Inexpensive OAMC/Freezer/Make Ahead Recipes

"When I was a child, my family used to eat this at least once a week due to the fact that it is inexpensive and a little goes a long way. We also added fresh herbs or sometimes whole kernel corn. Its even better the next day and it freezes well."

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Ingredients: pepper, elbow macaroni...

"If you love good, old-fashioned, down home chicken and dumplings, this is the real thing! Note that this dumpling recipe makes "a bunch of dumplin's" because around here, most folks want more dumplin's than chicken. (prep time includes cooling time for cooked chicken.)"

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Ingredients: butter flavor shortening, eggs...

"You can make this sauce easily at home. From Copykat.com (http://www.copykat.com)"

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Ingredients: cumin, tomatoes and green chilies...

"I have been making these for over 20 years, I usually get about 15 patties but it depends on the size of the batter that you drop in the pan, these are better if fried to very brown and crispy, you can make a double recipe, fry them then freeze them on a tray then pop them into freezer bags, then just warm them in the oven to crisp up, they are very..."

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Ingredients: garlic powder, green onions...

"I think this is our #1 all time family favorite and it's often requested for birthday dinners. It's the 'Bestest' because my daughter described it as such when she was little. This freezes well and I've added directions for that and for reheating."

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Ingredients: pepper, dried split peas...

"Another Once a month meal that's sure to please. My little girl likes these because they pick up easily in her hands! *I revised this recipe based on several folks pointing out that I had made a mistake on the amount of cream cheese. Thank you so much for the input!"

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Ingredients: chives, cream cheese...

"This is the most awesome wheat bread I have ever eaten. It is worth the extra effort and because this recipe makes 4 loaves, you can freeze them and have enough for awhile :) Rising time included in prep."

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Ingredients: honey, molasses, salt...

"Do not let this banana bread's long name fool you! Very easy to make, and WONDERFUL bread is the result."

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Ingredients: milk chocolate chips, eggs...

"Great for that run in the morning breakfast. You can also take frozen burritos with you when going camping. Just place the bag of frozen burritos into the ice chest, and by the time you're ready for breakfast the first morning, the burritos are fully thawed. Then simply reheat them in a large skillet over the campstove or fire grate."

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Ingredients: chunky salsa, bulk sausage...

"I combined different spices to achieve what tastes almost as good, if not better than regular sausage. Be sure to use regular ground turkey (not ground turkey breast, which is too lean so it doesn't have enough moisture). UPDATE: After all the positive reviews, I decided to submit this to Taste of Home's Light & Tasty and they published it in the..."

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Ingredients: fennel seeds, garlic powder...

"This is an incredibly good clone of the real thing. A friend emailed this recipe to me."

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Ingredients: beef bouillon powder, instant minced onion...