The Yummiest Garlic Bread

We found our favorite garlic bread recipe a few years ago.  My brother-in-law (thank you Chris!) made it for us one New Years and it is delicious.

This is a Paula Deen recipe so you shouldn’t be surprised to find lots of butter in it!  I use loaves of fresh French bread from Publix’s bakery for this.

I only use about half the garlic butter mixture for one loaf.  You can either freeze the extra garlic butter mixture to use later or spread it on another loaf, wrap in foil & freeze!

Please try it, you won’t regret it!

Zesty Roasted Garlic Bread

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Ranch Baked Potatoes

I found this recipe on Pinterest!  🙂  The original blog it is from is www.plainchicken.blogspot.com.  No photo because we left our camera at my folks house…sorry.

Anyway, I tweaked it a little and made it for the July freezer swap with my friends.  That means I had to make it for 6 families.  Instead of giving everyone a 9 x 13, I divided each 3 recipes into two 8 x8 pans.  It was pretty tasty, though not too healthy and I would definitely make it again.  Oh, and the added bonus NO THAWING REQUIRED!!

Here is the recipe with my changes:

2 (16 oz.) containers sour cream  (I tried to reduce this, but could not seem to coat the potatoes without this much sour cream!)

2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded

1/3 lb. bacon, cooked & crumbled

2 packages Ranch dip mix (It was really Ranch-y, I would reduce this next time.)

1 large bag (mine were 30 oz. or 1 lb, 14 oz.) frozen hash brown potatoes (The stringy kind.)

To Freeze:  Combine first 4 ingredients, mix in hash browns.  Spread into one 9 x 13 pan or two 8 x 8 pans.  Cover for freezing (if Pyrex, just put the lid on….if aluminum, use plastic wrap and heavy duty foil).

To Serve:  Remove plastic wrap and foil or lid.  Bake at 400 for 45-60 minutes.

Sarah’s Fettucini Alfredo with Blackened Chicken

One of the gals in our freezer co-op made these at one of the first swaps.  Super kid friendly and delicious.  I have been using the “rainbow” fettucini noodles, which my kids don’t know means they have added veggies in them!  🙂  Enjoy!

Fettucini Alfredo with Blackened Chicken

1pt of heavy whipping cream
1 stick of butter (not margarine)
2 oz cream cheese (not low or fat free)
1/2-3/4 cup Parmesan or Romano cheese
1 tsp garlic powder(more or less to taste)

enough chicken for your family

–For the sauce: Whip cream, butter, and cream cheese together.  Bring to a simmer over medium heat.  Add Parmesan/Romano cheese.  Serve over noodles.  Let it cool, spoon into freezer bags, and put it in the freezer.  To serve:  Thaw.  Place in a saucepan on the stovetop, stir constantly till hot.  This CANNOT be reheated in the microwave or the cream and butter will separate.

–For the chicken: Cut chicken into strips.  Sprinkle cajun seasoning (I get a big thing at Sam’s,Tones brand) over the chicken and saute in a skillet with butter over med-high heat.  The amount of seasoning is to taste…some people like it more spicy than others. Let it cool & place in a freezer bag.  To serve:  Thaw.  Reheat in a skillet with butter, just until heated through.

Freezer Mashed Potatoes

Made these yesterday!  I omitted the onion powder, salt,  & pepper.  I’ll let folks season their own.  🙂

By the way, this is a cheap side dish!  Bought the potatoes for $1.98 for a 5 lb. bag @ Kroger.

Freezer Mashed Potatoes

Sweet Potato Casserole

Sweet Potato Casserole (from All Recipes)
4 cups sweet potato, cubed
1/2 cup white sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons butter, softened
1/2 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons butter, softened
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Put sweet potatoes in a medium saucepan with water to cover. Cook over medium high heat until tender; drain and mash. (I just used baked sweet potatoes.)
In a large bowl, mix together the sweet potatoes, white sugar, eggs, salt, butter, milk and vanilla extract. Mix until smooth. Transfer to a 9×13 inch baking dish.
In medium bowl, mix the brown sugar and flour. Cut in the butter until the mixture is coarse. Stir in the pecans. Sprinkle the mixture over the sweet potato mixture.
Bake in the preheated oven 30 minutes, or until the topping is lightly brown.
To freeze: Place the sweet potato mixture in a Ziploc bag & freeze. Freeze the pecan/brown sugar mixture in a separate Ziploc bag. On cooking day, thaw & assemble as directed.