February Exchange

When: Tuesday, February 9th @ 7:00pm
Location: Rebecca Moser's 12226 Fall River Pass Ln
Please email at moser.rebecca@gmail.com to RSVP or with questions

We will be exchanging both freezer meals and freezer desserts. If you only want to do one or the other that's fine just let me know.

TEX-MEX TURKEY CASSEROLE

** from page 108 of ward cookbook

Ingredients:
1 lb. ground turkey (I used extra lean ground beef)
1 med. green pepper, chopped
1 med. onion, chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 cans black beans- I used one
1 jar salsa (16 oz)
1 can tomato sauce (15 oz)
1 can Mexican stewed tomatoes
1 tsp. onion powder
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. ground cumin
12 corn tortillas
2 C shredded cheese

Directions:
In a large pan sprayed with cooking spray, cook turkey, pepper, onion, and garlic until meat is no longer pink. Stir in beans, salsa, tomato sauce, tomatoes, and spices. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10 min.

Spread 1 cup meat sauce in a 13x9 dish and top with 6 tortillas (torn in pieces). Spread with half of remaining meat sauce. Sprinkle w/ 1 cup cheese. Layer with remaining tortillas and meat sauce. Cover and bake at 350 for 20 min. Uncover,
sprinkle with remaining cheese and bake 5-10 minutes longer.

**If freezing: Follow directions, but don't bake. Cover with foil and freeze.

On cooking day: Thaw completely and follow baking directions from above, you may need to bake a few minutes longer the first time.

Swiss Cheese Chicken

Swiss Cheese Chicken
(pg. 89 in the ward cookbook)

Chicken breasts, enough to fill bottom of 8x8 dish
Swiss cheese
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/2 can milk
Stove Top Turkey Stuffing
butter

Layer chicken in 8x8 dish. Layer Swiss cheese over chicken. Mix 1 can cream of chicken soup and 1/2 can milk. Pour over chicken. Top with Stove Top Turkey Stuffing. Drizzle butter on top. Bake @ 350 for 1 hour.

January Exchange

Just a reminder that the January exchange is coming up.

Tuesday, Jan. 12th
7:00 p.m.

Ashton Home
12330 Crescent Mtn. Ln.

Right now I have Alisha, Mitzi and Erin participating in the exchange. If anyone else wants to participate please let us know so we know how many meals to make.

January Exchange

I would be willing to host for January. How does this work for everyone?

Tuesday, January 12th
7:00 P.M.
Alisha Ashtons' home

Let me know if you want to do the exchange for January so we can get numbers of how many meals to make!

January Exchange

Is anyone willing to host in January? If not I'd be willing to host again.

Jamie had mentioned doing a frozen dessert exchange as well. Would you guys like to do this separate from a meal exchange or in collaboration with meals? We could do it in January or February. Feel free to give feedback.

Thanks everyone for your great participation.

Lasagna

Ingredients:
1 jar (28oz) spaghetti sauce
6 uncooked whole wheat lasagna noodles
1 container (15oz) cottage cheese
1lb hamburger
1c chopped raw vegetable (ie mushrooms, broccoli or bell pepper)
1 pkg (8oz) shredded low-fat mozzarella cheese

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375. Spray 11x7'' baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
Spread 1/3 of spaghetti sauce on bottom of dish; arrange 3 noodles in a single layer over sauce. Top with another 1/3 of sauce, all of the cottage cheese, vegetables and 1/2 the mozzarella cheese. Then place remaining noodles in a single layer on top. Spread evenly with remaining sauce.

Cover dish with foil. Freeze for later or bake.
Bake until noodles are tender and mixture is hot and bubbly (~1hr). Uncover and sprinkle with remaining mozzarella cheese. Bake for 5 minutes more. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.