Cost

Meals this time are $4.75 each. Sorry, this is so late getting out, but I didn't buy the last ingredients until last night. :D See you all there!

March13th Activity

The next activity will be at the Stake Center from 1-3pm on March 13th. Order deadline is Wednesday night, March 10th, at midnight. Please come as I'm excited to cook with you all again! Also, it might be nice to check with your visiting teaching families to find out if they could use a meal and can't go to this activity. Perfect opportunity to serve your sisters.

1. Strawberry Margarita Dessert: pretzels, brown sugar, nuts, butter, lime juice, orange juice, lemon juice, sweetened condensed milk, strawberry puree, whipping cream, powdered sugar, vanilla

What you need to bring:
• 1 Pie pan or square baking pan
• 1 one-gallon freezer Ziploc bags IF your pie pan fits inside and you want extra freezer protection

2. Blueberry French Toast (casserole of sorts): French bread, cream cheese, blueberry pie filling, eggs, maple syrup, milk, cinnamon

What you need to bring:
• A baking dish, 9x9 or 9x13

3. Green Chili Enchiladas: meat, onion, chili powder, pepper, Monterey jack cheese, flour tortillas, cream of chicken soup, sour cream, green chilies,

Things you need to bring:
• 1 ½ pounds of cooked ground beef (you can use substitute chicken for beef if desired) mixed with: 1 ¼ cups of chopped sautéed onions
• A 9 x 13 pan

4. Chinese Chicken Morsels: chicken, lemon juice, soy sauce, Dijon mustard, vegetable oil, cayenne pepper, rice

Things you need to bring:
• 1 pound of raw chicken breast cubed 1”
• 2 one-gallon Ziploc bags

5. Steak Fajitas: sirloin steak, lime juice, white wine vinegar, salad oil, oregano, garlic, flour tortilla, fajita style veggies

What you need to bring:
• 1 pound sirloin steak raw
• 2 gallon Ziploc bags (put meat in one bag and bring the extra)

Thanks!

Thank you, everyone, for your hard work and conversation! I'm already looking forward to next time because I have great meals in mind. If you have any requests, let me know, but I'm for sure thinking of doing Green Chili Chicken Enchiladas, Stuffed Blueberry French Toast, and the Strawberry Margarita Dessert. Any other ideas? Or new recipes? Shoot them over to me! Also, the normal second Saturday next month is Valentine's Day weekend. I'm not sure how to handle that one yet. Maybe we'll invite husbands and make a date out of it! :) Again, thanks for coming!

Peanut Butter Pie

Serving Size : 6

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 graham cracker crumb pie crust
3 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup milk
1 cup powdered sugar
8 ounces frozen whipped topping, thawed

In a bowl, with an electric mixer combine cream cheese, peanut butter, sugar and milk.

Beat until smooth

Gently fold in whipped topping

Pour into pie shell

Freeze

Thaw 10 minutes before serving.

You can add crushed Reeses peanut butter cups to the top for a yummy garnish!

Island Chicken with Fruit Salsa

Serving Size : 6

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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6 chicken breast
3/4 cup italian dressing
1/2 cup onion -- diced
1/2 cup pineapple -- diced
1/2 cup yellow pepper -- diced
1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon cilantro

Mix marinade

Add chicken

Freeze

Thaw

Grill, bake or saute

Serve with rice or couscous

Baked Ziti

Serving Size : 8

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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32 fluid ounces spaghetti sauce
1/2 cup chopped onion
12 ounces whole wheat pasta
1 cup shredded parmesan cheese
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1 pound extra lean ground beef -- browned and drained
3 Tablespoons parsley

Mix sauce with hamburger and onion.

Spray pan with Pam

Spoon some sauce on bottom.

Layer cooked noodles, then sauce, and top with both cheese and parsley.

Freeze.

Thaw.

Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes.

It's time to get cookin'!!

Hello everyone! The price for freezer meals is $4.25 per meal. We'll start our activity at 1pm tomorrow (Saturday, Jan 16th). Please come a few minutes early and feel free to let me know if you have any questions. I look forward to seeing all of you!

January Recipes

The next activity is January 16 at 1:00pm at the church. Here is the recipe line-up. Just post your order or email it to me by Wednesday night, January 13.

1. Peanut Butter Pie: graham cracker pie crust, cream cheese, peanut butter, milk, powdered sugar, whipped topping

What you need to bring:
• nothing

2. Minestrone Soup: kidney beans, basil, salt, pepper, oregano, parsley, sweet Italian sausage, celery, carrots, onion, tomatoes, water, parmesan cheese, beef bouillon, macaroni pasta

What you need to bring:
• 1 lb sweet Italian sausage cooked (ground works, or links cut up in bite sized pieces work too)
• 2 gallon Ziploc bags (put meat in one bag and bring the extra)

3. Chicken Pot Pie: peas, carrots, chicken, cream of chicken soup, Bisquick baking mix, milk, egg

What you need to bring:
• 2 cups cooked chicken breasts cut in bite sized pieces
• 8x8 (approx.) baking dish

4. Baked Ziti: ground beef, onion, spaghetti sauce, pasta, parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese, parsley

What you need to bring:
• 1 lb ground beef, browned and drained
• 9x13 baking dish

5. Island Chicken with Fruit Salsa: chicken breast, Italian dressing, onion, pineapple, yellow pepper, balsamic vinegar, brown sugar, cilantro, rice

What you need to bring:
• 6 chicken breasts, raw and either whole, halved, pieced (it’s a marinade)
• 2 1-gallon Ziploc bags

Chocolate Chip Cookies

These are not my words, but the words of the recipe author:

This is the best recipe I’ve ever found for these. And they can be used just like the ones from the store where you break them apart and slap them on the baking sheet.
3 cups plus 6 tbsp flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cup butter
1 cup plus 2 tbsp brown sugar
1 cup plus 2 tbsp white sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
3 eggs
3 cups chocolate chips
1 1/2 cup nuts (optional)
Mix flour, soda and salt and set aside. Beat butter, vanilla and sugars until creamy. Then beat in eggs. Gradually add flour mixture, along with chocolate chips and nuts, mixing well. The place where I got this recommended rolling the dough into logs, covering with plastic wrap and freezing, so you could slice and bake them later.
Here’s what I do, and I think it’s ton easier. I use the equivalent of this finished recipe to fill 3 quart sized freezer bags (we did four). I seal them and press them flat on their sides. When it’s time to bake them off, I slice the square into thirds one way, then in fourths the other way. It’s easier if you do this when the dough has only had a chance to thaw for a couple of minutes. This leaves you with twelve little squares of dough, just like the brand name store bought packages. The cool thing about this dough is that these little squares bake automatically into little round cookie shapes.
Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes. This recipe is also easily doubled or tripled. This is a good idea if there’s a chance you’ll get hit with an unexpected spouse potluck at work or a “mom I forgot to tell you” bake sale sometime during the next couple of months. The dough keeps for a fairly long time in the freezer.

Ham Potato Casserole

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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6 cups cubed potatoes -- hash brown style
1/4 cup melted butter
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup green onions -- chopped
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
1 cup chopped Ham

2 cups crushed cornflakes
1/2 cup melted butter

Mix your cubed potatoes with the melted butter, soup, sour cream, green onions, cheese and ham.

Pour into a greased 9X13 pan.

Freeze.

When ready to bake, melt butter and mix with cornflakes and pour over potato mixture.

Bake at 350 for 35-45 minutes.

Lasagna

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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3/4 pound lasagna noodle
3/4 pound ground beef, browned and drained
3/4 cup onion, diced
20 1/4 fluid ounces spaghetti sauce
12 fluid ounces cottage cheese
12 ounces mozzarella cheese, shredded
6 ounces parmesan cheese, shredded
1 1/2 tablespoons parsley

Mix pasta sauce with onion and beef

Mix cottage cheese and mozzarella and parsley

Put a small amount of sauce on the bottom of pan

Layer first with noodles, then sauce, then cheese mixture, then parmesan

Layer again, Noodles, sauce, and cheese on the top

Freeze

Thaw

Bake at 350 for 45 minutes

Order for November

Hello, Ladies! I'm really excited about this activity on November 14 and fully expect it to be our biggest freezer meal activity yet! Don't miss this one as it will be the best time to start if you've never been. Please submit your order by post or email by November 9th at midnight. Thanks everyone!

1. Lasagna: noodles, beef, onion, spaghetti sauce, cottage cheese, mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, and parsley - Baked in oven

What you need to bring:
• ¾ lb cooked ground beef with chopped onion (1 small)
• A 9 x 12 pan (with lid is best, but not necessary)

2. Goulash: beef, onion, chili powder, garlic, pepper, beans, bay leaf, tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, and macaroni - Cooked on stovetop, or possibly done in crockpot - Can be split into two meals

What you need to bring:
• 1 lb cooked ground beef with chopped onion (1 small)
• 2 gallon Ziploc bags

3. Ham and Potato Casserole: potatoes, butter, cream of chicken soup, sour cream, green onions, cheddar cheese, ham, corn flakes - Baked in oven, or possibly in crockpot - Can be split into two meals

What you need to bring:
• 2 one-gallon freezer Ziploc bags

4. Chocolate Chip Cookies: flour, baking soda, salt, butter, brown sugar, white sugar, vanilla, eggs, chocolate chips, nuts - Baked in oven

What you need to bring:
• Nothing

November 14 date for next cooking party!

Next event will be November 14, 12:30pm - 2:30pm at the Stake Center. We will be doing four recipes including Lasagna and Chocolate Chip Cookies. Stay posted for the order to come out in the next 72 hours, and please plan to come. We would love to have you all there!

Pasta Fagoli Soup

Serving Size : 6

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 pound ground beef, browned and drained
1 small onion chopped
1 cup grated carrot
1 cup diced celery
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
2 cans beef broth
1 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 teaspoons fresh parsley
1/2 teaspoon hot sauce
1 jar spaghetti sauce
1 small bag shell pasta

Place all ingredients in a large saucepan and add 4 cups of water (add water to our version because we used beef buollion or however you spell it instead of beef broth). Simmer until vegetables are tender. (30-40 min)

(if freezing, place all ingredients in a gallon-size ziploc bag) PS, we left the pasta out until cooking so they didn't get too soggy.

King Ranch Casserole

Serving Size : 6

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 package corn tortilla
3 chicken breast, cooked and cubed
1 bell pepper
1 onion
1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
1 clove garlic
Salt
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can Ro-Tel tomatoes
1 1/2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded

Layer half of the tortillas and half of the chicken

Mix all other ingredients and pour half over chicken.


Repeat with second layer.

Top with shredded cheese as desired.

Freeze

Thaw

Bake 375 for 30 minutes

Kabobs Marinade

Serving Size : 6

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup prepared mustard
1 1/2 teaspoons coarsely cracked black pepper
2 cloves garlic -- minced
1 teaspoon meat tenderizer (optional)
1/2 onion
1/2 can pineapple chunks
1/2 red bell pepper
1/2 green bell pepper
1 1/2 cups rice

The rice: Bring 3 cups water to boil, add rice, reduce heat and simmer for 20 min.

September Activity

Hello everyone!
The September activity is on the 19th at the church from 2-4pm. Because there is a home football game that night at 5pm, we will only be doing three different recipes to hopefully finish quickly so you can all enjoy your evenings, (although you can do more than one of any of them). Just reply by email or post with your order. Thanks everyone!


1. Kababs Marinade: meat, vegetable oil, soy sauce, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, black pepper, garlic, onion, pineapple, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, rice

What you need to bring:
• 2 gallon Ziploc bags (put meat in one bag and bring the extra)
• This recipe doesn’t actually say anything about the meat. Random. You could probably use whatever meat you would grill on a kabob, and by the measurements of the recipe, I’m guessing you would want 1-2 pounds of meat cut into kabob sized chunks. You can bring the meat or add it afterwards. Whichever.

2. Pasta Fagoli Soup: ground beef, onion, carrot, celery, tomatoes, kidney beans, beef broth, oregano, pepper, parsley, hot sauce, spaghetti sauce, shell pasta

What you need to bring:
• 1 lb ground beef, browned and drained
• 2 gallon Ziploc bags (put meat in one bag and bring the extra)

3. King Ranch Casserole: chicken breast, corn tortilla, bell pepper, onion, chili powder, garlic, salt, cream of mushroom, cream of chicken, tomatoes, cheddar cheese

What you need to bring:
• 3 chicken breasts, cooked and cubed
• 9x13 dish

July Date

Alright! We have a date and time set! It is Thursday, July 30, 7:30pm-9:30pm. I hope that's not too late, but hopefully it gives some of you a chance to get your kids ready to bed or to bed even. So remember to either post your order here as a comment or email it to me. Orders will be due on the Monday before, which is the 27th that way I can do some shopping on Tuesday. The order post is on July 5 called July Activity. To sisters who are coming for the first time: Check out the listing for April 29 called Information for Newcomers. That will help you be prepared. Thanks everyone for helping make this group a success!

I need a partner in crime... or two!

Ok, I'm thinking that no matter when we're able to schedule this next freezer meal activity, there's a good chance I won't be able to be there. I can do all the preparation beforehand, I just won't be able to go that exact day. Or I'll miss half of it or something. Anyway, I'm looking for probably two interested sisters who could be completely committed to coming, helping, and being in charge the actual day of. Sorry that I don't know when that exact day is yet, but I'm thinking either Thursday July 30 evening, or Saturday August 1 either in morning or afternoon. I'm waiting for feedback right now. If anyone thinks they can be there for sure please let me know asap. You'll have to go about an hour beforehand, set up, then stay until the end and clean up. It's work, but it's worth it. Let me know if anyone can do this and I'll let you know more details! Thanks everyone! If there's three who can do this, that's even better! :D

July Activity

I have the next set of recipes ready. However, I'm still unsure on the date. Forewarning on this month's date. I have just started a new job and a new schedule as a temple worker on Saturday mornings. For this month, we will either have the group on some Saturday from 1-3pm, or on a Thursday night from 7-9pm. If it's on the Thursday, then we have to compete with the basketball guys again and I won't be able to make it so I will need a very committed person or two or three to help with the actual event. As soon as I know I will post it up. For now, you can check out the recipes and be ready to order as soon as I can get the date up here. Thanks for everyone's help and patience.

1. Pineapple Freeze (slushie drink): pineapple juice, orange juice, lemonade, bananas, sugar, water, lemon-lime cool-aid, lemon jello

What you need to bring:
• 1 5-quart ice cream bucket

2. Kababs Marinade: meat, vegetable oil, soy sauce, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, black pepper, garlic, onion, pineapple, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, rice

What you need to bring:
• 2 gallon Ziploc bags (put meat in one bag and bring the extra)
• This recipe doesn’t actually say anything about the meat. Random. You could probably use whatever meat you would grill on a kabob, and by the measurements of the recipe, I’m guessing you would want 1-2 pounds of meat cut into kabob sized chunks. You can bring the meat or add it afterwards. Whichever.

3. Oregano Chicken: chicken breasts, onion, garlic, balsamic vinegar, chicken bouillon, crushed red pepper, served on sliced tomatoes and rice

What you need to bring:
• 6 Chicken Breasts raw –whole or halves for more manageable servings
• 2 gallon Ziploc bags (put meat in one bag and bring the extra)

4. Pasta Fagoli Soup: ground beef, onion, carrot, celery, tomatoes, kidney beans, beef broth, oregano, pepper, parsley, hot sauce, spaghetti sauce, shell pasta

What you need to bring:
• 1 lb ground beef, browned and drained
• 2 gallon Ziploc bags (put meat in one bag and bring the extra)

5. King Ranch Casserole: chicken breast, corn tortilla, bell pepper, onion, chili powder, garlic, salt, cream of mushroom, cream of chicken, tomatoes, cheddar cheese

What you need to bring:
• 3 chicken breasts, cooked and cubed
• 9x13 dish