Slow Cooker Peaches and Cream Steel-Cut Oatmeal

*recipe from thehealthymaven.com*

1 1/2 cups steel-cut oats

1/2 cup unsweetened coconut

6 cups (three 13.5 ounce cans) full fat coconut milk

6 peaches chopped

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 cup brown sugar

-Add all ingredients to sprayed slow cooker

-Cook on low for 6 hours, then stir and serve.

**We let this cook overnight, and I turn off the slow cooker when I wake up to feed the baby. With the lid on, the oatmeal stays nice and warm until we're ready for breakfast a couple hours later**

Enchiliadas

Original recipe found here

6 cups chicken OR pork, cooked and shredded
1 cup salsa
2 10 oz. cans favorite enchilada sauce
20 corn tortillas OR 16 four tortillas
2 cups Cheddar or Monterrey Jack cheese (or a blend)
-Combine chicken, salsa, and 2 cans of enchilada sauce in a large bowl.
-Add chicken mix to tortillas and roll. Place in a WELL SPRAYED 9x13 inch pan

Sauce:
1 10 oz. can enchilada sauce
1 4 oz. can green chilis
-Mix together, then pour over top of enchiladas
-Sprinkle grated cheese over the sauce.
-Bake at 375 for 30 minutes

Homemade Baked Beans

*recipe adapted from Add A Pinch*

• 3 cans Great Northern White beans
• 1 lb bacon, cut in small pieces
• 1 TBSP garlic, minced
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• ¼ cup molasses
• ¼ cup dark brown sugar
• ¼ cup ketchup
• 1/3 cup Sweet baby Ray's BBQ sauce
• 1 teaspoon prepared yellow mustard

Dice 1lb of bacon and 1 medium onion. Brown the bacon and onions with a heaping tablespoon of minced garlic in a skillet. 

Drain and rinse 3 cans of great northern beans.

Combine beans and bacon/onion/garlic in the slow cooker, and add the remaining ingredients. Mix well in slow cooker, then sprinkle brown sugar over top. Cook on low in slow cooker for 1-2 hours, stirring occasionally to prevent burning. 

Pizza Pasta

GREAT meal eaten right away, but also a GREAT freezer meal. Double the recipe and do both!!

16 oz. spiral pasta

6 oz. pepperoni (that's one little pkg)

1 jar tomato sauce (24 oz)

15 oz container of Ricotta Cheese

1 pound ground beef

1-2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese

1) Cook pasta, and drain. 

2) While pasta is cooking, brown ground beef and drain off fat. Cut the pepperoni slices in half or in quarters (you can also buy the diced pepperoni by Hormel...easier!)

3) Mix together the pasta, beef, pepperoni, tomato sauce and Ricotta cheese. Stir until everything is covered with sauce.

4) Spread into SPRAYED 9x13" pan (disposable foil pans are GREAT for freezer meals instead of wasting your glass pans). Put Mozzarella cheese over the top of the pasta mixture, then the Parmesan cheese.

*Double layer the foil if you're freezing this meal, and label so you know what it is :) 

**Let it thaw in the fridge for 48 hours before heating and eating. Bake at 400 degrees until it's warmed through. Bake the first 20-30 minutes with the foil loosely on top of the pan, and then remove for the last 10-15 minutes for the cheese to melt.

Almond Crusted Tilapia

1 cup raw almonds
2 eggs, beaten
5 Tilapia fillets
2 TBSP olive oil
Salt to taste

1) Heat olive oil in frying pan.
2) Put almonds in food processor until well ground.
3) Dredge tilapia fillets in eggs, then in ground almonds.
4) Carefully place in the heated olive oil, and cook about 3 minutes per side.
5) Let cool on paper towel, and lightly salt.

Hot Cocoa Mix

2 1/2 cups instant dry milk
3 cups powdered sugar
1 cup cocoa powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon (optional)
1 cup mini marshmallows

Sugar Cookies-Our Best Bites

1 cup real butter (no substitutions)
1 cup sugar
1 egg (large or extra large)
1 1/2 teaspoons almod extract (you can use vanilla instead)
3 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

1) Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes, Add in egg and the extract and mix to incorporate.
2) In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt and to whisk to combine. Slowly add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix until completely combined.
3) To make the chilling and cutting process easier, roll the dough 1/4-inch thick between 2 sheets of parchment paper. Lay the sheet of dough flat on cookie sheet and refrigerate for 30 minutes, or place in freezer for 15 minutes.
4) Cut cookies into desired shapes. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 8-12 minutes, or just until set. For crisp cookies, bake for 10-13 minutes.
5) When desired doneness is reached, allow to cool on the pans for about 5 minutes and then transfer to the cooling racks and let the cookies cool completely.