Honey Garlic Chicken Crock Pot Freezer Meal Recipe
Ingredients:
4 chicken breasts
3 garlic cloves
1 tsp basil
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 cup honey
Directions:
Mix all ingredients together inside a ziplock bag and freeze
Don't forget to label with cooking directions!
To cook, thaw overnight, cook in crockpot for 5-8 hours on low or 3-4 hours on high
*Hint, make a few bags of this and have dinner for multiple days. This is great served with rice.
Why buy seasoned salt when it is so easy to make at home? This is a simple recipe that can be used for a variety of dishes.
Ingredients:
8 tablespoons salt
4 tablespoons freshly ground pepper
1 tspn cayenne pepper
1 tspn dried sage
1 tspn marjoram
1 tspn rosemary
1/2 tspn ground cloves
1/2 tspn nutmeg
1/2 tspn cinnamon
1/4 tspn ground mace
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a blender or food processor and pulse to blend well
Store in an air tight jar away from heat and light
Simple Buttercream Icing Recipe
Ingredients:
6 tablespoons butter
4 1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup milk
1 tablespoon vanilla
Directions:
Add all ingredients into mixing bowl and beat on high speed until smooth
This is a great buttercream icing to make adorable monster cookies:
(Sandwich buttercream between two sugar cookies, roll edges in sprinkles and add eyes and noses (we used mini M&Ms for the eyes)
Rice Crispy Peanut Butter Treat Bars Recipe
Ingredients:
1 bag peanut butter chips
1 stick butter
6 1/2 cups rice crispy cereal
1 bag semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup honey roasted peanuts, chopped
Directions:
Line a 9x13 pan with nonstick foil or parchment paper
Melt peanut butter chips and butter in a large bowl in microwave or in a heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring often, until thoroughly blended and smooth.
Remove from heat, add cereal and stir until evenly coated.
Pour into prepared pan, spread evenly, then cover with wax paper.
Use another 9x13 pan, or book, to press the mixture into an even layer, then remove the wax paper.
Place pan in freezer about 10 minutes or until firm.
Melt chocolate chips as directed on bag.
Add corn syrup and stir until well blended.
Spread chocolate mixture evenly on top cereal mixture then sprinkle with chopped nuts.
Using wax paper, lightly press the nuts into the chocolate.
Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm.
Cut, serve, enjoy!
(Recipe and photo from wdfood)
I’m a big fan of “skillet” dinners, but only if they taste good. Far too many skillet dishes are pre-packaged and just lack in taste. This recipe lacks nothing. The salsa gives it a nice taste that packaged skillet entrees cannot.
Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef
1 can tomato soup
1/2 cup salsa
1/2 cup water
6 flour tortillas, cut into small strips
1/2 cup shredded cheese
Directions:
Cook beef in a large skillet wit about 1/4 cup water, drain grease, and break up any large chunks of meat. Return to skillet
Stir in soup, salsa, water, and tortillas. Heat to a boil
Reduce heat to low and cook for 5 minutes. Stir
Top with cheese
*To make this creamier, add in 1/2 cup sour cream with the soup
Ingredients:
Crust:
30 Oreos
1/4 cup hot fudge topping, not heated
Bars:
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
1/2 cup cold strong coffee
2 bricks cream cheese (16oz total) (softened)
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup sour cream
1 bar bittersweet chocolate, melted
chocolate coffee beans (optional for garnish)
Directions:
Line a 9x13 baking pan with nonstick foil or parchment paper, draping some over the edges.
Prepare crust: Crush cookies, by hand or in a food processer, until they resemble fine crumbs. Add fudge topping to crumbs, blend to moisten.
Press firmly in prepared pan. Place in freezer while preparing the rest
Prepare bars: Sprinkle gelatin over coffee in a small saucepan. Let stand 2 minutes.
Stir over low heat until steaming and granules dissolve. Remove from heat
Beat cream cheese and sugar in a large bowl with hand mixer on high speed until smooth. On low speed, beat in sour cream, the coffee mixture and chocolate until blended.
Pour into crust, cover, and refridgerate 4 hours or until firm
Using the foil or parchment paper draped over the edge of the pan, remove bars and cut into small squares.
Garnish with coffee beans
(Recipe and Photo from wdfood)
Three Ingredient Raziti Recipe – Freezer Meal
I’ve noticed that a lot of people who make freezer meals tend to make them in bulk. If you are making fancy dishes then it can be quite time consuming, but adding this one to the mix can give you more meals for less time. Its quick, and only has 3 ingredients. This is one of those meals where you can easily make more than one at a time.
Ingredients:
Rotini noodles
Spaghetti Sauce
Shredded Cheese
Directions:
Line an 8x8 pan with foil
Add noodles and sauce and top with cheese
Freeze, then remove foil "block" and freeze inside large ziplock bag* (Gallon size)
To cook, bake covered with foil at 350* for 30 minutes
Uncover, bake additional 30 minutes
*When freezing, be sure to label with cooking directions!
Ingredients:
1 package frozen spinach, chopped
5 green onions, chopped
1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
1 avocado, peeled and chopped
1/8 tspn hot pepper sauce, or to taste
1/2 cup watercress
8 ounces plain yogurt
1 1/4 tspn no-salt garlic seasoning
1/8 tspn freshly ground black pepper
1 purple cabbage
Directions:
Cook spinach, drain and wring out all juice
Using a blender, or by hand, combine spinach, onion, watercress and parsely. Set aside
Place remaining ingredients except cabbage in blender and blend until smooth.
In a bowl, combine the vegetables and yogurt and mix to blend well.
Refrigerate at least two hours to allow flavors to blend
Hollow out the purple cabbage to use as a serving bowl.
*Serve with stiff crackers, bread crumbs, or fresh vegetables.
Grilled Banana split S'mores Camping Recipe
The first time I made this recipe I failed to see the “wrap in foil” part and my bananas were one huge mess. I certainly don’t recommend making the same mistake I did! This is a great Summer recipe, but can be made year round - just use the oven instead!
Ingredients:
6 bananas, in the skin
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup mini marshmallows
6 large graham crackers
Directions:
Set grill to medium heat, or use a campfire
Make a long slit in each banana from end to end, through the skin and down to, but not through, the skin on the other side. Gently open the banana. Divide chocolate chips and mini marshmallows among bananas, pressing with your fingers to fit as much as possible.
Wrap each banana in aluminum foil and place on center of grill or around perimeter of fire.
Cook 5 minutes, or until chips and marshmallows are melted and banana is warm.
Serve immediately with graham crackers for dipping
Pineapple Nut Delights Cookie Recipe
This is one of those cookie recipes that is so good, it is gone before the cookies go bad. They are a perfect combination of moist, sweet, and crunchy flavors.
Ingredients:
1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tspn vanilla
4 cup flour
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup canned pineapple crushed
1 tspn baking soda
1/2 tspn salt
Directions:
Mix together
Drop onto baking pan and bake at 350* for 10 minutes
Roll in powdered sugar to finish
Tamale Pie Freezer Meal Recipe
As I was typing this recipe up to add here, I remembered I had already added it before. But it is just *that good* that I will list it again. After all, it is a freezer meal, and freezer meals seem to be pretty popular right now, and I guess you could say I jumped on that trend. When I started making my freezer meals, this was one of the first ones I made. Years later, I can still say that this recipe works, and makes a perfect “go to” dish. I like keeping this one in the freezer and making a single serve option of this.
Crust Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup cornmeal
2 tspn salt
4 tablespoon butter
1 1/2 cup water
Crust Directions:
In a bowl mix cornmeal with water
In separate pan boil 2 1/2 cups water and salt
Gradually stir in cornmeal mix
Reduce heat
Stir often, every 4-5 minutes
Stir in butter
Pour batter in pan/tins; Use approximately 1/4 cup per tin
Filling Ingredients:
1 can diced tomatoes
1/2 can corn
1/2 can black beans
Enchilada sauce 1 can
1 lb chicken cooked/shredded
Shredded cheese
Filling Directions:
Mix all filling ingredients together
Pour over prepared crust
Top with cheese
Bake at 375* approximately 30 minutes
*You can freeze these in muffin tins and then pop them out and store as single serve pies.
Orange Barbecue Cocktail Sausages Appetizer Recipe
Ingredients:
1 pound Lil' Smokies
1 cup Barbecue Sauce
1/4 cup orange marmalade
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a skillet and cook until heated thoroughly
*Cranberry sauce can be used in place of orange marmalade
*Recipe and image obtained from some random recipe card
Smokin' Succulent Grilled Chicken Recipe
Welcome to the beginning of Summer.. Grilled food and great parties are to come!
Ingredients:
1 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoon lime juice
2 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 tspn chipotle chili powder
Chicken strips or breasts
Directions:
Blend first 5 ingredients
Set 1/2 of the mixture aside.
Grill or broil chicken, brushing with remaining mixture until thoroughly cooked.
Serve with any remaining mixture
Soft Baked Chocolate Cookies Recipe
These cookies bring back such good memories. Every time I see this recipe I instantly want to make them. For a person with a sweet tooth like mine, they are great. When cooked right, these cookies are pure perfection.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 tspn vanilla
1 cup flour (self rising)
1/4 cup cocoa
Directions:
Cream butter
Add sugars and continue mixing
Add egg and vanilla, continue to mix well
Finally, add cocoa and flour
Mix well
Drop onto cookie sheet
Bake for 8 minutes at 350*
*The addition of chocolate chips makes these an ultimate chocolate chocolate chip cookie
I joke around that my middle child must have been switched at birth because he doesn't like cake. My entire family loves cake, except him... His birthday is tomorrow. Maybe I can convince him with this recipe ;)
Ingredients:
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup butter
1 (4oz) semisweet chocolate baking bar, chopped
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
4 large eggs
1 tspn vanilla extract
3/4 tspn salt
1 bag miniature marshmallows
Chocolate Frosting (Recipe below)
Directions:
Place pecans in a single layer on a baking sheet
Bake at 350* for 8-10 minutes or until toasted
Microwave 1 cup butter and semisweet chocolate in a large microwave safe glass bowl at HIGH for 1 minute or until melted and smooth, stirring evey 30 seconds
Whisk sugar and next 5 ingredients into chocolate mixture
Pour batter into a greased 15x10 jelly roll pan
Bake at 350* for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle evenly with miniature marshmallows, bake 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.
Drizzle warm cake with chocolate frosting and sprinkle evenly with toasted pecans.
Chocolate Frosting Recipe:
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/3 cup milk
1 (16oz) package powdered sugar
1 tspn vanilla extract
Directions:
Stir together first 3 ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium heat until butter is melted.
Cook, stirring constantly 2 minutes or until slightly thickened; remove from heat.
Beat in powdered sugar and vanilla and medium-high speed with hand held electric mixer until smooth.
*Recipe and image compliments of Southern Living
Ingredients:
4 cups self-rising flour
1 tspn sea salt
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup milk
1/2 cup water
Directions:
Mix all ingredients together very well
Form into a round loaf and place on cooking sheet
Bake at 425* for 25 minutes
Then lower temp to 350* for 5-10 minutes
*This recipe can be used as a bread bowl, just scoop out the inside and set aside, then fill with your favorite dip and use the bread crumbs to dig in
Beef Pie Recipe - Freezer Meal
Ingredients:
Beef stew meat
Carrots
Celery
Onions
Seasoning
2 pie crusts
Directions:
Cook stew meat, carrots, celery and onions in large pot with seasoning.
Pour cooked stew fixings into unbaked pie crust
Be sure to leave some of the juice in the pie
Cover with additional crust, wrap in foil and freeze*
To cook, place frozen pie in oven 375* approximately 30 minutes
*When freezing, be sure to label with cooking directions.
Lasagna Freezer Meal Recipe using No-Boil Noodles
Italian food is one of our favorites. Italian food without all the prep is even better! This freezer meal can be served immediately, or frozen and served later making prep time nearly non-existent. I recommend making multiple pans of this to have on hand.
Ingredients:
No boil noodles
1/2 cup ricotta
1/2 cup cottage cheese
Spaghetti Sauce
Shredded cheese
Ground Meat
Onion
Directions:
Brown meat and sauté onion
Mix all ingredients except noodles
Layer like traditional lasagna, layering noodles and the mixture. Top with shredded cheese
Wrap in foil, freeze
Bake 20-40 covered at 350*
Uncover, bake some additional minutes to finish. Baking time varies on size of dish used
Hint: Use disposable 8x8 pans and make multiple batches at once to freeze more than one!
Homemade Fish/Chicken Herb Marinade Recipe
Around here, we eat a lot of chicken and fish. Sometimes though, it gets boring eating the same few recipes. Finding this marinade in my mom’s recipe box helped me spice up our chicken and fish dinners. I hope your family will enjoy it as much as ours.
Ingredients:
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 minced garlic clove
1/2 tspn lemon zest
1/2 tspn dried tarragon
1/2 tspn thyme or rosemary
1/2 tspn salt
1/2 tspn white pepper
Directions:
Mix all ingredients thoroughly
Refrigerate for 2 hours, or overnight in a covered container
Marinate chicken or fish for about 3 hours, turning pieces at least once.
During broiling, baste with marinade
Chocolate Gravy is really as delicious as it sounds. It’s a Southern favorite, and found served with biscuits. Whip this easy recipe up the next time you serve biscuits for breakfast and impress your family.
Ingredients:
1 stick margarine
4 tablespoons flour (all purpose)
4 tablespoons cocoa
3/4 cup sugar
2 cup milk
Directions:
Melt butter in a sauce pan
Whisk in flour and cocoa
Then add sugar and milk and mix well
Cook over medium heat until thick
*This would also be great served as a dip for French Toast Sticks
