Picante Chicken

I'm new to this freezer meal group and blog. This is a recipe given to me by Lorraine Taylor in the ward. This is my January meal.

Picante Chicken
4 chicken breasts
16 oz picante sauce
1-2 cans black beans, rinsed
2 cups shredded cheese

Place chicken in bottom of crock pot, top with picante sauce and black beans. Cook on low for 6-8hrs. Remove chicken and shred. Add chicken back to the crock pot and top with cheese. Let melt for 30 mins. Serve over rice (or can double and serve with tortillas or over lettuce).

Poppyseed Chicken

4 cups chopped or shredded chicken

1 cup chicken broth

2 cans cream of chicken soup

½ cup sour cream

Topping

1 cup melted butter or margarine

3 cups crushed Chicken in a Biskit crackers

2 Tbsp poppy seeds

Combine chicken, chicken broth, cream of chicken soup, and sour cream. Combine butter, crackers, poppy seeds in a separate bowl. Pour chicken mixture into 1 9x13, or 2 8x8 baking dishes. Top with cracker topping. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes. Serve over rice

This is the recipe I use, but I’ve seen several variations. My mom puts more chicken in, and you can use Ritz crackers instead of Chicken in a Biskit. The original recipe has ½ cup of butter, 1 ½ cups crushed crackers, and 1 Tbsp poppy seeds, but my family likes more topping, so I double it.

Honey Lime Enchilada's

1/3 cup honey
1/4 cup lime juice (about 2 large limes)
2 teaspoons to 1 Tablespoon chili powder
2 large cloves of garlic, finely minced or 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 2 large breasts), cooked and
shredded
12 corn tortillas
2 cups of Mexican cheese blend, shredded (1 small bag usually is 2 cups)
1 14-oz can of green enchilada sauce (mild or medium, to your taste)
1/2 to 3/4 cup of heavy cream
nonstick cooking spray
1 Tablespoon of chopped cilantro, to garnish

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place the cooked and shredded chicken in a
medium sized bowl. Set aside. In a small bowl, place the honey, lime juice, chili
powder and minced garlic or garlic powder. Whisk together thoroughly to combine.
Pour this mixture over the chicken and cover with plastic wrap. Allow to marinate
while you prepare the tortillas, 30 minutes or up to 1 hour, in the refrigerator.
Heat a large griddle till a drop of water skitters across (about 350 degrees F).
Spray the surface with non-stick cooking spray or a oil it with a little bit of canola oil
in between each round of tortillas. Heat tortillas about 20 seconds on each side till
warm and flexible and some golden brown spots have appeared. Remove the
tortillas from the griddle and keep them between a couple of paper towels until
ready to use.
Spray the sides and bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish lightly with cooking
spray. In a medium bowl combine the enchilada sauce and the heavy cream.
Spread about 1/2 cup of the mixture in the bottom of the oiled baking dish. Add a
large spoonful (about 2 tablespoons) of the chicken mixture to the center of each
tortilla in a line. Cover the chicken with a large tablespoon (or big pinch) of cheese,
then roll the tortilla up from one side to make a rolled enchilada - it will be more of
an over lap on the seam side that rolled tightly. Place the enchilada seam side
down in the baking dish starting at one end with the long edge parallel to the
longest side of the pan so that you end up with two columns of six enchiladas
each.
Repeat with the remaining chicken, cheese and tortillas. You will use about 1
1/2 cups of the cheese for the filling and set the remainder aside for topping the
enchiladas in the pan. Add the remaining marinade mixture to the enchilada sauce
and cream mixture, if desired. Pour this mixture over the top of all the enchiladas.
Sprinkle with the remaining cheese.
Bake the enchiladas for 30 to 35 minutes, until the cheese is melted and
bubbly and starting to brown on top. Serve with sour cream, black beans, and rice
or a green salad for a great meal.

I used flour tortillas  
instead of corn.  That is how my cousin made it for me and I liked  
it.  I bet the corn would be good too.  I forgot to mention this, but  
you might want to mix up the sauce a bit if it separates after being  
frozen.  You could probably even mush it around in the bag before you  
use it. 

By Jennie

Italian Tortellini Soup

2-3 lbs MILD Italian Sausage

4 Cans Italian Stewed Tomatoes

3 cloves garlic (minced)

Salt and Pepper

1 hand-full spinach (optional)

2 tsp. Italian Herb Seasoning

1 Large Chopped onion

3 Cans water

2 Tbsp. beef base (about 8 beef bullion cubes)

16-20 oz frozen cheese tortellini

Brown Sausage.  Add tomatoes and onion.  (I like to puree tomatoes and onion).  Add water, garlic, beef base and spices.

Boil 30 min.  Add additional seasoning if desired.  Add frozen tortellini and cook until the pasta is done.  Add fresh spinach and grated parmesan cheese to individual servings if desired. 

By Chelsey