Lemonade Chicken By Katie

from Freezer Friendz (click the link to go to the recipe)

Grill, Bake or Broil--your choice.
Enjoy!

Brown Sugar Meatloaf

Meat Loaf:
-1 small onion
-1 clove garlic
-1 and 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
-3/4 cup milk
-2 eggs
-1 and 1/2 tsp. salt
-1/4 tsp. black pepper
-1/4 tsp. ground ginger
-3/4 cup bread or cracker crumbs

Topping:
-1/4 cup packed brown sugar
-1/4 cup ketchup

Assembly instructions: Saute onion and garlic. Mix together with remaining meatloaf ingredients. Shape mixture into loaf and place in pan. Mix brown sugar and ketchup; place in baggie for freezing separately.

Cooking instructions: Thaw completely in fridge. Brush or drizzle sauce on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until juices run clear.

***Alternate cooking instructions! - If you do not want to heat up the house with your oven, a meatloaf can be cooked in your crockpot. Thaw meatloaf completely. Slide it out of the pan and into your crockpot. Brush or drizzle sauce on top. Cook on high for 1 hour. Reduce heat to low and cook until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the center of the meat loaf registers 165 degrees. It should take 6-7 hours. Carefully remove meat loaf from slow cooker, cover with aluminum foil and allow to rest for 15 minutes before slicing. I have never tried this (the instructions are from my slow cooker cookbook), but with 90 degree weather, we may not want to turn on our ovens!

June Swap Details

This month's swap will be held at The Gathering Place. We'll swap on June 9th at 10:00 a.m. Any questions, please let us know!

Category Assignments:
Beef:  Suzanne
Beef with Pasta: *Allison
Soup/Grill: Melanie   
Chicken:  Elisha
Chicken with Pasta: Josie 
Breakfast: Elizabeth 
Other:  Casey
Grill: *


*substitute

Baked Ziti by Amanda

Baked Ziti

Preheat oven to 350
bake 30-45 minutes if thawed

Recipe:

4 Cups uncooked noodles
2 jars spaghetti sauce
12oz mozzerella cheese
3/4 cup sour cream
3/4 cup cottage cheese

Butter a 9 x 13 pan
Boil noodles.
Mix sour cream and cottage cheese until blended
Layer Sauce, noodles, cream mixture, & cheese 2 times ending with the remaining mozzerrella cheese

Pollo Polo Pasta Salad

The sunshine made me feel a little creative,so I came up with this salad. With the arrival of warmer weather and grilling in the near future, I thought that pasta salad would be a good choice. The pasta salad dressing is from a recipe I love called Marco Polo Pasta Salad, combined with Italian marinated chicken (my twist), hence the name Pollo Polo. I hope that you enjoy it!

Ingredients:

1/2 lb pasta (I provided Radiatore)

1/4 lb Swiss cheese (or Jarlsberg)

1/8-1/4 cup Parmesan cheese

1 1/2 multi-colored peppers, sliced julienne

3/4 lb chicken breasts, marinated over night in Italian dressing (cooked in slow cooker on low for several hours)

1/2 T garlic powder

1/2 T garlic salt

1/2 T basil

1/2 T oregano

1/4 tsp course ground black pepper

1/4 tsp parsley

On Serving Day:

Boil the pasta until al dente. Rinse under cool water and allow to cool completely.

Mix contents of seasoning packet with 3/8 cup (or a little less than 1/2 cup) olive oil and 1/8 cup vinegar.

Combine cooled pasta with peppers & cheese (You could also add black olives, cherry tomatoes, or any other pasta salad favorites at this point) then mix well with sauce. Add chicken and toss gently. Serve chilled.

Marinated Flank Steak-Repeat

Celebrating Summer's impending return with this Marinated Flank Steak repeat from last year. Enjoy--and bring on the summer!
Thaw completely and remove from bag. Rub the salt and pepper seasoning packet contents on both sides of the steak. Put on grill. See previous directions for cooking time and cutting directions.

Alison's Island Chicken Marinade

* This recipe will marinate up to 3 lbs of chicken.

1/2 cup soy sauce (I use reduced sodium)

1/3 cup oil

1/4 cup water

2 T minced onion

2 T sesame seeds

1 tsp sugar

1 tsp ginger

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/8 tsp red pepper

Blend all ingredients. Pour over whatever cuts of chicken you prefer. Marinate for 1-2 hours. Grill.