Recipe, anyone??

Did you know that we have a RS Recipe Blog?
We do!!
It isn't terribly updated (sorry!)
and it is missing a LOT of wonderful recipes that SHOULD be shared!
In order for this to happen - we need YOU!!
Yes, that's right - we need You to share those recipes with us!
We are still in search of some of the TERRIFIC recipes for the TERRIFIC food that was brought to TERRIFIC Tuesday last fall!  If you were one of the Wonderful Sisters who shared food with us, please share your recipe!

It's easy - all you have to do is email the recipe to Adele (ammlamb@homtail.com) or even drop a copy by!  We'll take it from there :)

And, just to get you looking at our wonderful collection of recipes - we've posted the CREAM CHEESE FROSTING recipe to go along with your Red Velvet Cake for Valentines Day over there!  Just CLICK HERE to see!  (Hint:  the link for our Recipe Blog is also ALWAYS listed down on the right-hand column of this blog!!)

Freezer Meals Update :)

A great big Thank You to all who helped with the Freezer meals service project yesterday. We had a great turn out and were able to make 16 meals for a few different families in the ward. It was wonderful…. You are wonderful!


As promised, below are the recipes for the meals we prepared:

Cheese Manicotti

1 8-oz package manicotti
1 ½ cups Ricotta cheese
2 cups cottage cheese
4 ounces cream cheese
½ cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
1 ½ cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
1 T dried parsley flakes
1 t salt
½ t pepper
3-4 cups spaghetti sauce

Do not cook manicotti. Combine all ingredients except manicotti and spaghetti sauce. Cover bottom of pan with spaghetti sauce. Stuff manicotti with cheese mixture. Arrange on spaghetti sauce in pan. Pour spaghetti sauce over all. Cover with heavy freezer foil. Label and freeze. To serve: Thaw. Bake covered for 45 minutes at 350. Uncover, top with more mozzarella cheese and bake an additional 10 minutes or until cheese melts.

Taco Pie

1 pound ground beef
1 onion, chopped
1 package taco seasoning
1 4-oz can sliced black olives
1 8-oz can tomato sauce
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese, divided
1 tube refrigerator crescent rolls
1 cup refried beans
1 10 1/2 –oz package corn chips, crushed
1 cup sour cream

Brown ground beef with onion. Add taco seasoning, olives and tomato sauce. Flatten crescent roll dough and press onto bottom of foil baking pan. Heat refried beans and mix with 2 tablespoons of water to make spreadable. Spread over crust. Top with 1 cup of cheese. Cover crust with half of the crushed corn chips. Spoon meat mixture over corn chips. Cover with sour cream. Sprinkle with remaining 1 cup of cheese. Top with remaining corn chips. Cover with heavy foil. Label and freeze. To serve: Thaw. Bake uncovered 45 minutes at 375.

Cream cheese Chicken

1 envelope Italian salad dressing mix
1 stick butter
6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 8-oz cream cheese

Turn crock pot on high. Place butter in bottom of crock pot. When the butter has melted, add one envelope Italian dressing dry mix. Stir into butter until well mixed. Cut chicken breasts into strips. Place in crock pot and stir to coat with better and dressing mix. Cover and cook on high for 2 to 3 hours. Remove chicken to plate to cool. Add 1 can cream of chicken soup and cream cheese. Stir to melt and mix well until smooth and creamy. Remove sauce from crock pot and allow to cool. Place chicken and sauce into a gallon resealable freezer bag. Label and freeze. To serve: Thaw. Heat until piping hot and bubbly. Serve over rice or hot buttered noodles.

Glazed Meat Loaf

½ cut ketchup
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
¼ cup lemon juice
1 t dry mustard
1 ½ pounds ground beef
1 ½ cups fresh bread crumbs (3 slices)
¼ cup chopped onion
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 t beef bouillon
1 t salt
¼ t pepper

Combine ketchup, brown sugar, lemon juice and mustard in small bowl. Combine remaining ingredients and 1/3 cup ketchup mixture. Place in freezer bag. Place remaining ketchup mixture in sandwich bag and place in freezer bag with meat loaf. Label and freeze.

To serve: Thaw. Place in greased loaf pan or shape into a loaf and place on greased baking pan. Bake 1 hour at 350. Spread ketchup mixture on meat loaf and bake 10 minutes.
Chicken and Broccoli

3 cups cooked chopped chicken
1 16-ounce bag frozen chopped broccoli
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can cream of mushroom soup
½ cup evaporated milk
1 cup mayonnaise
1 T lemon juice
Dash pepper

Drain and squeeze broccoli to remove water. Mix all ingredients in large bowl. Place in gallon freezer bag. Label and freeze. To serve: Thaw. Place in greased baking dish. Bake of 1 hour at 350. Serve with rice.

Thank you again sisters. May your blessings be as big as your hearts!!

xoxo

Nancee

New Recipes Posted!!

Check it out - LOTS of yummy new recipes are posted over on our Spiffy Recipe Site!  If you didn't make it to our End of Summer Social & Recipe exchange last week, then you really missed out!  But never fear, you too can make some of the delicious items we all got to gobble up!  Click on over - you won't be sorry!!

(scroll down, look over there on the RH column - see where it says CC2 Recipes - click on it!  voila!  and, hey - did you know-  the recipes are searchable, they are tagged multiple ways, got chicken?  Click on chicken!)

New Recipe!

Click on over to our recipe site

(you did know we had one, didn't you??

it's right over there....on the right....scroll down!)

Judy Richins has provided us with a fun new preparedness recipe - 

Easy Granola Bars (yum!)

and has promised to continue to share more delicious recipes with us

that use our Food Storage - sweet!

click on over - check it out!! :)

Recipe Update!

For those of you who were looking for the YUMMY crockpot recipes from our recipe exchange the other day, they are all updated on our wonderful recipe blog!  Did you know we had a recipe blog?  Well, go check it out!  And hey, if you have any recipes you would like added, to share with all the rest of us needy women, please just email them to me, I'd love to add them!  You can get to the recipe blog through the link on the sidebar of our RS blog....or, even EASIER - you can just..........


Click Here!

Is your CrockPot out and READY??

Just another reminder!!

TOMORROW NIGHT - (Thursday, 1/21)

7pm @ Mary Bitner's home

You need to think about this one quick, cause crockpots have to be started early!!

Bring with you:

• Something delicious you cooked in your crockpot for everyone to taste & share (also - if you are unable to bring a dish to share, don't let that keep you away!  YOU may be the one who NEEDS these recipes the most, so come along anyway!)
  
• Copies of your recipe (formatted in 1/2 page style, to fit into our cookbooks!)
• A healthy appetite - you won't want to be too hungry to taste!!

REMEMBER!!! - as ALWAYS - this event is open to ANYONE & EVERYONE who would like to join!  It doesn't matter if you are in RS, or Primary, or even YW!!  ;)

We love you all and want you all to join with us, whenever you can!

(don't forget:  these small group activities are designed to be "interest specific" - we know they don't apply to everyone, but hey - if they DO apply to you, then join in!  We'd LOVE to have you!!)

Recipe Exchange Reminder!!

Don't Forget!!

TOMORROW (Thursday 1/21) @ 7pm @ Mary Bitner's home

Recipe Exchange - Crockpot Meals....going beyond the Roast!!

Hope to see you there!!

New Recipes!!

Have you noticed?
Have you checked?
Do you know where to find them??

Scroll on down...down a little more - right there! In the right hand column, there is a listing of CC2 blogs! Now, some of them are active (the Scouts), some not so much (the YM)....but there is another treasure....the Recipe Blog!!

In lieu of attempting another ward cookbook, we are attempting to create a gathering place that is freely accessible by all where we can find our most sought after recipes. I have been adding some of the ones I have from past "recipe exchange" events, and eventually I will have the rest of those on there :)....also, there are a few salsa recipes that Marcela was kind enough to share with us from Salsa Night - and most recently there is Shirley's delicious Apple Butternut Squash Soup recipe from Terrific Tuesday!!

I know - isn't it great?? Now the next time you want one of those yummy ward recipes, you won't have to go digging through your piles of paper (oh come on, it can't just be me!! ;)....) you can just log on and find it (hint - use the "labels" to click and narrow your search!). Handy, right?

Know what else would be great?? If you shared some more recipes with all of us! I know there has been many requests for the rest of the soup recipes from Terrific Tuesday - so if you brought a soup, then share! :) It's super easy - just email it to me (ammlamb@hotmail.com) and I will get it Right On There!

Thanks!!

Let's Make Salsa!!

With our gardens starting to produce, it's time we learn what to do with all these veggies! We will be having a "Salsa Sampler" on Aug. 20th at 7:00 pm at the home of Judy Richins. Please bring your favorite fresh salsa (if you have one), along with copies of the recipe to share. We will sample all the fresh stuff, and we will also discuss bottling salsa and schedule a time for those interested to do a bottling class with Judy. More than anything, come eat chips and salsa and chat with your neighbors. A great way to finish off the summer! (This is being held in place of August's Girls Night Out - so don't miss this opportunity to mix-n-mingle!)

What's Cookin'??

Guess what? I've added a bunch of recipes to our little CC2 Recipe Blog!
I'm working on adding all the recipes that I have collected at our recipe exchanges and cooking classes.....there are a LOT! :) So....some are in, more still to come!

If you have a new favorite recipe you'd like to share, or a great cooking tip - email them to me, I will make sure they get on there! What a great resource for us all - an online always accessible cookbook - no more searching for that lost slip of paper - just click on a category (on the right hand column) and voila - a list of perfect recipes!

Yay! Ok - send in more recipes, though - let's all help make this a great resource!

Thanks!

(also, let me know if there are any typos, my little fingers were getting a bit tired there! ;).....)

New Resource!!

You asked - and we heard!

We have such wonderful cooks in our ward, and we are always asking for a copy of this recipe or that recipe. Well - search no more!

We now have a CC2 Recipe Blog! This will be a Great Place to consolidate and store all those much requested recipes, and this way - we can all get a copy! (Just look over on the sidebar, and you will see a link you can click on to visit the recipe blog!)

All we need you to do is make sure that when someone says, "Yum - I would love a copy of that recipe!" - or even if you just have one you Know we would all want! - forward it to us!

Then we can get it posted, and we can all know right where to find it!

Happy Cooking!