48 baked make ahead Recipes

italian sausage (mild or hot ), olive oil (optional), onions, coarsely chopped, garlic cloves, minced, sweet red pepper, coarsely chopped, meatless extra chunky pasta sauce, tomato sauce, dried basil, oregano, fennel seed, penne pasta, fresh spinach (trimmed and coarsely chopped ), shredded provolone cheese or 3 cups mozzarella cheese, grated asiago cheese or 1 cup parmesan cheese

sliced potatoes, packaged and refrigerated, smoked sausage, onion, chopped, green bell pepper, chopped, red bell pepper, chopped, garlic cloves, cheddar cheese, shredded, mozzarella cheese, shredded, eggs, milk, salt and pepper

all purpose flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, baking soda, butter, softened, brown sugar, sugar, vanilla (go ahead and make it a full teaspoon!!), egg, toasted coconut (2 oz), chopped macadamia nuts (3-1/2 oz ), milk chocolate chips

red potatoes (key ingredient for this, as they are much moister than russets), each wrapped in foil and baked until done (400 degrees for about 1 hour, just until soft when gently squeezed). when done, remove from foil and let them set out to cool down enough to handle, or make them ahead of time and keep in refrigerator (once cooled) until ready to use., smoked ham, cubed into bite size pieces (ask the deli to slice a 3/4 slice of smoked ham if you don tsp have any ham leftovers to use - be sure to use smoked, not honey, ham), tb butter, tb flour, teapsoon garlic powder (don tsp use garlic salt since there s plenty of salt in the ham and butter - you can mince a couple fresh garlic cloves, if you prefer), crazy mixed-up salt (about 1 tsp), pepper (about 1/2 tsp), half-and-half (gives you a richer sauce than milk), grated gruyere cheese, grated velvetta cheese, some thin butter slivers for topping

butter, fresh sliced mushrooms, green onion, sliced, raw shrimp, shelled,deveined, white bread, pesto sauce (store bought ), swiss cheese, shredded, crabmeat, drained well, artichoke hearts, drained,quartered, eggs, milk, salt, cayenne pepper

frozen hash browns, chopped onion, cream of celery soup or 1 (10 3/4 oz) can cream of mushroom soup, sour cream, grated cheddar cheese, melted butter or 3/4 cup margarine, crushed corn flakes