• Feb. 6, 2009
Cooking for a month part 4, final entry

Well, I am done!  I finally completed my list of things to cook and the feeling of accomplishment is a good one.  I only had three things remaining for today (which was good since I needed to do some other things that had gone by the wayside this week!)  Here is what I did:

• Baked Oatmeal (This was so good I had a hard time not just sitting down with a fork and the 9x13 pan!  The recipe suggests serving it with brown sugar and milk, but it was wonderful plain.  Kind of like a mix between cake and a really good oatmeal cookie!)
  
  
• Chicken Pot Pie
  
  
• Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas (I only found this recipe in the last week when I was planning my list and now I can not find the source!  So, while I know the ingredients are correct, I am totally guessing on the preparation.  If anyone has any insight feel free to enlighten me.)

  1 can nacho cheese soup

  ½ cup milk

  2 cups cooked diced chicken

  ½ cup salsa

  1 4 oz can chopped green chiles

  1 tsp chili powder

  8 - 8in. Flour tortillas

  
  While the recipe calls for 8 tortillas, I had a package of 10 and I used them all.  Coat a 9x11-9x13 pan with cooking spray.  Combine soup, milk, salsa, chilies and chili powder and stir until well blended.  Reserve 1 cup of this mixture for topping.  Stir chicken into remaining soup mixture.  Spoon 1/4-1/3 cup of chicken mixture into a tortilla shell, roll up and place seam side down in baking dish.  Repeat until all tortillas and filling are used.  Pour reserved cup of soup mixture over top of enchiladas.  (Optional: sprinkle shredded cheddar cheese on top)  Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until heated through. 

I hope these posts have been helpful.  If you have any freezer friendly meals that your family loves I would love to hear about them.  Now I am going to go spend at least 1/2 an hour sitting in a recliner!

Shannon

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• Feb. 6, 2009
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Posted by Anonymous

You got a lot done, I am impressed. I always love seeing how other people once a month cook. I don't do that, but I do bulk cooking periodically, typically with one meat at a time, if that makes sense.
Jennifer
www.getting-ahead.blogspot.com

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• Feb. 10, 2009
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Posted by Anonymous

When I read your earlier entries, I thought "wow that's too much work". But now you don't have to cook for a month .... imagine that!!

Andrea

"Shannon's Reply" Exactly! That was the entire idea. Now all I do is pull a pan out of the freezer and heat it up. And the fact that I took 3 days to do it this time actually made it a lot easier. Last time I tried this I shopped one day and cooked everything the next. That was exhausting!

Edited by sikes1995 on Feb. 10, 2009 at 11:21 AM

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