it’s still good!)
2 cups chicken, cooked, chopped
1 cup frozen peas, thawed
1 tsp. salt
½ tsp. pepper
4 unbaked pie crusts (homemade or store-bought)
TO MAKE FILLING
Saute the first 3 ingredients in butter in a big skillet over medium heat until tender. Add flour; stir until smooth. Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Add chicken broth and half & half/evap. milk; cook, stirring constantly until thickened and bubbly.
Stir in chicken, peas, salt, and pepper. Cool before pouring into pie crusts. VERY important!
FREEZING INSTRUCTIONS:
At this point you may freeze the filling in a labeled freezer safe container/bag. To prepare from frozen, read instructions below.
Or you may also assemble the whole pie and freeze whole.
To do that, prepare crusts. Roll them out and place the bottom crusts in the pie plates and set aside the top crusts until ready to cover. Pour filling mixture into bottom crusts and cover with top crusts. Fold edges under and crimp. Poke slits in the top (you can make a nice pattern here too!)
Cover with foil, label and freeze. See below for preparation instructions
TO PREPARE POT PIE FROM FRESH
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Prepare crusts. Roll them out and place the bottom crusts in the pie plates and set aside the top crusts until ready to cover. Pour filling mixture into bottom crusts and cover with top crusts. Fold edges under and crimp. Poke slits in the top (you can make a nice pattern here too!)
Bake assembled pie uncovered, for 30-45 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
TO PREPARE POT PIE FROM FROZEN
Thaw filling in refrigerator. You might need to stir or mush the filling together to combine well and reincorporate. Assemble as described above and bake accordingly. OR you may bake the whole pie from frozen.
To do so, preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Bake, uncovered, for 30 minutes, then cover with foil and bake 30 more minutes. Remove from oven and let rest for 10 minutes before cutting. Serves 16 (from two pies--if you're just making one pie it will just serve 8).
Freezes very well separately or fully prepared in the crust. Try them both and see which way you prefer!
Beef Stroganoff:
1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef or 1 1/2 lbs ground turkey
2 tablespoons flour
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
1 (10 1/2 ounce) can cream of chicken soup
1 (6 ounce) jar sliced mushrooms (optional)
1 cup sour cream
Directions:
1.Combine meat, flour, salt, pepper and paprika.
2.In a large skillet, cook onion in butter until golden.
3. Add meat and brown while stirring.
4. Add cream of chicken soup and mushrooms (if desired) and cook 5 minutes.
5. Add sour cream. Cool and freeze.
Serving day: Thaw. Heat on stovetop until heated through (be careful not to burn). Serve over noodles, rice, or chow mein noodles.
Ham and Swiss Quiche
1 ½ cups grated Swiss cheese (or cheddar)
4 tsp flour
½ cup diced ham
3 eggs
1 cup milk
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp dry mustard
1 Prepared pie crust
Combine cheese and flour; sprinkle on pie crust. Put ham on top of cheese. Combine eggs, milk and mustard. Pour over ham. Freeze until firm.
Serving Directions:
Keep frozen. Can go directly from freezer to oven. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place the quiche on the bottom rack of oven. Bake uncovered for 60 minutes or until set.
Frozen - bake, uncovered for 60 minutes at 400.
If thawed bake, uncovered 30-45 minutes at 350.
Bake uncovered for 45-60 min at 400 degrees.
Chicken packets:
2 cups cooked, chopped chicken
3 oz cream cheese, softened
1 tbsp green onion (the green part)
2 tbsp milk
salt to taste
1/2 cup seasoned crouton crumbs
2 pkgs crescent rolls
1/4 cup melted butter
Mix chicken, cream cheese, chives, milk, and salt in a medium bowl. Store in a quart freezer bag. Put crouton crumbs in another quart bag and attach it to the chicken mixture.
Serving day:
Thaw chicken mixture. Unroll crescent rolls. Each tube will contain 4 rectangles of dough with a diagonal perforation. Press dough along each perforation so that the rectangle halves will not separate. Place about 1/4 cup of chicken mixture into the center of each rectangle. Fold dough over the filling and pinch the edges to seal tightly. Dip each packet in melted butter and coat with crouton crumbs. Place packets on a baking sheet. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Packets are good either hot or cold . Serve early in the month before crescent rolls expire. Makes 8 packets.
SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN
3lbs. chicken breasts
2 beaten eggs
@ 1/2 cup of cornstarch
2-4 T. oil
1 1/2 - 2 cups of rice
sauce:
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup cider vinegar
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 cup chicken broth
2 T. soy sauce
dip chicken in beaten egg, then dip in cornstarch. brown in a pan with hot oil. cool and place in a freezer bag.
combine sauce ingredients and bring to a boil. cool. then place in seperate freezer bag. bundle both together with rice.
label and freeze flat.
serving day:
thaw completely. preheat oven to 350. place chicken in a 9x13 pan. cover with sauce. bake uncovered for 45-60 mins. serve over rice.
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