And the Winner Is….
#36 : Caitlin !!!
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I am so grateful to Sourcebooks, Inc. for donating these two titles for our Giveaway! Because of their generosity, one lucky Busy-at-Home reader will receive the Frozen Assets Cookbook Duo, written by Deborah Taylor-Hough! If you aren’t familiar with the books or freezer cooking, you’ll want to read my blog post reviews on each title, Frozen Assets and Frozen Assets: Lite and Easy.
The Rules:
- The giveaway will run through 11:59 pm on Sunday, March 7, 2010. Winner will be notified by email and posted to this blog on Monday, March 8, 2010.
- Winner will be selected using the random number generator at random.org. Your comment numbers will be your entries.
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Required Entries (Note that there are 2. Be sure to complete both to be eligible.):
- Visit the Sourcebooks, Inc website and find one other book you would enjoy having from their site. Come back here and post the title and authors name in a comment.
- I love to share ideas to live abundantly on a frugal budget, but I love to get new ideas, too. Â The second required entry for this giveaway is to post one of the following in your second comment:
- Share a recipe that you can double or triple as you make it, so that two meals go in the freezer for the future.
- Share a list of 10 dishes from your recipe file that could be tripled for a thirty-day menu plan ( just the list, not all the recipes), and added to your freezer.
- Organize a freezer-meal co-op and in the comments, tell us how many people are in your group and what the first set of dishes you traded were.
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The Perfect 10 Diet by Dr. Michael Aziz M.D.
I got this recipe out of a magazine while sitting in the waiting room at the eye doctor. The creator of this delicious recipe is none other than The Pioneer Woman!
Chicken Spaghetti
Ingredients
* 2 cups Cooked Chicken
* 3 cups Dry Spaghetti, Broken Into Two Inch Pieces
* 2 cans Cream Of Mushroom Soup (I used 1 Chicken and 1 Mushroom)
* 2 cups Grated Sharp Cheddar Cheese
* Πcups Finely Diced Green Pepper
* Πcups Finely Diced Onion
* 1 jar (4 Ounce) Diced Pimentos, Drained
* 2 cups Reserved Chicken Broth From Pot
* 1 teaspoon Lawry’s Seasoned Salt
* â teaspoons (to 1/4 Teaspoon) Cayenne Pepper
* Salt And Pepper, to taste
* 1 cup Additional Grated Sharp Cheddar Cheese
Preparation Instructions
Cook 1 cut up fryer (I used boneless chicken breasts) and pick out the meat to make two cups. Cook spaghetti in same chicken broth until al dente. Do not overcook. When spaghetti is cooked, combine with remaining ingredients except additional 1 cup sharp cheddar.
Place mixture in casserole pan and top with remaining sharp cheddar. Cover and freeze up to six months, cover and refrigerate up to two days, or bake immediately: 350 degrees for 45 minutes until bubbly. (If the cheese on top starts to get too cooked, cover with foil).
You know she’s one of my favorites! Yum!
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Living Gluten-Free Answer Book
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Over the Counter Natural Cures
By: Shane Ellison M.S.
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Both of them look like good choices!
So here is a link to my Bulk Chili recipe…thought it would be easier than typing it out. It makes 30 servings! We already use it for once a month cooking
http://lifeontherock.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Amy-Meatless-Bulk-Chili.pdf
Yum! Thanks for that one!
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I would like the I Love You More book by Laura Duksta.
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Christian Unschooling by Elissa Wahl
Love this easy, cheap and good recipe given to me by my friend:
Taco Style Rice and Lentils
of course healthy/meatless.*
3/4 c. dry lentils
3/4 c. brown rice
4 c. water
4 beef bouillon cubes (Okay, I did not do this–I did 4 c. of homemade chicken stock, actually 8 c. because I doubled the recipe)
2 t. chili powder
1/2 t. cumin
1 t. onion powder
1.4 t. garlic powder
*I added a can of diced tomatoes
Bring water to a boil and then add all. Bring back to a boil and then reduce heat to low and simmer with lid on for 45-50 minutes. Fill tortillas with lentil rice mixture and top with sour cream, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, salsa, etc.
Yum! I have one great lentil recipe, but I will definitely have to give this one a try. Thanks!
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Lovely giveaway. I would also love Lost’s Buried Treasures.
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Mmm…. Power Desserts By: Karen Pellegrin sounds good!
You didn’t mention if the meal had to be dinner, but we freeze extra pancakes all the time here! My son is allergic to eggs, so buying pre-made frozen pancakes just isn’t an option (plus it’s cheaper to make your own anyway). I do a modified version of the Bisquick “melt-in-your-mouth” pancake recipe off the box, omitting the eggs but adding a little oil to compensate for the moisture loss. I also add in chocolate chips rather than using syrup and skip the added sugar. So my recipe looks more like:
Egg-free pancakes (makes ~14 pancakes)
2 cups Original BisquickÂź mix
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1. Heat griddle or skillet over medium-high heat or electric griddle to 375°F; grease with cooking spray, vegetable oil or shortening. (Surface is ready when a few drops of water sprinkled on it dance and disappear.)
2. Stir all ingredients except chips until blended. Fold in chips. Pour by slightly less than 1/4 cupfuls onto hot griddle. [I use my Pampered Chef large scoop myself]
3. Cook until edges are dry. Turn; cook until golden. To keep warm, place in single layer on cookie sheet. Cover with aluminum foil, and place in 200°F oven up to 10 minutes.
You can either toast them in the toaster or microwave them to warm them up.
Any meal is great, Susan. Thanks for taking the time to share your yummy recipe!
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I liked the book, “Mr. Darcy’s Diary” by Amanda Grange. I liked the Jane Austen books, so this spinoff looks like a good read.
I grew up eating this meal, called Sauce Piquante, a creole dish that you serve over rice.
Brown 1 lb. of floured stew meat in a little oil in a big pot. I add 1 lb. of cut up link sausage to the pot and 1 small tomato paste and 2 small tomato sauces.
Then chop several bunches of green onions and add to the pot.
Add several cans of water or a couple of cans beef broth to the pot, so the pot is half or a little more full. If you like spice, add some dashes of cayenne pepper and sprinkle some red pepper flakes in the pot.
Simmer 30 minutes to a hour on medium low til the meat is tender. Usually the longer it simmers the better the taste.
Stir ever so often, and add a little water if it starts thickening too much or sticking to the bottom of the pot. Serve over rice, and with your favorite bread. This recipe is easy to double or triple, and freezes great.
Sounds like perfect comfort food for all this cold weather we are having!
I’m always up for a new cookbook (or three), so I’d choose Delectable Desserts by Wendy Louise and MaryAnn Koopmann.
Thanks for the chance to win!
I just blogged about making large batches of meatloaf and meatballs to freeze. I’d double or triple the recipe if I was making them for that day’s dinner, but this time it worked better to make a large batch to freeze.
Here’s the link to the post / recipes:
http://www.frugalcreativity.com/2010/02/freezer-cooking-day-ground-beef-dishes.html
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I would like to read Aidan’s Way by Sam Crane.
10 things from my recipe file that can be tripled:
1. gumbo
2. chicken enchiladas
3. spaghetti
4. cheesy chicken spaghetti
5. lasagna
6. Mexican chicken casserole
7. red beans and rice with sausage
8. chili
9. Brunswick stew
10. taco soup
Amanda, those sound great, too. Thanks for the tips on things that freeze well. I’m definitely curious about your Mexican chicken casserole recipe.
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I would like to read Mister Darcy’s Diary by Amanda Grange. I’ve been hearing a lot about it.
A book I’d love is Baby Signing 1-2-3 by Cadjan. I would like to try this with my son.
Wow – some great recipe ideas already. I’m totally copying down that rice and lentil recipe! Some things that I freeze regularly are…
1. pancakes / waffles
2. enchiladas
3. meatloaf
4. chicken and rice casserole
5. shredded BBQ beef or pork
6. turkey burgers
7. chili
8. lasagna
8. baked spaghetti
9. fruit pies
10. brown rice and veggies
Thanks for all the tips, Rachel!
101 Ways to Have a Great Day at Work
By: Stephanie Goddard Davidson
This is from a Sunset magazine article published in October 1999.
Cook a month’s worth of weeknight dinners in one weekend.
Master Recipe #1 – Grandma’s Tomato Sauce turns into Chicken Cacciatore, Spinach and Sausage Manicottie and Eggplant Parmesan.
Master Recipe #2 – Oven-Sauteed Onions and Garlic turns into French Onion Soup, Chicken Pot-au-Feu, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Lamb Shanks with Sherry and Onions and Chard, Bean and Pancetta Soup
Master Recipe #3 – Master Marinades turns into Moroccan Pork Loin w/Dried Fruit and Lemons, Grilled Rosemary-Mustard Lamb and Soy and Ginger Flank Steak.
13 Days of Halloween by Carol Greene looks so cute!!
A recipe that is easily doubled or tripled is my stuffed shells.
1 box jumbo shells
1 jar (15 oz ?) pasta sauce (less chunks=better)
9 oz bag spinach
1 container low fat ricotta (standard size, can’t remember oz)
8 oz bag low fat 4 italian cheese blend
Put ricotta and italian cheeses into food processor. Cook spinach in pan until wilted, add to food processor and pulse until well blended.
Cook shells, drain and stuff with spinach and cheese mixture.
Pour sauce over shells. Voila!
*Sometimes I will put tofu into the cheese/spinach mixture.
*It helps to put the spinach and cheese mixture into a quart sized ziploc bag, cut off small piece of a corner and pipe into shells. Goes much quicker!
Will have to try this one! Thanks!
I thought this books is cute. “365 Foods Kids Love to Eat” By: Sheila Ellison, Judith Gray.
A recipe I can double as I cook would be our popular pork stew. It’s versatile, simple and I hardly use measurements because it changes with each time I make it. I basically cook it with whatever I have in the fridge (esp fridge clearing times) and them add basic seasonings.
Being Chinese, this is the Chinese way I know.
Pork belly
Root vegs (carrot, turnip, white radish or whatever available. You can even mix and match)
Red dates
Wolfberries
Garlic (lots of it!)
Chinese mushrooms
Hardboiled eggs
Dark soy sauce.
Light soy sauce
Oyster sauce
Salt
Brown Sugar
Pepper
Five spice powder
I usually use about 1/2lb to 1lb pork belly with a nice layer of fat to keep the thing moist. I’d recommend cooking this in a crockpot so it cooks while you sleep at night. I basically sear the meat first then add the vegs in with the dates and such to sear for a while and then put everything into the crockpot. The I season according to taste. Usually less dark soy, more light, a dash of 5 spice and pepper and salt to taste. it’s so random but it’s all about intuition, really. Then fill the pot until it just covers the ingredients. Let it go on low for 8 hrs or so. When it’s done, place everything into a pan to boil and thicken for a bit (usually takes me 20 minutes on low stove heat). Once it thickens, I’ll keep some aside to freeze for another day’s lunch or dinenr and have the rest with steaming rice for dinner that night. They keep very well and taste even better the day after!
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Would like to read “Entitled” by Frank DeFord
101 Myths of the Bible by Gary Greenberg
365 Quick, Easy and Inexpensive Dinner Menus by Penny Stone
Baby Signing 1-2-3
I would actually like the “101 Sexy Surprises for Him”! I love to surprise my husband and he loves… Well you know ;0) So this would be a fun book to have!
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I0 meals ideas for freezing….
Taco Soup
Chicken Enchiladas
Meatballs
Garlic Brown Sugar Chicken
Chicken Haystack Sauce
Pizza Dough
Shredded B-que Pork
Meat Loaf
Chilli
lasagna
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God Made Me Do It by. Marc Hartzman
I would love to own that book.
10 Dishes:
Spaghetti
Lasagna
Beef Stew
Meatloaf
Enchiladas
Chili
Stir Fry
Burgers
Lemon Chicken Breasts
Orange chicken and white rice
Mandatory 1: I would also pick out the book “365 Games Smart Toddlers Play.” I don’t have any kids (yet) but I think this would be a fascinating book to give to friends or to keep in my library for when I do have little ones at home!
Here’s a recipe you could easily double or triple:
Sweet Potato and Black Bean Chili
1 tbsp vegetable oil
2 medium onions, chopped
1 tbsp chili powder
1 tsp ground cumin
1 cup vegetable broth
2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 28-oz (796mL) cans diced tomatoes
2 19-oz (540mL) cans black beans, drained and rinsed
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp crumbled dried oregano
Heat the oil in a large saucepan or Dutch oven. Add the onions and cook, stirring, over medium heat until the onions are soft – about 5 minutes. Add the chili powder and the cumin and cook for another minute or so. Add the vgetable broth and the cubed sweet potatoes, reduce the heat to low and cook, covered, until the potatoes are almost tender – about 10 minutes.
Add the tomatoes with all the juice from the can, the beans, salt, and oregano. Bring to a boil over medium heat, then let simmer until the potatoes are completely tender – about 20 minutes.
Serves 3-4 as a meal.
I am really intrigued by this recipe. Will have to try it. Do you make this for your family?
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My family members (mom, sister, aunt, mother-in-law, cousin) and I do an occasional freezer meal swap with all the usual items – lasagna, enchiladas, homemade pizzas. We NEED a little more variety
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I would like to read Darcy & Elizabeth.
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My sister and I have started trading dishes together. The first time we did it, I made lasagna, meatballs, and meatloaf. She made chili, beef enchiladas, and a chicken casserole. It’s a fun way to get a few extra meals in the freezer.
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I am in a meal swap group that meets monthly. There are 5 of us and we usually meet the 3rd Sunday of the month. Last time we did: Chicken “n Biscuits, Pizza Casserole, enchiladas, beef pasties and crock pot company chicken
I’d like to read this one with my daughter… Horrid Henry By: Francesca Simon, Tony Ross
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I started a frozen dinner swap with 5 moms. We are using the Fix, Freeze, Feast cookbook. For the first swap we are making: mexi-stuffed peppers, meatballs, pecan crusted chicken, tequila lime chicken, and berry roasted chicken. Yum!!
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I would LOVE the book called Mr. Darcy’s diary. Pride and Prejudice is my favorite movie, and it would be so cool to see things from Darcy’s perspective. I think I’m going to have to ask for that for my birthday.
I like to double and freeze a meal called Swiss Chicken. It’s easy, pretty much just chicken, milk, swiss cheese, and stuffing mix. It’s easy to put together and freezes well, and it’s soooo delicious too.
“Darcy and Elizabeth”; when making lasagna, we always double the batch and sometimes there is enough for another half dish, so that’s 2 1/2 preparations!
Cake Mix Cookies by Camilla Saulsbury
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The Perfect 10 diet by Michael Aziz
I tend to double homemade lasagna. It freezes great and makes an easy dinner on a busy night.
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I have done some meals that we love in bigger portions , cooking only one time a month from the idea of a MOPS speaker to help save money. I have found that some things dont freeze well though. But I mostly enjoy doing spinach stuffed chicken with a homemade sauce on top or three meat casseroles
From their site, I’d like to read The Perfect 10 Diet by Dr. Aziz.
This is a variation on the cook once, eat multiple times recipes. Today I sauteed 3 packages of ground beef and added fresh onions. I could have added bell peppers and celery, but I didn’t this time. I packaged the cooked meat and onions into 2 cup size packages and popped them into my freezer. I now have the basis for: spaghetti meat sauce, soft beef tacos, sloppy joes, and beef stroganoff. All I have to do is add the sauce ,seasoning, or sour cream (depending on the recipe). This takes up less room in my freezer and is just as easy for me as fully prepared meals.
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I would like to own—Brief Gaudy Hour
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As a history teacher the book Dancing Plague by John Waller intrigues me. I’m always on the lookout for strange stories that students will enjoy.
The best thing to freeze is tomato soup base (make giant batches in the summer and eat all winter long)
FRESH TOMATO SOUP (multiply by the amount of tomatoes on hand)
2 lg. onions
Oil or butter
3 qt. tomatoes (this is usually around 12-15 medium tomatoes)
2 bouillon cubes
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
3 tbsp. sugar
Milk (when serving)
Saute onions in oil in saucepan. Blanch and peel tomatoes. (Or freeze whole tomatoes and run under warm water to remove skins.) Add tomatoes and all but milk to the onions. Heat to boiling and simmer uncovered about half hour. Use blender to puree the soup. Divide into jars or bags to freeze. When ready to eat just reheat and mix 1 cup milk to every 3 cups of soup.
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During the summer I like to do a lot of stir fry with fresh veggies. I do all the cutting and slicing of both meat and veggies and package them together for future meals.
I would like the book Your Skin, Younger.
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I just order the first book. I am careful of the books like that I may want to try. 2 of my family are very pickey eaters- meat and potatoes only – don’t let anything touch it and don’t mix it with anything. the veggies they eat are potatoes, chips, frenchfries(yeah, i know not to healthy but what I can do with one of them ? If his mom couldn’t change I know I am not) . The other 2 will try more things. I am hoping to find a few that I can fix and be liked so I can double it and include it in my freezer more often.
I would love to win the frozen assets cookbooks + the cake mix cookies cookbook may also need to put on on my “to purchase” list. Thanks for the chance!
I’d like to read “Horrid Henry,” by Francesca Simon and Tony Ross.
Spicy Corn & Tomato Casserole–This can be made in double batches and put in the freezer for later on.
1 lg. onion, chopped
2 med. green peppers, chopped
1/2 c. butter
1/4 c. all purpose flour
2 c. fresh or frozen corn
2 c. long grain cooked rice
1 c. diced tomatoes with liquid (my family likes the kind with chiles, but if you donât want is so spicy use the regular kind)
4 hardcooked eggs, chopped
2 1/2 cups shredded sharp cheese, divided
2 T. Worcestershire sauce
2 to 3 t. hot pepper sauce
2 t. salt
1 t. pepper
In large skillet, saute onion and peppers in butter until tender. Stir in flour. Remove from heat. Add remaining ingredients except for 1/2 cup cheese. Pour into greased 2 1/2 qt. baking dish. Bake uncovered, at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Top with remaining cheese. Let stand 5 minutes, then eat and enjoy!
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Cake Mix Cookies by Camilla Saulsbury looks awesome! I always am looking for something to do with extra cake mixes I get on sale.
Thanks for offering this contest. Hope we win.
101 Things Every Kid Should Do Growing Up by Alecia T Devantier
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I like to double my crockpot roast beef recipe and freeze half for another week.
This looks so tempting. I’m going to book mark this recipe and test it down the road. Excellent share