Q&E Freezer Meat/Fish

This chart is not complete I will be adding to it from time to time. Not everyone will want all the items or have room for them. It is a pick and choose for your life style.

I will be adding recipes for pulling items from the freezer and coordinating them into a full dinner.

C=cooked  R=raw

Chicken c&r		Hamburger
pulled Pork c		Meatballs c
Cooked Pork Chops*		Breakfast Sausage
Cubed Steak		Bacon
Meat loaf c		Italian Sausage
Shrimp c&r		Salmon filets

	*Baked Pork Chops
	*Sweet Potato Fries or *Rice
	* Vegetable
	* Dinner Rolls
	* Apple Pie
	Frozen from the freezer *

Freezer Pork Chops
Ingredients
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon dry sage
8 bone-in pork chops 1 inch thick
2 cups Italian dried breadcrumbs
Salt and ground pepper to taste
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted
1/4 cup vegetable oil

Directions

In a bowl, whisk together eggs and sage and let stand 15 minutes. Flatten each pork chop (avoiding bone) between two pieces plastic wrap to a 1/4-inch thickness.

Put breadcrumbs in a pie pan and season with salt and pepper. Pour egg mixture onto another pie pan. In batches, season pork chops with salt and pepper and coat in egg mixture. Shake excess, then dredge in breadcrumbs, pressing to adhere. Freeze pork chops

To serve, pre heat oven to 350°. On sheet pan lightly spread oil for frozen chops. Cook chops turning over half way through for twenty to twenty five minutes until heated through.

Sides for Holiday Meals

SCALLOPED POTATOES

Prep Time:5 min

Cook Time:55 min

Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees

Serves:6 servings

Ingredients

4 large baking potatoes 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 1 cup milk Pinch salt and pepper 1 cup half Swiss and half cheddar cheese, grated

A couple of drops of hot sauce (optional)

Cooked bacon crumbled

Directions

• Boil the potatoes until tender
• Cool and slice thinly. 
• Melt the butter in a saucepan. Whisk flour into melted butter and cook over medium heat until it thickens. Whisk in the milk and stir until the mixture thickens.
• Layer the 3 components ending with the grated cheese in a buttered 9 by 9 inch oven proof dish, Top with crumbled bacon

Bake for approximately 40 minutes until cheese is brown and bubbly.


Peas, with Pearl Onions and Mushrooms 

Ingredients

1 pkg frozen peas 1/2 bag of pearl onions 4 or 5 button mushrooms sliced and sauted Cook peas and onions together. Top with a nob of butter and mushrooms, stir to mix and serve. 4 to 6 servings


Not Your Grandmother's Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients

• I large can sweet potatoes
• 2 chipotle chiles in adobo sauce, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup softened butter
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• dash of nutmeg (optional)
• salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Directions

Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Whip  the sweet potatoes with the brown sugar, butter and heavy cream. Mash the chipotle chiles into a paste, and add to sweet potatoes. Season to taste with salt and pepper and nutmeg. Put in oven proof casserole and bake until heated through, 30 minutes approximately.

Glazed Carrots

Ingredients

• 3 cups mini carrots, (1 pound)
• 1/3 cup water
• 1 tablespoon honey
• nob of butter
• dash of nutmeg (optional but really brings out the flavor of the carrots)
• salt and oepper to taste
  
  Combine carrots, water, butter and salt in a 2 qt. pan. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Cover and cook until tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Uncover add honey and nutmeg and cook, stirring often, until the liquid is a syrupy glaze.