Monteray Chicken

Bonless skinless chicken breasts
Swiss cheese sliced
package precooked bacon
1 bottle Barbecue sauce


Put chicken breasts in the bottom of pan salt, pepper, and season salt the chicken. Pour barbecue sauce on top. Layer with cheese. Then add bacon. Cover and bake on 350 for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until done.

Nacho Meat Loaf

Nacho Meat Loaf

1 cup tomato salsa
3/4 cup finely crushed nacho tortilla chips
1 egg
1 cup finely chopped onions
1 teaspoon mined garlic
1 4 oz. can diced green chilies
1 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
1/2 cup shredded cheese

Combine salsa, crushed tortilla chips, egg, onion, garlic, green chilies, chili powder, salt and cumin. Mix well. Add ground beef and mix until well combined. Place in freezer bag. Label and freeze 6 servings.

To serve: Thaw/ Place in greased loaf pan or shape into a loaf and place on shallow greased baking pan. Bake for 1 hour at 375 degrees. Remove form oven and top with shredded cheese. Return to oven until cheese is melted.

Easy Pizza Pasta Casserole

2 lbs ground beef or ground venison
1 large onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 teaspoon italian seasoning
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 (26 ounce) jars spaghetti sauce
16 ounces rotini pasta, cooked and drained
5 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (20 oz)
8 ounces sliced pepperoni

Brown ground beef, onion, garlic and seasoning in oil. Drain. Stir in pasta, spaghetti sauce and 3 cups cheese. Place mixture in 2 greased 9x13x2 inch baking pans or 4 square pans. Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella. Top with pepperoni. Cover and freeze up to 3 months.

To cook now: Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes, until heated through.
To bake frozen casserole: Thaw in refrigerator overnight and bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes, till hot.

Mexican Pork

2 pounds pork loin
3/4 cup ranch dressing
2 cups picante salsa (medium heat)
1 small can diced green chillies

Thaw and put all ingredients into the crock pot and heat on high for about 5-6 hours. Shred with a fork. Place back in crock pot to soak up sauce. Serve with tortillas or over a salad.

Pasta Fagioli Soup

Pasta Fagioli Soup in a Crock Pot (Olive Gardens Soup)
2 lbs. ground beef1 onion, chopped
3 carrots, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
2 (28 oz.) cans diced tomatoes, undrained
1 (16 oz.) can red kidney beans, drained
1 (16 oz.) can white kidney beans, drained
3 (10 oz.) cans beef stock
3 teaspoons oregano
2 teaspoons pepper
6 teaspoons parsley
1 (20 oz.) jar spaghetti sauce
8 ounces pasta

1. Brown beef in skillet.
2. Drain fat from beef and add to crock pot with everything except pasta.
3. Cook in crock pot on low 7-8 hours or high 4-5 hours.
4. During last 30 minutes on high or 1 hour on low add pasta.
5. For extra zip add a little ketchup to individual bowls.

Stuffed Hamburgers

My receipe is already on here sorry to do it again it's just I needed something easy and fast and since I haven't done dinners the last couple of times I thought you guys wouldn't mind a repeat one.

Italian Chicken

4 boneless chicken breasts
1 pkg dry italian salad dressing mix
1 8 oz pkg of cream cheese
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 soup can of milk

In a crockpot cook chicken, seasoned with ilatian salad dressing mix. Cook for 3-4 hours until chicken is tender. Remove chicken and add cream cheese, milk and soup to broth. Heat until creamy. Add diced chicken back to crock pot. Serve over noodles or rice.

Quiche

Broccoli Cheddar Quiche
1 (9-inch) deep dish pie crust
1 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen chopped broccoli
1/4 c. finely chopped onion
1 c. shredded Cheddar cheese
2/3 c. evaporated milk
1/2 tsp. salt
3 eggs

Bake pie shell as directed on package until light brown, approximately 5 minutes. Place broccoli and onion in covered casserole and microwave until tender, approximately 10 minutes. Beat together eggs, milk and salt. Layer half of broccoli and onion and cheese in bottom of shell. Repeat layer. Pour egg and milk mixture over pie. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. (It took me more like 45 min baking time.)

(BTW, I used fresh broccoli instead of frozen and onion powder instead of chopped onion.)


Ham and Swiss Quiche
- 1 unbaked 9-inch deep dish pie shell
- 1 c. (4oz) shredded Swiss cheese, divided
- 1 c. finely chopped cooked ham
- 2 green onions, sliced
- 1 can evaporated milk
- 3 large eggs
- 1/4 c. all purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp pepper

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350. - sprinkle 1/2 c. cheese, ham and green onions into pie crust. - in a bowl, whisk together evap. milk, eggs, flour, salt and pepper - pour mixture into pie shell. sprinkle with remaining cheese.
Bake for 45-50 minutes or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. cool on wire rack for 10 minutes before serving. Recipe Origin: Quick and Easy Freezer Meals



**can be frozen for up to one month if not baked and two months if baked. To freeze before or after baking, place on tray and freeze until firm. Then wrap with heavy duty aluminum foil or place in a resealable freezer bag and return to freezer. Do not thaw before baking or reheating.


**To finish unbaked quiche, unwrap and bake at 350, allowing 10 - 20 minutes additional baking time than if baking fresh. ***To reheat baked quiche, unwrap and bake frozen quiche at 350 for 20-25 minutes or until heated through.

Crockpot Swiss Steak

2 to 2 1/2 lbs. round steak
1 pkg. onion soup mix
1/4 c. water
1 (10 oz.) can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 c. shredded swiss chesse

Cut steak into 5 to 6 serving size pieces. Place in crock pot. A dd dry onion soup mix, water and soup. Cover and cook for 6 to 8 hours. Add swiss cheese, mix well and cook 20 more minutes. Excellent with mashed potatoes.

Citrus BBQ Chicken

1 1/2 c. BBQ Sauce
1/3 c. Orange juice
6-8 chicken breasts

Mix together BBQ sauce and orange juice. Add chicken.
To make: Defrost to marinade. Drain and grill until done.

Sirloin Beef Tips with Mushroom Gravy

1 pkg fresh mushrooms, sliced (can use 2 (8oz) cans, but fresh taste better)
2 T. butter3 lb sirloin tip roast trimmed of fat, sliced into ½ inch cubes (Can use any beef roast if sirloin is too pricey)
1 packet of onion soup mix
1 can (10oz) cream of chicken soup
1 can (15oz) low-sodium beef broth
Saute fresh mushrooms in a skillet with 2 T. hot butter (do not stir, just let mushrooms sit until reduced in size)Place beef cubes into crock pot, stir in remaining ingredients.

Label:
Defrost and cook in crockpot on high 4 hours or low for 6 hours.
Serve over cooked rice, pasta or mashed potatoes.

Pulled Pork Sandwiches

1 T olive oil
1 4lb. pork shoulder roast
1 can condensed French onion soup
1 c ketchup
1/4 c cider vinegar
3 T brown sugar
Sandwich buns

In a gallon zip lock bag place oil, soup, ketchup, vinegar, brown sugar; mix well and freeze with roast. When ready to cook let thaw and place roast and sauce mixture in slow cooker for 4-5 hours on high or 8-10 hours on low until meat is tender, remove from slow cooker, let cool, shred and return to slow cooker - stir and coat with sauce. Serve on buns.

BAKED SPAGHETTI

1 lb. ground beef, browned
1 can chopped black olives
1 bottle spaghetti sauce
2 c. grated cheddar cheese
1/3 c. grated parmesan cheese
1 pkge. spaghetti
1 can cream of mushroom soup

Boil spaghetti as directed on package. (cook 2-3 min. less for freezer meal) Mix browned ground beef, olives and spaghetti sauce together. Layer in 9 x 13 pan: 1/2 spaghetti, 1/2 sauce mixture and 1 c. cheddar cheese; repeat layers again. Mix soup with 1/4 c. water and pour over top of layers. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Bake @ 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.

Slow-Cooker Barbecued Ribs

4 pounds country-style pork ribs
1 (10.75-ounce) can condensed tomato soup
½ cup cider vinegar
¾ cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon celery seed
1 teaspoon chili powder

1. Trim excess fat from the ribs and put them in a slow cooker. Combine the soup, vinegar, brown sugar, soy sauce, celery seed, and chili powder in a medium bowl and pour over the meat.

2. Cover the pot and cook at low setting 7 to 8 hours, medium setting 5 to 6 hours, or high setting 3 to 4 hours.

Serve with baked potatoes, potato salad, or rice, and vegetables.

Variations:

*Put scrubbed small whole red potatoes under the ribs and cook the meat and potatoes together.
*Use the same recipe with beef ribs.

Savory Seasoned Top Round Steak

Top Round Steak
Seasoned with sea salt, garlic, paprika and savory spices

Thaw, then grill to desired temperature.

Chile Verde

4 boneless pork chops (or you can use about 1 lb pork loin)
1 jar La Victoria Salsa Verde
1 can diced tomatoes with jalepenos, undrained
1 small onion, chopped
1 TBS minced garlic

Place all ingredients in crock pot and cook 6-8 hours, or until pork shreds easily.

This is a recipe from last time.

Blues Chicken

3 chicken breasts
1 Cup chicken broth
1/4 Cup Bleu Cheese
1 Cup Mozz. Cheese
1/4 Cup mushrooms

place chicken breasts in 9x9 pan. Pour chicken broth over chicken, then sprinkle mozzerela cheese and bleu cheese over chicken along with mushrooms. Bake 350 degrees for 1 hour. Enough liquid for rice.

Sticky Chicken

Ingredients:· 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar·
1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce·
1/2 cup sugar·
2 garlic cloves, minced·
1 Tbsp. grated fresh ginger root·
1/8 tsp. pepper·
3-4 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts

Preparation:Combine all ingredients except the chicken in a shallow baking dish and stir until sugar dissolves. Add the chicken and turn to coat well. Cover the dish and chill in refrigerator for 24 hours.When ready to eat, transfer the chicken and marinade to a large heavy nonstick skillet. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to low, cover the skillet and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring each piece occasionally. Check the breasts for doneness (180 degrees F on an instant read thermometer) and remove to a shallow pan as they test done. Cover the cooked chicken and place in warm oven to keep warm.Increase heat to medium and cook the marinade remaining in skillet until syrupy, stirring constantly, about 8-10 minutes. Return chicken to the skillet, coat it with the sauce, and serve immediately - with lots of hot cooked rice! Serves 8Label: Sticky Chicken Place chicken and sauce into a skillet. Bring to boil over med, reduce to low and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove Chicken increase heat and cook marinade until syrupy 8-10 min. Return chicken coat & serve over rice

Cafe Rio chicken taco

· 1 small bottle Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing
· 1 Tbsp chili powder
· 1 Tbsp cumin
· 3 cloves garlic, minced
· 4 lbs. skinless, boneless chicken breast
Cook all together in a crock pot for 4 hours, shred meat and cook 1 additional hour.
Top the tacos with shredded lettuce, diced toamtoes, cheese and sour cream.
Can also make Cafe Rio chicken salad with the same ingredients, but crumb the taco shell over the salad, and for dressing, mix same portion of salsa verde with ranch dressing and you will be surprise!!!

Indonesian Chicken

12 chicken drums or thighs with bone
1 cup honey
3/4 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup finely minced ginger (or 1 tsp ground)
1/4 cup minced garlic

Heat ingredients in sauce pan for 5 minutes. Place chicken skin side down in casserole dish, pour marinade over chicken and refrigerate overnight. Preheat oven to 350 cook covered for 30 minutes. Uncover turn pieces over and increase heat to 375 and cook for 30-40 minutes longer basting occasionally.

Label: Indonesian Chicken Thaw completly, Preheat oven to 350 cook covered for 30 minutes. Uncover turn pieces over and increase heat to 375 and cook for 30-40 minutes longer basting occasionally. I used two white and two dark (or six dark) for 1/2 and 4 white and 4 dark (or 12 dark) for full. I bought two Costco honey, 2 soy sauce.

Lasagna Roll-Ups

Ingredients:
1 (16 ounce) package uncooked lasagna
noodles
1 pound mozzarella cheese, shredded
1 (15 ounce) container ricotta cheese
1 pound hamburger
1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped
spinach - thawed, drained and squeezed dry
2 cups grated Parmesan cheese
1 (28 ounce) jar pasta sauce
Directions:
1.
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna noodles for 5 to 8 minutes, or until just slightly underdone; drain and rinse.
2.
In a large mixing bowl, mix together grated cheese, ricotta cheese, hamburger, frozen spinach, and 1 cup Parmesan cheese.
3.
Lay out a noodle. Spread a layer of the cheese mixture on the noodle, then add a thin layer of sauce. Roll the noodle up, and place seam side down in a 13x9 pan. Repeat for other noodles. Top with remaining sauce and Parmesan cheese.
4.
Bake in a preheated 350 degree F (175 degree C) oven for 30 min, or until hot and bubbly.

Cafe Rio Pork Enchiladas

1 pork tenderloin
1 can Coke
1 bottle La Victoria taco sauce
1/2 cup brown sugar

Put all ingredients in crock-pot; cook on high 4 to 5 hours or low 8 to 10 hours

Tortillas; Preheat a non-stick pan to medium heat. Place a tortilla on pan and bake until barely golden on both sides.

Cook the pork and the tortillas as directed above. Put pork in tortillas, sprinkle with shredded cheese, roll up and put warmed taco sauce over the top.

Crockpot Pork Chops

6 Pork Chops (comes out to about 1.5 pounds or so but you can do more or less to your needs)
1 Medium onion sliced (1/2 Cup)
1 Can (10-3/4 oz.) Condensed cream of mushroom soup
1/4 C. water
pepper, to taste
dry boxed stuffing mix, optional, see instructions

Preparation:
Place chops in crockpot. Cover with sliced onions, condensed soup (directly from the can) and 1/4 cup water. Add pepper to taste. Cover and cook all day (7 to 8 hours) on LOW or 1/2 Day (3 to 4 hours) on HIGH in crockpot. You can also add a package of dry boxed stuffing (with herb packet) on top of chops first then the onions and soup and water.

Label: Easy Crockpot Pork Chops Place in crockpot cover and cook 7-8 hours on low or 3-4 on high.

Western Corn Chowder

2 cups water
2 cups potatoes, diced
½ cup chopped carrots
½ cup chopped celery
¼ cup chopped onion (I used 1TBS dried)
1½ tsp. salt
¼ tsp. pepper
1/8 tsp chili powder
¼ cup butter
¼ cup flour
2 cups milk
1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
1 can (15.5 oz) creamed corn
Ham

Bring water to a boil in a 3 quart pot. Add the next 8 ingredients (down to chili powder on the list) Return to boiling and simmer for 10 minutes. Do not drain.

Meanwhile, prepare cream sauce. Melt butter over low heat. Blend in flour and cook until smooth and bubbly. Stir in milk, bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil one minute and remove from heat. Add cheese, stir until melted.

Combine vegetables and cream sauce. Add creamed corn, reheat if necessary, but do not boil.

I am going to try and find ham on sale and add some meat for our husbands.

For our group of 13, I did 1 1/2 times for a full meal. I bought 1 Costco bag of carrots, celery, potato, cheese and 12 ham steaks.

Meatballs with gravy

1 can cream of chicken soup
1 cup evaporated milk
1 TbspWorchestershire sauce
1 Tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1/2 tsp onion salt
1 Tbsp flour

Arrange meatballs in greased baking dish. Dissolve flour in milk and whisk in soup. Ad all remaining ingredients and mix well. Pour over meatballs.

Bake covered for 45 minutes to an hour at 350

Mexican Chicken & Rice

4 Chicken Breasts or 10 Chicken tenders

1 jar medium salsa

1 small can mexi-corn

1 can black beans or favorite bean

2 cans regular size diced tomatoes

1 can tomato sauce

5 tsp. taco seasoning

1 pkg. dry ranch dressing

1 cup minute rice (add 30 min. before serving)



Label: Cook in Crock pot all day on low heat. Add Minute Rice 30 minutes before serving. Serve over corn chips and top with cheese and sour cream.

Chicken & White Bean Chili

1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breast
1 med. onion, chopped
1 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1 T. oil
2 cans Great Northern beans (do not drain)
1 can chicken broth, 14 oz.
1 small can chopped, green chiles
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground cumin
1 tsp. dried oregano
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2 c. milk, haf & half or whipping cream

Put whole chicken breasts in crockpot with all ingredients except milk/cream. Cook on low for atleast 5 hours or on high for 3 hours. One hour before serving, shred the chicken with fork or cut in small pieces. Add milk/cream. Serve with grated cheese, sour cream and tortilla chips.
*Freezer meal: chicken is already cooked; just thaw, heat to desired temp. and serve (you will need to add 1/2 c. milk or cream to full meal or 1/4 c. milk or cream to half meal).

Tuna noodle casserole with sour cream sauce

3 cups uncooked egg noodles
1 can cream mushroom soup
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 can corn
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 tablespoon lemon juice
3/4 crushed potato chips

1. preheat oven to 350- grease pan
2. cook noodles
3. heat soup, sour cream, milk and mayo - stir to combine. Add tuna, corn, 1 cup of cheese, salt, pepper and lemon juice. Stir until heated through.
4.drain noodles, add to tuna mixture- mix and pour in baking dish.
5. Bake 20 min. Sprinkle with remaining cheese- and crushed potato chips.
6. Bake 10-15 more minutes

Tomato Basil Chicken with Fettuccine

3 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1/2 cup green onions
2 tsp minced garlic
1 can diced tomatoes
1 TBS basil
1 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
1 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
8 oz fettuccine
(mushrooms optional)

Place chicken, green onions, garlic and basil in crock pot. Cook on Low for 7-9 hours. Shred chicken into pieces, then stir in cream and parmesan cheese. Cook on High for an additional 30 minutes. Serve over cooked (according to package) fettuccine noodles.

by Shelbie Watson

Lasagna

1 pd hamburger
1 onion
8 oz Cottage Cheese
1 pd mozzarella
1 jar of barilla marinara (or sauce of choice)

Assembling instructions:

Brown onion and hamburger, add sauce. 9 noodles total. (no bake noodles not necessary)

In 9 x 11 baking dish first layer 1/2 of the hamburger sauce, then 3 noodles, then layer 1/2 of cottage cheese, another layer of 3 noodles, a layer of 1/2 mozzarella cheese, another layer of 3 noodles, then rest of meat sauce and then add the rest of the mozzarella and cottage cheese to top and bake.

Bake at 350 (THAWED) for 45 min to an hour.

by Charlie Redmond

Hamburger Shepherds Pie

1 lb. hamburger cooked and drained
2 cans tomato soup
1 14 oz. can of green beans
3-4 cups of instant mashed potatoes
grated cheese

Mix hamburger and tomato soup together, spread on bottom of panthen layer with green beans and then mashed potatoes, top with gratedcheese and cook on 350 for 30 mins.

Mesquite Lime Pork Roast

Annette is repeating the mesquite lime pork roast recipe that Carrie did a few months ago. The marinade is a bottled mesquite lime.

Stuffed Steak

6 slices bacon
1 lb beef flank or toip round steak
10 ounce frozen spinch
1/4 grated parmesan cheese

Book bacon until done, not crisp. Score meat on each side in a diamond pattern. Place meat between two pieces of plastic wrap. Working from center to edges, pound steak into a 12x8 inch rectangle. Arrange bacon lengthwise on steak. Spread spinch over bacon. Sprinkle parmesan cheese. Roll up from a short side. Secure with wooden toothpicks.

Thaw and bake on broil until desired doneness, turning once (aprox 12-16 minutes for medium).

This is 1/2 recipe. I am going to try this this weekend to make sure it is good. If it is not I will do artichoke chicken that about a year ago.

Tortilla Casserole

1 can 40 0Z chili or 2 small cans
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1 chopped oinion
2 lb ground beef
6 flour tortillas, cut in 1 inch strips
1 lb grated cheese

1. Brown ground beef and oinion. Drain off grease.
2. Mix in chili and mushroom soup. Put 1/2 of mixture in the 9"x13" pan. Sprinkle with cheese. Lay 1/2 of tortilla strips over the top.
3. Pour the rest of the mixture on top. Layer the rest of the tortilla strips. Sprinkle the rest of the cheese. Bake from frozen until bubbling and then remove the foil to boil the cheese...and enjoy with buttery corn and sour cream!!!

Cream of Broccoli Soup

1 32 oz container of Chicken Broth
1 package of frozen broccoli
Celery
Onion
1 8oz package of Cream Cheese

*Bring broth to a boil. Cut up celery and onion. Add celery, onions, and broccoli to boiling broth and cook until soft. Add broth mixture and cream cheese into blender and blend.

Label: Thaw and warm on stove.