We ate a freezer meal from the freezer swap for dinner last night and since Cooking W. made a family favorite I am able to share the recipe. (Growing up we always enjoyed this meal and now we both make it for our families who enjoy it too.)
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Creole Franks
from Sparky
Print Recipe
5 slices bacon, diced
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1 cup pineapple juice
3/4 cup ketchup
1/2 tsp chili powder
12 franks or 1 lb. smoked sausage, sliced
1/2 cup chopped green pepper (optional)
To serve fresh: Cook bacon, add onion, stir in remaining ingredients—except green pepper. Cover and bring to a boil. Add green pepper and simmer 8 – 10 minutes. Serve over rice*.
To freeze: Cook bacon**, add onion, stir in remaining ingredients, place in freezer bag. Freeze. To serve, defrost overnight, pour into a pan with lid, simmer over medium heat until heated through. Serve over rice.
*We always use a rice cooker similar to this when cooking our rice and it comes out great every time. (I actually use a rice cooker that use to be my grandmother's.) One helpful tip if you own one or purchase one in the future is to spray the inside with cooking spray and clean up is easier.
**An option for cooking bacon is to cook it in the oven. Preheat oven to 400. Spray a broiler pan (some may call it a roasting pan) with cooking spray. Arrange bacon in a single layer on broiler pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes to desired crispness. Drain on paper towel. Put in zip top bag and store in the refrigerator or freezer.
++Leftover rice is great to use in fried rice--many recipes call for refrigerated cooked rice. Another way to serve it is with milk, cinnamon, and sugar--Moo LOVES this--or serve it with butter (PE's favorite).
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The past week I have spent a decent amount of time working on the recipe cards for the recipe swaps in which I am participating. Since I HAVE to work on the cards and I know I cannot cook/bake I think that has been helping spark my motivation to cook/bake. (Sort of like when you are eating healthier and you place restrictions on chocolate/soda/etc. What is the one thing you crave the most? The thing you have restricted of course.) I do get to have a fun day baking/cooking tomorrow and I am really looking forward to it. After tomorrow though, I will be working on cards and only cards (most of the time).
It shouldn't be too bad because I have the design for all 18 cards sketched out. Ten of the eighteen swaps go together and are due first so I am now concentrating on those. I have all 140 bases cut, most of the layers cut, and the recipes formatted and ready to print. Now I have the fun task of assembling all of them. I do have to add the month and some embellishments to ALL of them. 140 cards due October 10. 108 cards due October 17. 54 cards due November 10. That isn't too bad. Besides, I am hostessing the swap that is due October 17 so I have a few days leeway as I have 10 days from the due date to get them in the mail. Again, I ramble. The point of this explanation is to share the sketch files with anyone who might be interested. You can view and print them here. While they are designed for 6"x6" recipe cards, you could easily modify the size of the elements to fit a smaller square card or use a similar layout for making a regular 4 1/4"x5 1/2" card.
Let me know if you have any questions and make sure you go make the Creole Franks.
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