Vegetarian Santa Fe Enchiladas (Freezer to Oven)

Another easy but yummy dish that is great for the freezer when you need a quick meal to pull out.  This is even a great dish to take if you have that "I signed up for dinner and forgot" night!

What you need:
1 pkg 8-10 Tortillas (I used flour)
1 pkg Morning Star Crumbles
1 container Philidelphia Santa Fe Cooking Cream
2 c Cheese

Heat crumbles either on stove or in microwave.  Add 1/2 container of cooking cream to mixture.  Fill each tortillas with a large spoonful of crumble mixture roll and repeat until pan filled.  Warm additional cooking cream to a saucy consistency (in microwave about 30sec).  Spread over enchiladas and top with cheese.

If going from dish to freezer there is no need to preheat your crumbles. 
When going from freezer to oven thaw for a couple of hours in fridge before cooking on 350 for 25 min.

ENJOY!

Spinach and Crab Bake (Freezer to Oven)

Okay this is one that may not sound as great as it taste, but this was  FREDIN KID FAVORITE!

Here is what you need
1 package crab delights
2 c Low Fat Cottage Cheese
1 C Cheddar Cheese
1/2 pkg Frozen Spinach
2 eggs
1 C Texas Toast Croutons

Layer your baking dish with spinach to fill.  Mix your Cottage cheese, Cheese and eggs in to a cheese mnixture.  Cut delights in crab in to bite size pieces and spread over the spinach.  Layer croutons across the top of your crab spinach mix.  Top with cheese mixture.
Bake on 350 for 30mn

If you choose to freeze this, cover and freeze and pull out to thaw for 12 hours in fridge before baking.

Sweet Potato Bacon and Beef Stew in a Bag

Last week in preparing for surgery, I made several meals that I could put in the freezer and have available for my husband to pull out and pop in the oven or in the crockpot without any fuss.  In preparing, I also chose to use what was in my freezer to also get rid of some of my stockpiled meat collection :) I found a deliciously easy recipe for stew in a bag.
Here is what you need
1 Large ziplock Bag
1 Package Beef Stew Meat
2 Sweet Potatoes (cleaned and cut in pieces)
1 small onion

6 pieces of bacon (pre-cooked)
1 can of beef broth
1 can of stewed tomatoes
1 can sliced mushrooms

Dump all in your ziplock bag.  Pull out the night before you plan on using it and place it in the fridge to thaw.  Dump in crockpot and cook on low 8 hours!
Enjoy!

Freezer to Oven Lasagna Casserole

What you Need:
1 Box of Rotini Noodles
1/2 Carton Fat Free Cottage Cheese
1 PKG Fat Free Italian Cheese
1 Jar Spaghetti Sauce
1 Can Crushed Tomato
1pd Ground Beef (or we use the Morning Star Crumbles for a vegetarian lasagna)

How to Make it:
Boil noodles until tender
Combine cottage cheese and crushed tomatoes until fully mixed
Brown ground beef or warm your Vegetarian Crumbles
LAYER:
Begin layering with the noodles followed by the cottage cheese mixture, the beef or crumbles, spaghetti sauce and top with cheese (add one more layer)

You can either take this straight to the oven at 350 for 30 min or cover tightly and put in the freezer for an easy go to meal.
Today, I doubled the recipe and made one for dinner tonight and the other for the freezer.  I love to cover and write on the top what it is and how to bake it if freezing. 

Why did I not use the regular lasagna noodles?  They weren't on sale! I only buy FREE pasta! If I can't get it free, I don't get it is my rule!!! Rotini was FREE had homeland (2 boxes of Smart Taste with coupon)!!!!!

Broccoli and Tuna Cheese Bake

Before you turn your eyes away from this one, let me say upfront - MY 3 YEAR OLD DEVOURED THIS!!!!
The titel doesn't sound to yummy, but the taste was quite good.  Good enough this mom ate it straight out of the pan instead of washing the left over down the drain.
What you Need:
1 Can of Tuna
1 Pkg of broccoli (thawed and drained)
2 C of Cottage Cheese
1 C Cheddar Cheese
3 Eggs

Layer a baking dish with your broccoli and then add a layer of tuna on top of the broccoli.
Mix the cottage cheese, cheese and eggs together until you have a saucey substance.
Pour Cheese Mixture evenly over the tuna and Broccoli

Heat at 350 for 20 min

Now, see how easy that was.  It's even easier if you make an extra to freeze so next time your in a rush you can just pop one from freezer to oven.

This was a last minute meal at our house last night.  It was alsi one I had all the ingrediants right there in my own pantry!

Try it out and share your thoughts. 

Tricky Little Cupcakes!

I found this recipe the day before April Fool's Day and made a batch to "trick" my kids and a few of their friends!

For the Mashed Potato and Gravy Cupcakes you will need:
1 Box of White Cake Mix
1 Can of Vanilla Whipped Frosting
Yellow Starburts (as many as cupcakes you make)
1 Bottle of Pour on Carmel Syrup

Cook your cupcakes as directed and allow to cool. After cooling top with Frosting.  Make it lumpy and fun.  Insert and Yellow Starburt in the middle and drizzle with Carmel syrup!

For the Peas and Carrots on top of Mashed Potatoes Cupcakes you will need:
1 Box of White Cake Mix
1 Can of Vanilla Whipped Frosting
1 Box of Mike and Ike Candy's (not tropical go with the regular ones)
Orange Starburts

Cook cupcakes as directed and allow to cool.  After cooling top with frosting.  Make them lumpy and fun! Cut your mike and ikes in half using green ones only.  stick to the top of cupcake. Cut your orange starburt in to small squares.  Place on top of cupcake.  The fuller the  more realistic!

Taco Stuffed Shells

What you will need:
1 Box of Jumbo Pasta Shells (you will use as many as your family needs)
1 can of Santa Fe Philidelphia Cooking Cream
1 Bag of Morning Star Crumbles (or 1 pd of Ground Beef)

What to do:
Boil your noodles until soft and drain

If using ground beef brown your ground beef and then add in the Cooking Cream
If using Crumbles warm them on stove and add cooking cream

Fill each shell to the top with Beef or Crumble filling

Bake on 325 for 15 min

I would make double what you think your family will eat.  Mine ate more than expected! These will also freeze well.

To freeze: Place in an air tight container (the new Pyrex that goes from the freezer to the oven or the glad ones would be perfect).  Allow to thaw in the fridge.  Bake as directed above.

You could mix these up with spaghetti sauce and Beef or Crumbles too.  Although the Shells seem to never be on sale this was still a very inexpensive meal to make.  We served our with Ranch Beans and Chips and Salsa.