Make ahead recipes?

[Mouse]

Stay tuned...I bought the ingredients I did not have tonight and my French toast dish is in the fridge - I can smell it now...OR is that the crispy bacon to go with the dish I'm smelling ok, I'm weak when it come's to bacon!

[naynay]

Chicken Enchilladas are a great make ahead meal and very filling. If you dont want to take the time in rolling them. It is just as easy to layer it like a casserole..It frezzes very well. Even though it is just me and DH I make 2 pans. So that I can frezze one..

Boil chicken breast and if you dont want to do that buy one that has been roasted all ready.
I usually do about 8 chicken breast
Corn Tortillas. The small ones
1 can green or red sauce.. Here I use macayos sauce
1 can green chillis
1-2 bags cheese..
Seasonings-salt,pepper,cummin,garlic powder etc

After you boil and shredd the chicken add the green chilies
for layering.. Add a little sauce at the bottom of a pan. Then add tortillas to cover. layer chicken and then cheese and then sauce and keep doing that until pan is full top with cheese..


Bake in a 350 oven till bubbly and hot !
serve with sour cream and salsa

Another way I do chicken is I buy the dried peppers. They come in a bag in the mexican isle..The darker the chilies the better. I cut the tops off and dump out the seeds..Then I boil them to rehyrate..Put it all in a blender till it is smooth. Then add it to the chicken. It is so good !! It is my own recepie..My husband loves it.I use it for tacos..This weekend I am acually going to use it in enchilladas.They are not hot. Just have great flavor. make sure it says mild on package. I think they are ancho chilies?

[mnm'z]

Here's an easy-peasy dessert recipe:

Ice Cream Sandwich Cake

2 boxes Ice Cream Sandwiches
1- 12 oz tub Cool Whip
Toppings and candies of your choice

I use a 9 X 13 Pyrex baking dish and line it with wax paper or plastic wrap. Unwrap about 10 ice cream sandwich's and place on lining evenly, cover with more wax paper/wrap and smush down. Place in the freezer to firm up. About an hour or so later, take it out and remove the 'second layer', unwrap about 10 more sandwich's and lay them down in the pan and smush them down, cover with half the cool whip, place frozen layer of ice cream sandwich's on top of cool whip, and layer with remaining cool whip. Put back in the freezer until ready to serve. I drizzle carmel topping, chocolate topping, and sprinkle with m & m's, chocolate chips, crushed heath bar, whatever you want and serve. Delish ~ and it's a light dessert (meaning not overly sweet)

[chgomom2005]

You can do most of the work for crockpot chili ahead of time...

I brown my ground beef with onion and garlic...season it...let it cool and throw the meat in a freezer bag and put it in the freezer (or fridge). You can also chop up whatever veggies you put in and put those in the freezer--I use carrots, zuchinni, peppers (and add frozen corn, too).

The day before you want to eat it take the stuff out of the freezer, and on the day of throw it all in the crockpot with chili powder, kidney beans, tomato sauce, stewed tomatoes (or Rotel), and one can of tomato paste.

easy day of.... : ) hth.

[staceytwinmom]

Originally Posted by Mouse

Stay tuned...I bought the ingredients I did not have tonight and my French toast dish is in the fridge - I can smell it now...OR is that the crispy bacon to go with the dish I'm smelling ok, I'm weak when it come's to bacon!

How did your meal come out? I recently made this with multigrain "french" bread and it was really delicious. I hope you enjoyed it.
Stacey