Monday, December 13, 2010

Ham and Cheesy Potatoes

So, this is just funeral potatoes with ham in it. I have another potatoe recipe, but I've never frozen it, so I don't know how it would do. But this is tried and true.

16oz frozen hashbrowns
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 cans cream of chicken soup
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
crushed cornflakes
2 cups cubed ham

Combine, cereal, sour cream, soup, onion, ham and 1 cup of cheese. Pour mixture into greased pan. Spread crushed cornflakes on top. Top with remaining cheese.

Cook frozen at 400 degrees for 1 1/2 hours. Not frozen cook for about 45 minutes at 350, just make sure it's heated through and potatoes are cooked.

Chicken Pot Pie

Easy Chicken Pot Pie

2 chicken breast
1 cup each, carrots and potatoes, frozen corn, frozen peas
1/2 onion, chopped.
2 cans cream of chicken soup
milk, to get to desired consistency
Salt and Pepper to taste
2 9 inch pie crusts

I sautee the onion and chicken (cut in bite size pieces) in olive oil. I boil my carrots and potatoes until tender, adding peas and corn towards the end. Mix chicken and veggies with soup, adding milk until you get a creamy sauce. If you want you can use pie crust, place 1 crust in pe plate, fill and place 2nd crust on top.

Cook, frozen covered 1 1/2 hours at 400 degrees.

**** I often use biscuits or crescent rolls for my crust. No bottom crust, just place on top of mixture. Don't use the layered biscuits, the don't get cooked all the way through. If using crescent rolls I just rol the dough out on top of the filling. It's fabulous. If your pot pie is frozen I would put them on top toward the end of cooking time.****

Chicken Enchiladas

Chicken Enchiladas

8-10 flour tortillas
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1- 16oz container of sour cream
1- 4oz can diced green chilies
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
3 cups shredded cooked chicken
(If you don't want to cook and then
shred the chicken you can buy a
rotisserie chicken and shred it, or
even 2-4 breasts)

Mix chilies, sour cream, 1 cup of cheese and soup together. Divide mixture in half. Add chicken to one half. Roll chicken mixture into tortilas and place in greased baking dish. Cover with remaining sauce mixture and cheese. Cook frozen, covered with foil for 1 1/2 hours at 400 degrees.

Homemade Mac 'n' cheese

Macaroni and Cheese

2 cups uncooked macaroni
4 T butter
1/4 flour
1/4 t mustard
1/4 t worcestshire sauce
Salt and Pepper
1 cup milk
2 cups grated sharp cheddar (this make a HUGE difference)
Smoked Beef sausage (Kielbasa)

Cook macaroni as directed.

While it's cooking, melt butter over medium heat. Add flour, mustard, worcestshire sauce, S & P. Stir till thickened and bubbly. Remove from heat. Add milk, stir constatnly till it boils. Boil and stir 1 minute, remove from heat. Add cheese and stir till melted. Drain noodles and add to sauce.

I cut the beef sausage into circles. Stir into mac 'n' cheese. I usually save some to place on the top. Pour the mac 'n' cheese into a 2 1/2 quart casserole dish, I sprinkle with parmesan cheese.

Bake at 35o for 20 minutes. If frozen bake, covered at 400 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.

Monday, December 6, 2010

Crock Pot Pork Chops

Crock Pot Pork Chops
These pork chops come out so tender, I mean, they just fall apart! Add to that a yummy gravy and you've got an easy winner!

Pork Chops (I used 3 bone-in chops and that fed the 4 of us with leftovers)
1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
1 Can Cream of Mushroom Soup
1/2 medium onion, sliced
Salt and Pepper to taste

Place chops in crock pot, salt and pepper them. I then dumped the onions in and covered with the soups. Cook on low 8 hours.

I served this with mashed potatoes, corn and peas and rolls.
It was really, really tasty, and, oh so, easy!