Casserole - beans, taters, chicken, cheese - super easy

Delicious one dish meal -
4 cups baked potatoes (peeled, chunked),
1 cup shredded cooked chicken,
4 ounces mozzarella cheese - cut into small bits
4 ounces mild cheddar cheese - cut into small bits,
1 can (1 1/2 cups) beans (drained of any broth) - any type will do, but I used black beans/kidney beans/pinto beans mixed.

Mix all a glass casserole dish (cake pan sized).  Cover with foil.  Bake at 350 for 1 hour.

Chicken Frittata

Chicken Frittata

In a glass cake pan, Layer the following

2 cups shredded, cooked chicken mixed with 1 cup sour cream

4 ounces crumbled Feta cheese

8 jumbo or large eggs whisked until smooth

4 ounces mozzarella


Bake uncovered at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 hour until browned on top.

Serve with green veggies (steamed Kale, lima beans, peas, broccoli, etc.) or salad.  Have cherries for dessert.

Roasted taters and cheese. Beeswax lip & Hand balm - 2 recipes

Roasted Taters and Cheese
Last night, I was hungry, but really did not want to do much cooking and DEFINITELY did not want to do many dishes.  So, I thought about some sort of twist on a baked potato.  This is what I ended up with:

2 large (baking) potatoes - scrubbed clean.
8 ounces mozzarella (or any other) cheese
1 tablespoon butter

I sliced the scrubbed baking potatoes into rounds that were 1/4 inch thick.  It is important to get all rounds about the same thickness.

I put down a layer of potato rounds in the bottom of a glass casserole dish.  I then laid out a second layer on top of the first, offsetting the potatoes so the second layer lay over the edges of the potatoes below it.

I dotted the entire top layer with very thin slices of butter.

I put this into a cold oven and turned it onto 400 degrees fahrenheit, let it bake for 20 minutes.

At 20 minutes, I took the potatoes out of the oven and topped with thinly sliced mozzarella cheese (could use shredded cheese, but why bother with the work of shredding it when slices work just as well??).  I put the potatoes back into the oven for another 15-20 minutes.  When the cheese was toasty browned on top and crispy, I took them out of the oven.

It was a lovely meal to eat with salmon and green peas.  And, the amount of dishes - 1 casserole dish and 1 knife (I sliced the cheese in the casserole dish before layering on potatoes so I did not have to dirty a cutting board).

AWESOME!




BEESWAX LIP/HAND BALM

2 ounces of beeswax
1/2 cup castor oil
1/4 cup apricot kernel oil.

Put all ingredients in a double boiler (or if you don't have one as I do not, make one by sticking a smaller pot suspended in a bigger pot and fill the bigger pot so water covers the bottom 1/3 of the smaller pot's depth).

Heat OVER LOW HEAT (takes about 30-45 minutes) to melt the beeswax.  Stir frequently.  Time to completely melt beeswax is reduced if you chop the beeswax into thin chunks/slices prior to heating.

Once completely melted, turn out into glass dish with sides or into containers.  Once cool, use sharp, oiled knife to cut into small squares.  Wrap in waxed paper and then in foil.  Tie a little bow on it.  Give as gifts for hands/lips over winter.

Cheesy Chicken Bake Recipe (Low Carb)

Cheesy Chicken Bake

3 large boneless skinless chicken breasts

¼ cup queso cheese (Mexican cheese – NOT the stuff in a jar for nacho chips)

¼ cup Farmer’s cheese (or ricotta)

¼ cup asiago cheese

¼ cup parmesan cheese

¼ teaspoon onion powder

¼ teaspoon garlic powder

Lay chicken breasts out in a glass dish.  Sprinkle with onion and garlic powder. Layer on cheeses in order listed in ingredients.  Cover dish with foil.  Place dish in oven.  Turn oven onto 350 degrees Fahrenheit.  Bake (covered) for 1 hour.  Remove foil.  Return to oven.  Bake 30 minutes until browned on top.  Serve with spaghetti sauce and fresh vegetables or salad.

Customizations:

Can change spices to Mexican spices, Italian spices, or other.

Can cut the chicken into chunks and add vegetables before layering on cheeses.

Can add ham slices to the chicken before adding cheese.

Can use different cheeses.

Can layer tomato sauce or pizza sauce on the chicken under the cheeses.

Makes 8 Servings.

Recipe: Salmon Casserole - Three ingredient

Salmon Casserole

Submitted by: NRVLAURA 

Minutes to Prepare: 5

Minutes to Cook: 30

Number of Servings: 12

Ingredients

2 cans salmon drained (14.75 ounce cans)
8 ounces medium cheddar cheese, grated
3 large eggs

Tips

reduce calories by using lowfat cheese or using mozzarella cheese. Reduce cholesterol by using flax seed soaked in water to make a binding agent.

Does not seem to work as well with tofu cheeses or other alternative cheeses.

For lowfat cheeses (OTHER than mozzarella) freezing changes the taste and texture.

Also works with freshly cooked salmon, with canned or cooked tuna. Can do something similar with shredded and cooked chicken or pork. Turkey does NOT turn out well.

Directions

in a bowl mix thoroughly drained salmon, grated cheese and eggs.

Pat into GREASED cake pan (I use glass bakeware).

Bake at 350 for 30 or so minutes until browned on the edges and set in the center.

Cut into 3 columns and 4 rows to make 12 servings. Can be frozen for later use (I use these are lunch-to-go meals).

Serving Size: 12 servings (3 columns x 4 rows in a cake pan)

Number of Servings: 12

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user NRVLAURA.

Nutritional Info

• Servings Per Recipe: 12
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 196.5

• Total Fat: 11.8 g
• Cholesterol: 108.1 mg
• Sodium: 194.5 mg
• Total Carbs: 0.1 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.0 g
• Protein: 21.2 g

Chicken Stew in the Oven - Like pot pie

Chicken Stew in the Oven - Like pot pie - From July 2012

by Laura A Collins (Notes) on Monday, November 12, 2012 at 12:59pm

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Chicken “Stew” in the oven Tasted like potpie without the crust. YUMMY! 3 cups or so of cooked chicken, picked to pieces....

3 potatoes, peeled and cubed into ½ inch dice 6 carrots, scrubbed and sliced ¼ inch thick slices 3 small squash, sliced into ½ inch thick slices Bag of frozen peas 1 tablespoon broth powder 1 tablespoon onion powder ½ tablespoon garlic powder ½ tablespoon ground rosemary 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups water ----Mix all the above ingredients in a cooking pot. Bring to a boil. Turn to medium. Cook for about 7-10 minutes (until taters start to get tender) 1 cup milk, cream, or such 2 eggs, whisked well -----Combine eggs and cream. Whisk until frothy and well combined. Pour veggie and chix mix into a GREASED OR OILED cakepan. Cover with the egg/milk mix. Cover whole pan tightly with foil. Bake in preheated oven at 350 Fahrenheit for 30 minutes. Take out of oven, stir well to mix in the egg/cream topping. Serve.

Tuna and Cheese Bake

Tuna and Cheese Bake

by Laura A Collins (Notes) on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 12:19pm

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Tuna and Cheese Bake

• 4 cans (5 ounces) of light tuna canned in water (each can = about 3 ounces of protein & 2 ounces of water) – 2 cans drained and 2 with water/broth
• 4 Jumbo Eggs (1 per can of tuna)
• 2 cups loose packed shredded mozzarella cheese (large shred) = 8 ounces of cheese (2 ounces per can of tuna)
• Spices to preference – Onion powder, Garlic Powder, etc.
• Veggies to preference – Celery slices, onion (minced), squash chunks, etc.

Mix well.  Pour into well-greased glass baking dish (I use cake pan size).  Smooth to even layer.  Bake at 350 until set.  About 20-30 minutes

12 fish = 6 protein

4 eggs = 4 protein

8 oz Cheese = 8 protein

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Total Protein = 18.

Cut into 9 equal servings (3 columns and 3 rows) = 2 proteins per serving.

Got to figure out your own veggies, if you included any.

Serve with green salad with cherries (lettuce, squash, crisp cooked green beans, bell pepper, broccoli, cauliflower, FETA cheese, Sharp cheddar cheese, quartered cherries) and 1 tablespoon ranch dressing.

To drink:  UNSWEETENED, diluted red zinger tea (basically hisbiscus flowers (Celestial Seasonings brand bag tea) brewed in hot water and then mixed ½ and ½ with water)– which I count as water.

Total meal = 2 veggies, ¼ fruit, ½ salad dressing, and 2 proteins.

Squash Fritatta - Recipe

Today's post is a recipe.

Just made lunch.  Had venison tenderloin simmered in homemade chicken broth.  Had boiled potatoes with a dollop of sour cream.  And had squash fritatta (think cheese and squash casserole).

Fritatta:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

Oil a deep-dish casserole dish (I used the Pampered Chef Covered Stoneware Baker (12½" x 9½" x 5½", 12½ cups - http://www.pamperedchef.com/our_products/catalog/product.jsp?productId=13833&categoryCode=FH )... but any casserole dish would work.  Covered makes for a moister casserole.  Open makes for one with a crispy top and that is a bit drier.

Grate 8 ounces of sharp cheddar cheese - divide into 4 piles. (base, squash 1, squash 2, top of whole thing)
Slice 3 medium squash (about 8 inches long) into 1/8th inch slices (or just medium thin slices) - Keep separate so have three piles of slices squash.
Whisk 3 eggs until completely mixed.
Add 1/4 cup cream, heavy whipping cream, or milk to the eggs.  Whisk the milk into the eggs.

In the oiled casserole dish, sprinkle a thin layer of cheese (about 1/4 of the cheese) over the bottom.  Layer on ONE sliced squash.  Sprinkle with about 2 ounces of the grated cheese (1/4 of the cheese). Repeat with second squash.  Repeat with third squash and last of cheese.

Pour egg/milk mix over the top of everything.  Cover.  Put into oven and bake for about 30-45 minutes.  Done when edges are bubbling and the whole casserole has set (no jiggly parts).

Customizations:

You can do this with ANY veggie.  You can swap out or combine different types of cheese.  You can sub in soy cheese and soy milk or other alternative milk products.  You can add spices (salt, rosemary, onion, garlic, etc.)  You can use muffin tins for ready-to-go casseroles (if you do this SHRED the veggies).

1 hour time total from prep to eating:

To get the whole meal done at the same time:  Cut the venison up into bite-sized chunks and put in a large covered skillet.  Set to boil, then reduce to medium and simmer until all else is done.  Prep and put in the casserole.  Peel the taters, chunk into medium chunks and set to boil (when casserole timer reads 25 minutes left).  Once boils (about 20 minutes left) turn down to medium and mostly cover (tip the pot lid so it has air circulating).  When timer rings, everything should be done.

Hope you enjoy the meal!
Laura