Today my son Andrew and I decided to make up a couple of freezer meals. We made Chicken Dressing Stuffed Shells! Very simple and yummy! This is what we did...
1- box Jumbo Shells
3- cooked and shredded chicken breasts
8 oz bag of Mozzarella Cheese
1/2 bag of Herb Seasoned Stuffing or a couple of boxes.
Cream of Chicken Soup
Cream of Mushroom Soup
Fix the stuffing per box or bag directions. Mine said to add chopped onion and chopped celery. I added the onion but I didn't have the celery. We cooked and shredded 3 boneless chicken breasts, let them cool completely. Then added the bag of shredded cheese. Mix this well. You really just have to mix this up with your hands to get it mixed well.
Cook your shells until they are just pliable, drain, and let cool.
Take your chicken mixture and stuff the shells full. Fill your pans but make sure that you spray your pans first so nothing sticks. At this point you can cover with foil and put in the freezer. We decided to go ahead and finish one up and bake it for supper tonight.
So to go ahead and bake one or when you thaw a pan out to bake just simply mix a can of cream of mushroom soup and cream of chicken soup and spoon over top of the stuffed shells. Bake covered at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes. Take out, uncover and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Put back in the oven long enough to melt the cheese and then lightly brown it.
Here is the finished dish...ready to eat!
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I'm not even sure what these are called but they are so yummy! My mom always made them for us and she still does. They are one of my favorites. I made a batch tonight for Richard and the boys. So easy and simple.
Only 3 ingredients! Ritz Crackers, Peanut Butter, and Almond Bark.
I ended up using 3 of the sleeves of crackers and one whole package of almond bark, that made about 45 of them. Just make up a bunch of peanut butter and crackers while your almond bark is melting.
We like a lot of peanut butter in ours.
Once your Almond Bark is melted, dip the peanut butter and crackers in the chocolate and put them on parchment paper or wax paper to dry.
A very quick and easy little treat!
We all love them so they will not last long!
Lots of yummy chocolate goodness!
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I was gifted a box of BANANAS! So not to let them go to waste, I started baking....and baking....and baking.
Here is the box of bananas that I started with.
I started with the best of the bananas and loaded the dehydrator. In the photo you can see the banana chips in the jar. That jar was one dehydrator full. I have the second batch in the dehydrator now and I will have one more batch after that. If you have never tried dehydrated bananas, they are sooooo good. A yummy little snack.
This is where I have stopped for the day. 4 loaves of banana bread, 4 loaves of chocolate cinnamon banana bread, 4 loaves of strawberry banana bread, 2 mini loaves of strawberry banana bread, 5 mini loaves of banana bread, and 1 chocolate cinnamon banana bread (that Hunter started eating) and a jar of banana chips and more in the dehydrator!
All of the loaves will be wrapped and put in the freezer and will last for months. I may also give some as gifts. All of these are so tasty with some powdered sugar icing drizzled over the top.
Let me tell you how simple the Strawberry Banana Bread is. You take a simple STRAWBERRY CAKE MIX, mix it as the directions state then add a cup or so of mashed bananas (I think I added about 4 mashed bananas) and bake as the cake directions. I just baked mine in loaf pans. When you get ready to serve you can drizzle with some icing.
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I went grocery shopping early on Saturday morning as soon as we got home, I started on my freezer meals. Here is a photo of 21 finished meals that went into the freezer!
I mixed up a couple of pounds of meatloaf mixture...
I ended up putting them in the mini loaf pans. Sometimes we only need a tiny meatloaf and if I need more then I will bake a couple of them. You can either bake them ahead of time or just freeze them raw. I do it both ways but these are frozen raw. I ended up with 6 of these.
I covered them with some sauce and covered them with foil and into the freezer they went. Just thaw and bake!
I made 7 more Tater Tot Casseroles...this is before I added the cheese.
I added a good thick layer of cheese, covered with foil and into the freezer they went!
Also 5 more Baked Spaghetti's!
Also I forgot to take a photo of them but you can see them in the complete photo here....Ranch House Crock Pot Pork Chops. They will just go in the freezer and then cooked in the Crock Pot. I ended up with 3 of those.
I also had a package of boneless chicken breast that I split up into 4 packs of 2 chicken breasts each. Those will be used for various meals.
After a few hours of work everything was finished and in the freezer! Then I decided that we would have one of the baked spaghetti's with some garlic toast for supper.
Just some freezer meal ideas! This is so much easier for me not to mention it also saves money in the long run!
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Fix the stuffing per box or bag directions. Mine said to add chopped onion and chopped celery. I added the onion but I didn't have the celery. We cooked and shredded 3 boneless chicken breasts, let them cool completely. Then added the bag of shredded cheese. Mix this well. You really just have to mix this up with your hands to get it mixed well.
Cook your shells until they are just pliable, drain, and let cool. 
Take your chicken mixture and stuff the shells full. Fill your pans but make sure that you spray your pans first so nothing sticks. At this point you can cover with foil and put in the freezer. We decided to go ahead and finish one up and bake it for supper tonight. 
So to go ahead and bake one or when you thaw a pan out to bake just simply mix a can of cream of mushroom soup and cream of chicken soup and spoon over top of the stuffed shells. Bake covered at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes. Take out, uncover and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Put back in the oven long enough to melt the cheese and then lightly brown it. 
Here is the finished dish...ready to eat! 
