Fall is here!

For some of you, fall may still be on the way, but here where I live I can feel the nip of cool in the air and my mind starts racing on what I can cook in my oven.  All summer without air conditioning we tend to focus on foods we can grill.  Heating up the house with the oven is a no-no.  But now that the cool fall nights have arrived, the oven is back to work!  Last night I made one of my families' favorites from childhood "Date Chocolate Chip Cake".  It's a yummy cake with dates in the batter and chocolate chips, nuts and sugar spread on top before you pop it in the oven.  No one hardly realizes it has dates in it.  It's more like a yummy type coffee cake.   I should have a piece now!

With Fall here we are starting up our church freezer meals sessions again.  The first is targeted for October 8th.  I sent out a notice to everyone on my mailing list at church asking for their votes for favorites from last year to target for this first session.  Top votes so far are listed below along with a list of the meals we made this first year.  I'm looking forward to this next year....I need to start testing some new recipes...my husband will love it!

Top votes from last year:

Cajun Meat Loaf
Ham Loaf

Here's all the meals we cooked in 6 sessions last year:

October 2010

Chicken and Rice Casserole
Mozette
Honey-Glazed Chicken Thighs
Rice Pilaf
Tuna Noodle Casserole
Five-Spice Cookies

November 2010

Addie’s Baked Potato Casserole
Cajun Meat Loaf
Chicken Florentine
Beef Barley Soup
Asparagus and Potato Frittata
Addie’s Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

January 2011
Margarita Pork Chops
Island Rice
Ham Loaf
Man, Oh, Manicotti
Chicken Cordon Bleu
Apple Crisp

February 2011

Chicken spaghetti
Addie’s Chalupa
Beef Fajitas
Lentil, Ham and Barley Soup
Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits
Farmer’s Casserole
Orange Cookies

April 2011
Addie’s Chalupa
Addie’s Baked Potato Casserole
Honey-Glazed Chicken Thighs
Cheeseburger Boat
Chicken Ranch Pizza
Chocolate Lava Cakes

June 2011

Sweet Asian Chicken
Steak Kabobs with Orange Hoisin Glaze
Turkey Apple Burgers
Addie’s Version Dolly Parton’s Cowboy Beans
Jerk Chicken
Grilled Honey Lime Chicken
Father Tim’s Beef Tenderloin Seasoning
Double Tree Hotel Chocolate Chip Cookies – Adapted