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Green Tomatoes- Don’t let them go to waste!!

We barely have anything left in the garden.  I picked as many tomatoes that were starting to turn as I could and placed them on our covered picnic area to ripen.  My mother-in-law says she had tomatoes ripen all the way up until Thanksgiving last year doing it this way, so I thought I’d try [...]

Chicken on Sunday

We actually now call this “chicken en sanet” because I made this for dinner once and my friend was over.  This was just after getting back from France and she thought I was making some kind of fancy French dish called chicken en sanet.  Not really it was just Chicken on Sunday. 
2 cups long grain rice
2 [...]

Spaghetti Pie

Spaghetti Pie
this recipe is recipe is freezable:
(Modified from:  Frozen Assets)
(6 servings) 

6 oz. dry spaghetti noodles
2 tbsp butter or margarine
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
2 well-beaten eggs
1/2 lb ground beef
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 Bertolli Premium sauce pouch or other brand jar sauce or homemade sauce
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp dried oregano, crushed
1/2 clove garlic, minced
1 cup cottage cheese
1/2 cup cheese (your [...]

Recipe to use your Bertolli Sauce Pouches in

Here are several freezable recipes to use your Bertolli Sauce Pouches in:
Manicotti
Spaghetti Pie
Too Many Tomato and Sweet Sausage
If you have a Bertolli Sauce recipe to share please leave a comment and link.
Manicotti
Modified From the Miller Family Cookbook
16 oz cottage cheese
8 oz cream cheese, softened
4 tbsp butter, softened
1 egg, beaten
¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
¼ cup [...]

Tamale Pie

 
Tamale Pie
 2 tsp vegetable oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1 # ground beef (keep it lean with 4 or 7% fat)
2 eggs beaten
1 tbsp chili powder
1 tsp ground cumin
1 c medium-hot salsa
2 c sweet corn canned or frozen
4 c cornmeal
1 tsp salt
2 oz Cheddar Cheese, shredded
Preheat oven to 350F.  In nonstick 12 inch skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat; add [...]

Manicotti

Manicotti
From the Miller Family Cookbook
 
16 oz cottage cheese
8 oz cream cheese, softened
4 tbsp butter, softened
1 egg, beaten
¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
¼ cup chopped green onion
½ cup chopped olives (optional)
¼ tsp salt
1 jar spaghetti sauce or Marinara Sauce
1 pkg. lasagna noodles
Parmesan cheese, grated
 
Cook lasagna noodles.  Combine cottage cheese, cream cheese, butter, egg, parsley, green onion, [...]

Freezing Meals and Batch Cooking

I love doing batch cooking and freezing meals.  It’s so nice to have something in the freezer for back-up.  When you’re tempted to eat out because you don’t want to cook, you can pull out a frozen meal instead and save some money!!!   Our favorite meal to freeze is “Manicotti,” as my husband’s family calls [...]