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Chicken Lasagne

Ingredients:
1 pkg. lasagna noodles, uncooked
4-5 cups chicken, cooked and shredded
4 cups broccoli, chopped
4-5 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
2 cups ricotta cheese or cottage cheese
1 jar spaghetti sauce (small jar)

Thin white sauce:
8 tbsp. butter or margarine
8 tbsp. flour
1 tsp. salt
½ tsp. pepper
5 cups milk
2 tsp. dehydrated onion

Spray pan (foil pans make for easy clean-up) with vegetable spray.

Layer ingredients in the following order:
uncooked lasagna noodles
cottage cheese or ricotta cheese
chopped broccoli
chopped cauliflower (opt)
cooked and shredded chicken
Thin white sauce
shredded mozzarella cheese

Repeat layers until close to the top (it should be about 3 layers of ingredients.)
Spoon all of the ricotta cheese or cottage cheese over the top layer.
Top with another layer of uncooked lasagna noodles.
Pour jar of spaghetti sauce over top and sprinkle with shredded cheese.
Pour ½ cup water over top.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes (till bubbly.)
Let set for 15 minutes before serving.

Lotsa-Lotsa Meals: Follow the directions above, but do not pour water over the top or bake. Cover and freeze. To serve: Pour ½ cup water over top. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes (till bubbly) if thawed or 1 to 1½ hours if frozen. Let set for 15 minutes before serving.

Chicken Rolls

2 cups chicken, cooked and deboned
1(8 oz.) cream cheese
1-2 green onions, chopped
2 pkgs. Pillsbury Croissant Rolls (or homemade dough rolled flat and cut in circles or triangles)
Optional gravy: diluted Cream of Chicken Soup

Mix cooked chicken, cream cheese, and green onions together. Form into golf-ball sized balls. Place one ball in the middle of one dough triangle and close dough around chicken mixture. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 10-12 minutes at 375 degrees. Pour a spoonful of warm, diluted Cream of Chicken Soup over the top, if desired.

If you're feeling lazy, use pre-baked croissants and tuck a ball of the chicken mixture inside. Bake and serve as above. The leftovers are even good cold.

Lotsa-Lotsa Meals: Mix cooked chicken, cream cheese, and green onions together. Form into golf-sized balls and place on a cookie sheet. Freeze. When frozen, remove balls from cookie sheet and place in freezer bag. To serve: Place one frozen chicken ball in the middle of dough or croissant roll. Bake for 10-12 minutes at 375 degrees.

Chicken And Rice Casserole

2-3 cups chicken, cooked and deboned
3-4 cups rice, cooked
1 16 oz. broccoli, frozen and chopped
2 cups cheese, cubed
2-3 cups chicken broth

Lightly mix all ingredients, pour into baking dish, and cover with foil. Heat until cheese is melted, approximately 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

Lotsa-Lotsa Meals: Lightly toss all ingredients. Pour in freezer bag. Freeze. To serve: Thaw, pour in baking dish, cover w/foil. Heat until cheese is melted, approx. 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

Freeze-It Chicken

10 lbs. chicken, deboned, skinned
4 cubes chicken bouillon
water (enough to cover chicken)

COOKING METHOD #1: Put all pieces of chicken in Crock Pot. Cover chicken with water and add bouillon cubes. Cook on low overnight or 7-8 hours.

COOKING METHOD #2: Put all pieces of chicken in a big pot. Cover chicken with water and add bouillon cubes. Cook for 1¼ hour on low heat or until chicken is done.

Cool chicken. Cut into cubes or shred. Put approximately 2 cups of chicken in approximately five freezer bags, (to use later in your favorite recipes, tacos or burritos) and freeze.

Creamy Chicken And Veggies

10 chicken pieces uncooked (deboned are best)
2 cans Cream of Chicken soup
1 cup water
1 bag vegetables (broccoli, carrots, cauliflower)
Lawry seasoning salt

Lightly mix all ingredients and place in a 9x13 dish. Bake at 450 degrees for 1 hour.

Lotsa-Lotsa Meals:  Place vegetables at the bottom of a freezer bag. Mix soup and water. Pour vegetables in freezer bag. Sprinkle chicken w/Lawry salt. Place chicken on top. Freeze. To serve: Pour in casserole dish. Bake at 450 degrees for 1½ hour if frozen, 1 hour if thawed.