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Crockpot Ranch Potatoes

I love these ranch potatoes! You throw them in the crockpot for 6 hours and yummy!! I like to make a lot and then freeze them.

The ingredients:

 Plus 5 lbs red potatoes cut up:

This recipe makes enough for around 8 people, so feel free to half it or make this amount and freeze the leftover!

Crockpot Ranch Potatoes

5 lbs red potatoes, cut up

2 can cream of chicken soup

16 oz sour cream

2 ranch packets

Mix everything but potatoes in a bowl. Throw potatoes in and stir until well coated. Throw into the crockpot and cook on low for 6 hours.

Before cooking

After Cooking!

If Freezing: Let cool and put in a plastic container, freeze. When ready to eat, reheat in the microwave.

This one is so easy, and a great side dish to whatever meat you want to cook up!

Beef Stroganoff (Freezer Meal)

This is the first time that I have tried a Beef Stroganoff recipe. It was an easy freezer recipe, and now all we have to do to finish making it is throw it in the crockpot for 6-8 hours.

Beef Stroganoff

1/4 c minced onion (I used onion flakes)

1/4 c butter-softened

1 lb. stew beef

3/4 cup sour cream

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1/2 (4 oz) cream cheese block-softened

1 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

In a bowl mix onion, butter, sour cream, mushroom soup, cream cheese, salt and pepper. Then add the Stew beef to the mixture and stir until well coated. Add all ingredients to a large freezer bag and freeze.

To Serve: Place ingredients in crockpot and cook on low for 6-8 hours. Serve over hot noodles or rice.

These are the onions that I used, they are from Costco.

I got three pounds of stew beef from the grocery store and was able to make 3 beef stroganoffs from that.

This is what it looks like in the bag:

Enjoy!!

Sheree's Chili

This is by far the best Chili that I have ever tasted. I finally attempted to make my mother-in-law's chili so that I could freeze it to have after our baby is born. I think I did pretty good, but it's never as good as when we go to their house to eat the chili during the football games!

Sheree's Chili

Soak 2 lbs (about 4 cups) small red kidney beans overnight in 4 quarts water and 2 TB baking soda in a very large stock pot (6 quarts at less). Drain in the morning.

Add more water to cover the beans. Simmer at a low boil for 1 1/2-2 hours. You may need to add more water as it cooks down but not too much.

Then add:

1 lb ground beef

1 small onion, chopped (or 2-3 TB dried onion flakes)

2-3 cans tomato sauce

44 oz bottle ketchup

2-3 TB chili powder (depending on how spicy you want it)

salt and pepper to taste

Then simmer one more hour. If too thick, add more water.

If Freezing: Put in plastic container when cooled and freeze. When ready to eat, thaw and reheat in the microwave.

Bacon wrapped Chicken

You know when you go to Toucanos and they bring the turkey wrapped in bacon around? Yeah..that's my favorite one! This recipe is for chicken, but it is equally as good! It is so simple, yet so delicious!

Bacon wrapped Chicken

2 Chicken Tenders (or chicken breasts)

1/2 package of Bacon

Defrost the chicken and cut in half chunks (or small chunks if using chicken breasts). Defrost the bacon. Then wrap the bacon around the chicken and place on a tinfoil lined cookie sheet. Bake at 425 for 30 minutes or until the bacon is crispy.

Tell me what you think about this recipe..how do you cook your bacon wrapped chicken. Anyone have any yummy dipping sauces that would go good with these?

Homemade Macaroni and Cheese

We are a Macaroni and Cheese loving family (well mostly me), but when it comes to this recipe my husband would eat it whenever. It is so easy, it's baked and I know what is in it. I always feel weird eating the boxed mac and cheeses-even though they are super convenient and I still eat them-because I don't know what's in them. With this recipe it's a real cheese sauce that is just DELICIOUS!

Boil 1 1/2 cups macaroni until tender

Cheese Sauce: Melt 3 TB butter in saucepan Add 3 TB flour, 1/2 tsp salt mix Slowly add 1 1/2 cup milk Stir with a wire whip Heat until it comes to a boil. Take off heat and add ½ cup grated cheese.

Pour over cooked macaroni and mix.  Before the oven Bake at 350° for 30 minutes. During the last 10 minutes, sprinkle ½ cup grated cheese on top. Let cool for just a few minutes and then scoop up and ENJOY! We like to eat it as a side dish to anything.

Chicken Carbonara

Alfredo sauce and chicken equals delicious! But what about when you add bacon and peas?? So good! This is my version of Chicken Carbonara.

Chicken Carbonara

Alfredo sauce (recipe here)

1-2 chicken breasts, cut up

1/2 onion, cut up

1/2 cup Bacon Bits (either already cooked or cook your own)

1/2 c frozen peas

Noodles

Defrost chicken, cut into cubes, cook in medium skillet pan until slightly pink. Then add peas, bacon bits, and onion and fry until warm.

Now add the Alfredo sauce to the chicken mixture and heat until warm.

Serve over the top of your choice of noodles (we like spaghetti, fettuccine, or bow ties).

We like to eat some cheese-toast with this, that or garlic bread.

Tell me what you think about this recipe! It is definitely a family favorite here.