As a busy stay-at-home mom of 4, I need God's designed "day of rest" probably more than most! And to help keep our budget from exploding from always eating out (and causing more people to work) on Sundays; I have started a plan of Double-Day Freezer cooking. On a specified day each week, I will plan to cook a double-sized meal and put one of those in the deep freeze to pull out and use on Sunday evenings. This saves me time by cooking once, and feeding twice. And my family still gets a good home cooked meal, without me spending lots of energy on Sunday preparing it.

This blog is my place to share my Double Day Freezer Meal recipes with you, and hopefully give others a day of rest too! :)

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Chicken Chili Casserole

This meal got lots of thumbs up from my family!!!  My picky 8 year old gave it two big thumbs up, and even my picky hubby said, "Not bad!"  Which is a REALLY big deal in this house!  LOL

Chicken Chili Casserole
1 cup sour cream
1 cup ricotta cheese
6 oz cream cheese
5-6 boneless, skinless chicken breast
3 cups cooked rice
12 oz bag shredded Monterey Jack cheese
10 oz can Rotel (mild)
8 oz can Tomato Sauce
15 oz can chili beans
1/2 tsp. garlic salt
1 cup crushed tortilla chips
Salsa (to top, if desired)
Cook chicken and rice.  Combine sour cream, ricotta, and cream cheese.  Add remaining ingredients except chips and salsa.  With the cheese, add 1/2 of the bag in the mix, and save the rest to top it with.  Pour mixture into 2 8x8 baking dishes.  One to cook now, and the other to freeze.
To cook now, bake at 350 for 30 minutes until the cheese is good and bubbly.  Top with crushed tortillas, and serve.  Top with salsa on the individual servings, if desired. 
To freeze, I put the one to put up in the disposable foil baking dish and covered with foil.  Go ahead and top with cheese, but not the chips.  Then write the name and baking instructions:  Thaw, bake @ 350 for 30-45 minutes, top with crushed tortilla chips.

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