Q&E Freezer Sides and ETC

Here are some Q&E items to keep on hand for unexpected guests or to incorporate in to company dinners. In the coming weeks I will be posting frozen menus for your convenience with recipes.  Be sure to watch for the Easter entertaining ideas.

C=cooked		R=raw
Asst Potatoes		Pound Cake
Asst Veggies		Puff Pastry*
Pizza Ready Made		Fruit
Peppers, Green*		Ice Cream*
Onions		Waffles*
Onions, Chopped		Whipped Topping
Pasta Sauce		Pie Crust
Butter/Margarine		Bread/Rolls
Ravioli*		Mini Puff Pastry Shells.
Coconut, Flaked		Egg Roll Wrappers
Nuts

*Peppers and onions added to Italian sausage and pasta sauce served on hoagie rolls. Add a relish tray and chips or fries for a quick menu to serve friends over to watch the game.



*Puff pastry can be baked early or even just before serving and topped with ice cream or fruit for a quick dessert.


Sherbet Parfaits
Ingredients:
2 pint s different flavor sherbets, slightly softened
1 cup Whipping cream  or topping
cookies (vanilla wafers or shortbread) crumbled

Preparation:
In 8 parfait or tall glasses, layer sherbet alternating flavors sorbet and cookie crumbles. Refreeze until firm. When ready to serve, When ready to serve top with whipped topping on each parfait. Serves 8

*Ravioli can be deep fried for a quick appetizer and served with jazzed up pasta sauce or served the traditional way with pasta sauce.

* Waffles aren’t just for breakfast. serve them hot with fruit or top them with a big scoop of ice cream.

Q&E Entrees

These are  suggested entrees to have on hand in the freezer. Add a salad and bread to some of these entrees and you will be one smart host/hostess.Your guests will never guess how you did it.  I will be adding additional frozen entrée recipes and suggested menus.

C=Cooked		R=Raw
Chili		Lasagna
Chicken Spaghetti		Meatballs cooked+
Sweet and Sour Chicken*		Beef Cubes for Kabobs
Pizza		Shrimp C&R
Taco Filling		Cube Steaks
Salmon Fillets		Bacon
BBQ Chicken+		Hamburger

Sweet and Sour Chicken

Ingredients
4 chicken breasts, cut in cubes
1 can pineapple chunks (save juice)
one garlic clove, minced
1/4 Cup soy sauce
3 Tablespoons brown sugar
l teaspoon ginger
1-2 carrots cut in small pieces
1 green pepper cut in pieces
Directions
Add all ingredients together in a ziplock bag. Freeze. In frying pan add chicken and vegetables  and allow to cook on low for 30 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. Cook frozen rice to go with the meal.

For dessert serve vanilla ice cream with chopped almonds and fortune cookies.  Fortune cookies can be stored in the pantry for just such an occasion.

+Flash freeze the meatballs and store in a zip lock bag when frozen.

+ Chicken cooked and shredded can be thawed and mixed with bbq sauce, serve over rice or on a bun.

Hamburger can make quick tostados, taco salad, nachos for unexpected company.

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.

Tip - Unexpected Guest

Plan for the unexpected. Fill a large bowl or basket with inexpensive individually wrapped gifts, suitable for either male or female.  Tuck in some greens to make it festive. Your unexpected guests will be thrilled to receive a gift from you. Don't forget to have a few gifts for children.