Chicken And Broccoli Alfredo-Freezer Meal

This is recipe 1 in a series of 7 freezer meals that I have put together. It was so great to just pull this out and toss it in the crock pot and have a fabulous dinner 4 hours later! Easy preparation all around.

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• 1 1/2 lbs. chicken breasts
• 1 (16 oz) bag frozen Broccoli florets
• 2 (16 oz.) jars Alfredo sauce
• 1 large Green pepper, chopped
• 1 (4oz) can slice mushrooms, drained

Place all ingredients in a resealable gallon sized freezer bag and mix together.  When ready to eat, remove from the freezer and thaw in fridge for 24 hours. Cook on Low for 4-6 hours. Cut chicken into cubes. Serve over cooked fettuccine noodles.

Taco Soup

• 1 lb. Hamburger
• 1 can stewed tomatoes
• 1 can corn
• 1 can Kidney beans
• 1 onion
• 1 pkg. Taco Seasoning
• 2 c. Water

In a large pot, cook the hamburger and the onion until brown. Drain off the grease.  Stir in the taco seasoning. Mix in the remaining ingredient.  Bring the soup to a boil. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Serve with tortilla chips, cheese and a dollop of sour cream.

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This is probably the easiest soup you will ever make and it is so good! It makes a pretty big pot so luckily, this soup is even better the next day!

Lazy Day Casserole

• 5 Sausages (beef or pork)
• 1 lb. Potatoes
• 1/2 lb Carrots
• 1/2 Bell pepper
• 1 large Onion
• 2 Garlic cloves, grated or chopped
• 2 T. Oil
• 1 1/2 t. Italian Herbs
• 1/2 c. Chicken broth
• 4T. Balsamic vinegar
• Salt and pepper

 Peel wash and cut the potatoes, pepper, carrots, and onion. Cut the potato into large chunks, the pepper into strips, carrots into large chunks, and the onion in wedges. Place everything in a roasting tray or a 9x13 casserole dish. 

Use a small bowl to combine the oil with the Italian herbs, grated or chopped garlic and chicken broth. Pour this mixture over veggies and toss them around a bit. Season generously with salt and pepper.

Cover the tray with foil and put in preheated oven.  Bake at 450 degrees for 45 minutes. While the veggies are cooking, brown the sausages without cooking them through. Cut them in half.

After the 45 minutes is up, place the sausages in the pan and pour Balsamic vinegar all over. Place the tray back in the oven, uncovered, for 25 minutes. Take it out after 15 minutes, flip over the sausages and ladle some of the juices on top of the vegetables and sausage. Put back in the oven for the remaining time.

Pizza Bites

This is what we whipped up for pizza night last week!

 Bites

• 1 batch pizza crust dough
• Mozzerella, cubed (about 20 pieces)
• Sliced pepperoni

Topping

•  Olive oil
• Italian seasoning
•  Parmesan cheese, grated

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly grease a 9 inch pie pan. Divide pizza dough into roughly 20 equal sized pieces. Take one of the dough pieces and press in a cube of cheese and 2 slices of pepperoni. Pull the edges of the dough around the filling and seal.

 Place in the pan seam side down.  Repeat with remaining dough. Each piece of dough should be touching each other in the pan.

Lightly brush the tops of the dough with olive oil . Sprinkle on Italian Seasoning and Parmesan cheese. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.

Herb Seasoned Popcorn

• 6 c. popped popcorn
• 4 T. margerine or butter, melted
• 1/2 t. dried basil leaves
• 1/4 t. dried oregano leaves
• 1/4 t. garlic salt
• Dash of Cayenne pepper
• 1 T. grated Parmesan cheese

Place popcorn in large bowl. In small bowl, combine margarine, basil, oregano and cayenne; pour evenly over popcorn.  Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese; toss gently.

{We are big popcorn people; especially stove popped popcorn. This is a recipe I had a few nights ago at a church youth activity that I fell in love with. I snatched up the recipe and  made a few changes and add ins. Such a tasty treat!}

Chicken and Wild Rice Casserole

• 1 6 oz pkg. Long Grain and Wild Rice Mix
• 1 medium Onion, chopped (1/2 c.)
• 2 T. Butter
• 1 10 1/2 oz. can condensed Chicken with White and Wild Rice soup or Cream of Chicken Soup
• 1/2 c. Low Fat Sour Cream
• 1/3 c. Low Sodium Chicken Broth
•  1/2 t. dried Basil, crushed
• 2 c. shredded cooked chicken or turkey
• 1/3 c. shredded Parmesan Cheese

Prepare rice mix according to package directions.

Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large skillet, cook onion in hot butter over medium heat until tender.  Stir in soup, sour cream, chicken broth, and basil.  Stir in cooked rice and chicken. 

Transfer mixture to an ungreased 2 qt. baking dish. Sprinkle with cheese.  Bake uncovered about 35 minutes of until heated through.