I need healthy recipes?!
I need healthy recipes?
We have a friend whose wife just had her second surgery for recurring breast cancer. I would like to make a few meals to take to them, so they don't have to worry so much about cooking while she is recovering. They eat healthy, so I'm looking for some recipes that I can fix that they can freeze if necessary. Thank you all for your help.
Answers:
"Lazyman's Stuffed Cabbage Casserole" (freeze well)
1 medium cabbage, cut up
1 lb. ground beef
1 onion, chopped
1/2 cup uncooked rice
salt and pepper to taste
1 10-1/2 oz. can tomato soup
1 soup can water
Place cabbage in greased 2 qt. casserole. Brown beef and onion. Stir in rice and place on top of the cabbage. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Combine soup and water and pour over all. Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
Chicken Spinach Enchilada Casserole
(Freeze well)
2 chicken breasts
1/2 lb. fresh spinach
1/2 large coarsely chopped onion
2 Tbsp. butter
1 cup sour cream
1 cup chopped green chili
12 oz. grated cheddar cheese
12 oz. grated Monterey Jack cheese
3-4 large flour tortillas
1/2 tsp. cumin
1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced
Toppings: diced tomatoes, chopped avocados, chopped scallions, sliced black olives, chopped cilantro
Poach the breasts for 20 minutes. Allow to cool. Remove meat from bones and cut into bite-size pieces. Set aside.
Saute onion, garlic and red bell pepper in butter till limp. Remove skillet from heat and add spinach and cover. Allow spinach to steam in skillet for 15 minutes. Add the chili, sour cream, chicken, cumin and blend well. Line a greased casserole I used a shallow corning ware white casserole 3 1/2 quart) with a tortilla, layer chicken mixture on and top with a layer of cheddar and Jack cheeses. Layer once more again and end with a layer of tortilla covered with a layer of cheeses. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Top with all the garnishes listed. Delicious!!
FREEZER SLAW
1 medium head cabbage
1 teaspoon salt
1 green pepper
1 carrot
1 cup vinegar
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon celery seed
1 teaspoon mustard seed
Shred cabbage and add salt. Allow to stand 1 hour. Squeeze out juice, add
carrot and pepper. Combine and boil for one minute sugar, celery seed,
mustard seed, and vinegar. Let cool. Pour over cabbage, put in containers
and freeze.
Turkey Noodle Soup
carcass of turkey
water
celery, onions, carrots, red and green bell peppers
poultry seasoning
black pepper
seasoned salt
I placed all of the ingredients above in a LARGE stockpot and simmered it for 3 hours--adding water when needed. The smell was divine!
After the stock was made, I strained it discarding all of the veggies and the turkey bones.
Place the stock in a large stockpot and bring to a boil. Add one LARGE can of cream of chicken soup--98% fat free is wonderful--and one soup can filled with water. Stir the soup into the broth until well mixed and lower the temperature. Add more poultry seasoning and pepper. To this mixture, add the reserved turkey pieces, chopped carrots, chopped celery, chopped red and green bell pepper, and chopped onion. Cook this until the veggies are done. Then add fine egg noodles to this mixture. Stir the mixture until the noodles are covered with liquid. Add more water as needed. When the noodles are cooked, the soup is done. This is a hearty, healthy soup!
This freezes beautifully. Put the soup into the refrigerator overnight, or until cool. Package in 1-quart serving containers. When you want homemade soup--defrost a package and you're in business! This soup smells as wonderful as it tastes!