Inexpensive OAMC/Freezer/Make Ahead Recipes

"Really good served with a spinach salad. I usually make a few of these and lasagna's the same time and they are ready to pull out at any time. (It's just as easy to put a couple together at this point and have them ready.)"

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Ingredients: pepper, eggs, fresh parsley...

"This is a super-easy, flavourful, and delicious recipe that can be served warm, cold, or room temperature. It's from Madhur Jaffrey's "Indian Cooking". Recipe can be doubled or tripled. I like using French green lentils. You can also use chicken or vegetable broth instead of the water."

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Ingredients: ghee, green lentils, onions...

"Easy to make, a great way to use leftover taters (of course I make sure I have leftovers, LOL) with a stuffing that is thick enough to stay on the skin and not run over."

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Ingredients: cream cheese, potatoes...

"I got this recipe from a PACE Salsa summer pocket cookbook many years ago. It is a simple method to dress up canned baked beans. I have adjusted the ingredients/measurements for our personal tastes and I freepour everything, but had to provide measurements. Use the measurements as a guide only. I am always asked for the recipe or to bring them to BBQs..."

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Ingredients: chunky salsa, ground cumin...

"We live where cans of crescent roll dough are not available. I searched the 'net for something I could use as a substitute. While I don't claim these are EXACTLY like the canned ones, they're close enough for us. This came from Allrecipes.com (called Blue Ribbon Overnight Rolls). I've always made the dough using a bread machine, so I can't give any..."

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Ingredients: eggs, milk, 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...

"A classic, simple potato salad that can be thrown together in minutes or made a day ahead! A comfort-food treat for all ages, and easy to change to your preferences (I leave out the eggs for my sister; you could add celery or onion in step 3 or use specialty mustard or vinegar)."

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Ingredients: granulated sugar, hard-boiled eggs...

"We like to eat at Olive Garden because of their lunch menu of soup, salad, Bread sticks. I found a recipe on Internet for Olive Garden E. Fagioli Soup in a Crock Pot. It was delicious tonight."

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Ingredients: pepper, diced tomatoes, onions...

"Makes 1 - 3 quart casserole " Cheesy and delicious, this hash brown casserole has a crunchy topping. ""

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Ingredients: condensed cream of chicken soup, corn flakes cereal...

"From Mr. Food...cooking time is really the freezing time."

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Ingredients: cream cheese, egg yolks, sugar...

"Made with lower fat ingredients. Thicker texture (not runny). Dip freezes well. If you haven't tried this type of dip yet, you don't know what you're missing! Cook time is for microwave."

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Ingredients: fresh black pepper, lemon juice...