Today’s recipe comes from the cookbook Make-Ahead Meals For Busy Moms by Jane Doiron. I know that many of you that follow my blog fit into the “busy mom” category and I am pretty sure that the rest of you fit into the “busy” category. So I was excited to check this cookbook out . There were lots of great recipes in the book, but I decided to give the Chive and Onion Potato Casserole a try. I know that I am always looking for quick and easy side dishes that can be made from scratch instead of relying on a box or package of something or throwing some frozen veggies in the microwave.
This recipe doesn’t require a lot of ingredients. However, one of the ingredients really caught my eye, a container of chive and onion cream cheese. Mashed potatoes mix with chive and onion sour cream sounded delish. Don’t know why I haven’t tried that before. Now Jane’s recipe is suppose to be made ahead of time and then cooked in the oven before serving. I didn’t have time for that the day I made it so I just served it immediately and sprinkled it with the cheese.
So not only was Jane nice enough to send me a copy of her cookbook, but she is going to send one of you a copy as well. To enter the giveaway, head on over to this link and check out the table of content’s for Jane’s book. Then come back here and leave a comment with which recipe you would want to try from Make Ahead Meals for Busy Moms. You have until Sunday February 14 at midnight (MST) to enter. The winner will be notified on Monday by email.
Chive and Onion Potato Casserole
- 3 lbs. russet potatoes, peeled and sliced
- 3/4 cup reduced fat chive and onion cream cheese (I used the whole 8 oz. container)
- 2 Tbsp butter
- 3 Tbsp milk (add more if need for desired consistency)
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1 cup cheddar cheese
A day ahead
- In a medium sauce pan, boil potatoes until tender (about 20-25 minutes).
- Drain potatoes and place in a large mixing bowl. Add cream cheese, butter, pepper, and milk.
- Mix on medium speed (or with a potato masher) until smooth and well blended. Add more milk if need for desired consistency.
- Pour mixture into a sprayed 8 x8 x 2 inch baking dish. Top evenly with cheese. Cover and refrigerate.
Cooking Directions
- Remove casserole from the refrigerator 30 minutes prior to baking.
- Bake uncovered in a 350 degree oven for 30-40 minutes. Serves 5-6.
ooh, i’d love to try the breakfast burritos because i’m usually scrambling to pack our breakfast-at-work bags in the morning. it would be great to have something like this ready ahead of time.
Baked Chicken Chimichungas
I almost couldn’t decide where I would start if I were to make something. The mini pecan pie muffins sound like a great sweet treat! Chicken burgers with mac and cheese as well, to make ahead…hhmm, I wanna know how that is going to taste!? Hope I get a chance…
I’d love to try so many of the choices, but especially the chicken chimichangas, I’ve never found a recipe I just love.
Taco Lasagna sounds like a recipe we would like. We love mexican food as well as lasagna so it sounds like a winning combination. I am also going to try this Chive and Onion Potato Casserole. It sounds delicious.
I’d like to try the baked chicken chimichangas
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I would be trying the meatball and gravy in a crockpot.
The make ahead coffeecake or the cheesy pasta(especially if that is the photo shown)!
Wow – so many good recipes. The make ahead coffee cake would be great to take to work.
Everything sounds yummy! I would love to try the Thai Chicken Thighs.
I’d love to try the Make Ahead Coffee Cake!
I would love to try the Thai Chicken Thighs. Thai food is one of my favorites and t his would be one to add to my repertoire of cooking.
I would definitely like to try the Seafood Quiche. There are many more that look good that I would try. Too many to list!
I’d love to try the blueberry squares!
I would like to try the blueberry squares. My boys love blueberries.
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I would try the make ahead coffee cake! Actually there are a lot of recipes I would love to try!
My favorite vaction was to Washington DC. It was there that I first had Chicken Marsala. Oh my was I in love. Ever since I have been on the search for the perfect Chicken Marsala recipe. So the recipe I would choose to make is Chicken Marsala with a Twist.
Italian Cookies! Yummy!
Oh, I’d love to try the Chicken and Spinach Tortellini Soup! Yummy!
I thought i’d choose a breakfast recipe but then I saw the chicken canneloni. It is something I’ve eaten out and like but never made at home.
Chicken Cannelloni–never had it before until at a restaurant the other night, it was great. I was wanting to try making it myself.
The Italian Restaurant Chicken looks tasty!
Ahhh, chicken piccata would be my first choice.
How do you choose though? So many sound so good.
I think my family would love the Italian Restaurant Chicken. They all look SO good!
WOW! It’s hard to pick just one recipe! They all sound wonderful…..so I’ll just say “Baked Chicken Chimichanga” for now, because I have never had a chimichanga that wasn’t deep fried. This sounds very intriguing!
The Taco pie sounds super yummy. My kids and hubby always go nuts for taco anything. =)
I’d love to try the Chicken Marsala with a Twist. My husband loves Chicken Marsala and I never make it. Thanks for sharing the recipe and for the giveaway!
I think the pumpkin coffee cake sounds great. I love anything with pumpkin. I would also like to make the coffee cake with apple pie filling. I bet it is so moist. YUM!!
Really hard to pick just one, but think I would start with the Baked Chicken Chimichangas. My family loves mexican!
I love zucchini so I’d love to try the zucchini parmesan! Although, everything in the cookbook sounds wonderful!
I just bought a cookbook a few days ago that is make ahead and freeze meals. I didn’t see this one there, but it’s important when I look at the table of contents to see meals that sound appealing.
I would love to make the Chicken Cordon Bleu and breakfast items made ahead would make school mornings so much more easy, so I’d love to make all of those!
Cookbook sounds great. i work and have 5 children with 4 of them being boys with big appetites. I want to try many recipes but the Taco pie and chicken parmesean are sounding great. Also, want to try the pumpkin coffee cake as we all love pumpkin! J
I want to try chicken marsala with a twist! I’m always looking for a good marsala recipe and if it’s easy, even better!
This looks like an awesome cookbook. The blueberry bread looks so good. I also thought baked chimichangas sound great!
Chicken and Spinach Stuffed Shells!! That sounds soooooooooo good! These potatoes look sooo yummy!
These recipes sound tasty! I think I would start with the sausage calzones…and then move onto dessert!
I’m always looking for new things to try a dinner. My family loves Mexican food, so I’d have to try the baked chicken enchiladas for sure!
I would like to try the crab melts
oh my, the stuffed mushrooms look wonderful!
Mmm sausage dip and the baked chicken chimichangas!
The Hawaiian Bread for sure… anything about Hawaii makes me happy
Oh, I think the rhubarb struesel bread would be a winner. The guys at work always request rhubarb desserts in the spring, but I have two bags stashed in the freezer!
Oh yummy! Love the spuds, and dressed up-even better!
Hmmm…what recipe doesn’t sound delish!?! I think the taco lasagna sounds yummy and different. I would definitely want to try that one. I am a huge freezer meal mom…I spend a day cooking and enjoy almost a months worth of stress free meal times and am always looking for yummy new recipes. I definitely need to check out this book! Thanks for sharing!
There are so many recipes I would want to try, but the Blueberry Bread and the Mini Pecan Pie Muffins caught my attention right away!
I would try the Baked chicken Chimi. and the Chicken Marsala with a twist. those both sound yummy and potentially on the healthier side.
Hawaiin coleslaw sounds yummy to me!
I would like to try the teriyaki chicken.
Freezable lemon bars- because they are my favorite!
The entire cookbook sounds wonderful- thanks for the chance to win it.
The Chicken and Spinach Tortellini Soup sounds awesome!
Angel Food Cake! It’s my fav and a must on my birthday.
I would like to try the Zucchini Apple Bread, it sounds TASTY!!
I would love to try most of those recipes, but the Italian Cookies look new and different.
Pumpkin Coffee Cake! Sounds delish
I definately would have to try a lot of them but I am really interested in the Taco Lasagna. I also was interested in the Haddock fish recipe. I am completely clueless when it comes to fish recipes. These look amazing. Thanks.
Taco lasagna or Taco pie would be right at the top of the first to make list! What a great book!!
The pictures of the Italian Restaurant Chicken and Chicken Cannelloni looked really good, but I am sure I would want to try LOTS of those recipes!
I’m an appetizer gal….mushrooms for me!
I need to try the Italian Restaurant Chicken – Y-U-M!!! What a great book!
Mini meatloaves with the mashed potato casserole!
The baked chicken chimichangas. Yummy!
Baked chicken chimichangas! Yummy!
I would definitely try the bruschetta, I’m a huge fan!
Chicken Tortellini Tetrazzini
I would probably try either the mini meatloaves or the chicken noodle soup.
I would love to try the Stuffed Beef Tenderloin. Sounds so yummy. This cookbook looks grat. I am feeling Lucky (haha).
Oh my…it all looks and sounds so good. I do have to say the picture of that blueberry bread looks amazing!
I would make the mini meatloaves. If I was to win I would have to regift this to a friend that works so many hours during the week that she has to make ahead all her meals. She would LOVE this cookbook!! I would first have to check out the cookbook before I passed it on.
I think the Thai Chicken Thighs sound great! If I could find asian food that was quick and my kids liked-heaven!
I think I would love the Honey Mustard Salmon!
Baked Chicken Chimichangas sound great. Always good to have a healthy baked alternative to a yummy fried dish!
I would love to try the Chicken and Spinach Tortellini Soup. For some reason that really caught my eye. But the crab melts also sound very good.
mmm…everything in that book sounds amazing–especially those appetizers! i’d love to see the recipe for steak fajitas! i haven’t found a recipe that i absolutely love yet…it might just be what we’re looking for!
I would probably make the Thai Chicken Thighs… I’m always looking for new and easy Thai and Indian recipes!
Thanks for all you great recipes!! My family loved, loved, loved the sugar cookie bars. I think I would like to try the recipe for baked chicken chimichangas.
Ooo… I would make the stuffed mushrooms. I’ve always wanted to try making them, but they seem too fancy.
I would love to try the Crab Melts because I am in love with crab and always on the lookout for a good appetizer.
I’ve seen a few other bloggers talk about this book, and everyone seems to really like it! If I don’t win, I might have to buy it! I’d love to try the chicken stroganoff recipe – sounds interesting!
Oh yum! Everything sounds so delicious! I would love to try out the stuffed mushroom appetizer recipe. Stuffed mushrooms are MY kind of candy! ; D
I would love to try the Baked Chicken Chimichangas. Sounds so good and I love Mexican food!
I would try the broiled honey mustard salmon. I love salmon!
Broiled Honey Mustard Salmon! Trying to eat fish 3 times a week, you need a little variety
Broiled Honey MUstard Salmon. Trying to eat fish 3 times a week, you need some good variety
I want to try the Lemonade Cake! Dreaming of warm weather
I would love to try the Italian Wedding Soup!! It’s one of my favorites, but I’ve never tried to make it before.
Chicken Cordon Bleu! SOunds divine and looks like an amazing cookbook!
I would love to try the bruschetta I love it but have never made it.
Wow … how do I pick just one? The Italian restaurant chicken really got me going … and then I saw the chicken canneloni right next to it … I have to admit I’m intrigued by the idea of “make-ahead meals” … it’s something I’ve never tried but I can see how it would take a lot of stress out of my work week.
The Chicken Tortellini Tetrazzini sounds like it would be a winner in my house. The Italian sub spirals sound fun too. Thanks for the great giveaway.
Lemon Lush sounds very intriguing! I’d also like to try her recipe for sloppy joes. =)
That looks SO good!!
I would definitely have to try the pumpkin coffee cake–although there are a lot of nice sounding recipes there!
I think the Thai Chicken Thighs sound delicious
The crab dip would be something I would like to try.
Steak Fajitas sounds yummy!
I would love everything but I am always looking for new pizza ideas so I thought the “itailan resturant pizza” looked yummy. We make pizza as a family about once a week and love to mix it up a little.
I would love to try the freezable lemon bars.
I want to say EVERYTHING because it all looks amazing. I’m really hoping I win this book, because if not, I will have to go buy it! I really want to try the teriyaki chicken wings!
Cheddar Cheese Soup sounds great! I love all soup, but I always love checking out different cheese soup recipes!
The Chicken Marsala with a Twist sounds fun as well as the mini cheesecakes! Yum!!
I would love to try the Broiled Honey Mustard Salmon, my little boy loves salmon.
The Broiled Honey Mustard Salmon sounds yummy!
So many of the recipes looked good. I would probably make the Cinnamon bread first or the Lemonade cake!
First the Hawaiian Bread, then the blueberry bread and then strawberry bread… I am always looking for breads to give as gifts and although zucchini bread is the most requested, I want to break out of that recipe and find new favorites!
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BBQ Pepper Jack Chicken.. sounds delicious!!
The Chicken Marsala with a twist catches my eye.
The Italian Restaurant Chicken is probably the top of my list, followed by many close seconds!
I would love to try the Italian restaurant chicken (among many others).
I think I would like to try the Chicken Cannelloni recipe along with many others!
Oh – so many choices! I think I’d go with either Mac & Cheese or the Chimichangas! They both sound super yummy!
I would try meatballs and gravy in the crockpot. My family loves meatballs!
OOOH! I think the Lemonade cake sounds soooo good!
I would Love Love Love to try the Macaroni and Cheese side dish. I always beat myself up when I make macaroni and cheese from the box because of all the additives and fat content. I’d love to make it from scratch and feel better about feeding it to my family.
Since I like trying new soups and that I love lentil soup I’d try this one : Sausage Lentil Soup
So many things sound good from this cookbook. My first thought was Baked Chicken Chimichangas,followed by so many others!
OMG! Everything! I definatley want to try her Zuchinni Sticks and we LOVE Mexican in our house so her Baked Chicken Chimis sound like a must!
Anything that has the words “warm” and “crab” in the same sentence always catches my eye, so I would try the “warm crab dip” first!
All look good, but since I like Chicken Marsala, I would love to try the “Chicken Marsala with a twist”. I’m really curious to know what the twist is!
Ooh there are so many recipes I would want to try. I love breakfast foods so I would say the blueberry bread.
the BBQ pepper jack chicken sounds good to me! i like anything w/ a little kick!
Chicken Cordon Bleu caughtmy eye since I love it, but want a recipe that is not complicated and time-consuming! This book looks wonderful! Thanks for your site!!! Found it recently and has been very much a blessing to me and my family! You’re awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Her Sausage Quesadillas sound fascinating! We live in Arizona and quesadillas are very popular in our region.
All of them look yummy but I love good mashed potatoes so I would have to go with your choice of the chive and onion potato casserole. YUM!
Love Mexican so I’d try Baked Chicken Chimichangas first!
Wow, I can’t think of just one. All the appetizers look good. If I had to pick one, I would probably pick the mashed potato casserole. I love anything that involves mashed potatoes!! I would love to win this book.
Gingerbread raisin loaf……… yum
Meatballs and Gravy in the Crock Pot sounds Yummy! So many others as well!
We’re snowed in and it looks like we will be for a couple more days. That’s why “Chicken and Spinach Tortellini Soup” caught my eye. There is nothing better than soup!
teriyaki chicken wings are a fave!