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Showing posts with label crock pot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crock pot. Show all posts

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Frozen Meals- Just for you Kira!

So here is a website I found...hope the link works.
http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/nutrition_articles.asp?id=762

And here are some recipes:


Potato Soup

Ingredients
2 cups cubed potatoes 2 cups water 1 cup chopped carrots 1/2 cup chopped onion
2 chicken bouillon cubes pepper to taste
Cook potatoes, carrots, onion, and water until tender. Add bouillon and pepper. Simmer 10 minutes.


Cream Cheese Chicken

(Dinner Is Ready page 86)
1 .7-ounce envelope Italian dressing mix
1/2 cup butter
2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast
1 10.75-ounce can cream of chicken soup
1 8-ounce package cream cheese
Turn slow cooker on High. Place butter in bottom of slow cooker. When the butter has melted, add one envelope Italian dressing dry mix. Stir into butter until well mixed. Cut chicken breasts into 1" strips. Place in slow cooker and stir to coat with butter and dressing mix. Cover and cook on High for 2 hours. Remove chicken to plate to cool. Add cream of chicken soup and cream cheese. Stir to melt and mix well until smooth and creamy. Remove sauce from slow cooker and allow to cool. Place chicken and sauce into a gallon resealable freezer bag. Label. Freeze.
To serve: Thaw. Heat until piping hot and bubbly. Serve over mashed potatoes, rice, or hot buttered noodles.


Simply Lasagna

12 lasagna noodles
2 cups cottage cheese
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 T dried chopped parsley
2 T Parmesan cheese
1 cup Mozzarella cheese, shredded
1 1/2 cups Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
3 - 4 cups Spaghetti sauce
Do not cook the lasagna noodles. Combine the cottage cheese, slightly beaten egg, parsley and Parmesan cheese. Grease foil baking pan(s). Cover bottom with thin layer of sauce. Layer noodles (do not cook them, break them to fit), sauce, half the Mozzarella and half the Jack cheeses. Top with another layer of noodles, then the cottage cheese mixture. Top with another layer of noodles, then the rest of the Mozzarella and Jack cheeses and cover with a thick layer of spaghetti sauce. Cover with extra heavy foil. Label and freeze. Makes 1 9x13 or 2 8x8 pans.
To serve: Thaw. Bake covered for 45 to 60 minutes at 375°. Uncover, top with more Mozzarella cheese and bake an additional 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Creamy Chicken Pasta

This can be done in a crock pot or on the stove.
2 Cans Cream of Chicken
1 Cup Shredded Chicken
8 Oz Cream Cheese
Italian Dressing Packet or Italian Seasoning
Put all ingredients into crockpot (or on the stove) and cook until smooth. Serve over spaghetti noodles. (It might even be pretty good on rice but I haven't tried that yet.)

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Creamy Crock Pot Chicken

4 chicken breasts
2 cans cream of chicken
1 can cream of mushroom
1 pkg. dry Italian Seasoning
8 oz. cream cheese

Stir soups and seasoning together and put in crock pot. Put chicken breasts on top. Cook on low about 4 hours or until chicken is done. Take chicken out and cut into bite size pieces. Return to crock pot. Cut cream cheese into slices and stir into crockpot until mixed well. Serve over rice.