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Freezer Friday: Shredded Roast Beef

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Due to the fact I have 4 little ones and homeschool, I need all the help I can find. Simply post a recipe that can be made, frozen and then later reheated(thawed, etc) and consumed. Make sure that you include freezing and reheating instructions in your post. Then come here and add you post (not your blog) into Mr. Linky.
Now for some disclaimers:
If it isn’t a recipe, I will delete it.
If it can’t be made ahead, I will delete it.
If you don’t have a family friendly site, I will delete it.
Now onto the food fun!

Shredded Roast Beef

This is a great recipe. I like it over rice or on hamburger buns.

Ingredients:
3 lbs Beef Roast
1/3 cup Dehydrated Onion
1 can Tomato Sauce (8 oz)
1/2 cup Soy Sauce
2 tsp Minced Garlic
1/2 cup Water

Assembly:
Mix up everything but the meat. Put the meat in the Crockpot and cover with the rest of the ingredients. Then turn it on low all day or over night. Then cool slightly and put all the stock in the refrigerator. Then shred meat with 2 forks (or by hand). Then remove cold stock from frig and remove the layer of fat. Then mix the stock and meat. The Place in muffin cups (use liners if using a muffin tin). Then freeze individually. To reheat thaw (remove paper liners) and microwave or heat on the stove.

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Freezer Friday: Snickerdoodles

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Welcome to Freezer Friday and yes, this is my standard Freezer Friday intro! Since I haven’t done a make ahead dessert, here is one of my favorites!

Due to the fact I have 4 little ones and homeschool, I need all the help I can find. Simply post a recipe that can be made, frozen and then later reheated(thawed, etc) and consumed. Make sure that you include freezing and reheating instructions in your post. Then come here and add you post (not your blog) into Mr. Linky.
Now for some disclaimers:
If it isn’t a recipe, I will delete it.
If it can’t be made ahead, I will delete it.
If you don’t have a family friendly site, I will delete it.
Now onto the food fun!

Snickerdoodles:

Here is an easy snickerdoodle. You can freeze the dough once in balls and cook later. It is a great recipe do make with kids. I have the 5 yr old roll the balls and the 3 yr old rolls them in cinnamon and sugar. So on with the recipe.

Ingredients:
1 cup shortening
2 eggs
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 3/4 cup flour
2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt

cinnamon
sugar

Procedure
1. Mix shortening, sugar and eggs
2. Add dry ingredients
3. Roll into balls the size of walnuts
4. Roll in mixture of cinnamon(1) and sugar(2)
5. Bake at 400 degrees for 8-10 minutes

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Freezer Friday: Individual Quiche

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Welcome to Freezer Friday! Due to the fact I have 4 little ones and homeschool, I need all the help I can find. Simply post a recipe that can be made, frozen and then later reheated(thawed, etc) and consumed. Make sure that you include freezing and reheating instructions in your post. Then come here and add you post (not your blog) into Mr. Linky.
Now for some disclaimers:
If it isn’t a recipe, I will delete it.
If it can’t be made ahead, I will delete it.
If you don’t have a family friendly site, I will delete it.
Now onto the food fun!


Individual Quiche Muffins

These are great. My whole family loves them. Since I have 48 silicone muffin cups , I make either 24 (1 baking sheet) or 48 (2 baking sheets) at once.

Ingredients (per dozen):
16 oz Cottage Cheese
4 Eggs
1/4 cup Milk
1/4 cup Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/4 tsp Salt
2 cups Shredded Cheese (sharp cheddar, Mexican mix, or whatever you have)
10 slices Bacon (I also use sausage or ham)
1/4 cup Onions (optional, I don’t use them)

Assembly Directions:
Process cottage cheese in a food processor until smooth. Don’t skip this step because is helps make the texture. Transfer to large bowl. In medium bowl, beat eggs. Add milk, flour, baking powder and salt to eggs and mix until smooth. Add egg mixture to cottage cheese and mix. Stir in shredded cheese, bacon and onions.

Freezing and Cooking Directions:
Pour mixture into freezer bags to bake later. Or, pour filling into large greased muffin tins or silicone muffin cups (which is what I use). Bake at 375 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool and freeze in small freezer bags for individual servings. Then take out to thaw and pop in the microwave. If I am heating a large amount I just arrange them in a baking dish and heat in a 350 degree oven for 20-30 minutes.

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Freezer Friday: Sweet Corn Muffins

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Welcome to Freezer Friday! Add your link to your Freezer Friday post (not just the blog). Make sure you include freezing, thawing and reheating instructions.

These are great muffins and you can freeze them! I have used vanilla yogurt when I am out of plain.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2/3 cup plain/vanilla low/non-fat yogurt
1/4 cup butter, melted
3 tbl milk
1 large egg, beaten

Process:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine flour, sugar, cornmeal, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl with a whisk. Combine yogurt, butter, milk and egg with a whisk in another bowl. Then add the wet to dry ingredients. Stir just until moist. Then put the mix into muffin tins. Bake for 20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Makes 12.

Freeze individually and just thaw in the frig!

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Freezer Friday: No Boil, Ready for the Freezer, Spinach Lasagna

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Welcome to the first Freezer Friday. Basically, I am looking for make ahead food that is cooked, frozen, then reheated. Please include freezing and reheating instructions. Come back each and every week for this new feature!

This recipe is a crowd favorite. It makes a huge lasagna that it great for left overs. It is easy and quick.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 qt. spaghetti sauce
1 lb. ground beef (cooked)
1 c. water
1 (15 oz.) container Ricotta
1 egg, beaten
16 oz. shredded Mozzarella cheese(divided)
1/3 c. water
3/4 c. Parmesan cheese (divided)
1 tbsp. parsley flakes
Dash nutmeg
Salt & pepper to taste
1 lb. Frozen chopped spinach (thawed and drained)
1 box of lasagna noodles(I usually only use 2/3rds)

Directions:

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees

Mix meat, 1 quart of sauce and water in a saucepan and heat to boiling. In a large bowl mix together Ricotta cheese, beaten egg, 8 oz of Mozzarella cheese, 1/3 cup water, 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, parsley flakes, spinach and nutmeg. Add salt and pepper if desired. Rinse your lasagna noodles in hot water. Then prepare to assemble.

Assembly:

In a 9 x 13 pan place a little sauce to cover the bottom. Then place enough noodles to cover (usually 3-4). Then some of your cheese mixture. Then sauce, noodles and cheese again until you have used all your cheese mixture (usually 2 layers of cheese). Then pour extra sauce over the top (since your noodles aren’t boiled, they need plenty of moisture). Then sprinkle 1/2 of parmesan and a generous amount of mozzarella (you may not use all of the remaining 8 oz.) over the top. Make sure you don’t see edges of the noodles poking out to avoid hard edges.

The cover with aluminum foil and bake 40 minutes. Then uncover and bake another 15 minutes. Then remove from the oven and let it sit for 5 -10 minutes.

Freezer Option: After assembled wrap in aluminum foil and freeze. Thaw overnight in fridge and then cook for 50 minutes at 350 degrees, uncover and cook for another 15 minutes and let sit 5-10 minutes.

This is a great make ahead dish! Go enjoy!

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Announcing a New Event

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Starting this Friday we at NerdFamily Food are going to be hosting a new event called Freezer Friday. Due to the fact I have 4 little ones and homeschool, I need all the help I can find. Simply post a recipe that can be made, frozen and then later reheated(thawed, etc) and consumed. Make sure that you include freezing and reheating instructions in your post. Then come here and add you post (not your blog) into Mr. Linky.
Now for some disclaimers:
If it isn’t a recipe, I will delete it.
If it can’t be made ahead, I will delete it.
If you don’t have a family friendly site, I will delete it.

So, I hope to see ya’all on Friday!