Looking for Make and Cook Later-type Meal Recipes

We have a friend who is undergoing chemo and want to make a few casseroles or something one-dish for her husband and kids (little). I'd love something that can be frozen so there is food there whenever they need it.

Really appreciate any imput at all, but really need recipes - if you have warming instructions, they would also be helpful (to be able to give to her husband) and as I am not much of a cook.

Thanks so much! Wendi

Spaghetti Casserole

 Chapter: main dishes

Makes 8 servings

    1/2 lb spaghetti, broken into pcs                              
    1 pound ground beef                                            
    1 onion, chopped                                               
    1 green pepper, chopped                                        
    2 cans diced tomatoes                                          
    1 can tomato soup                                              
    1 can creamed corn                                             
    1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce                              
    8 ozs shredded cheddar cheese                                  
    1 teaspoon garlic powder                                       

Preheat oven 350*.
Spray frying pan, 9x13 pan with Pam.

Cook spaghetti.
Drain; set aside.
Brown meat, onion and pepper; drain.
Put meat mixture in large bowl.
Add tomatoes, corn, soup, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper.
Add cheese and spaghetti.
Mix well.
Put into 9x13 pan.
Bake, covered for about 30 - 45 minutes.
Add more cheese on top; cook to melt 6 servings

NOTE:

These ingredients sound strange but this is a great casserole.
I don't break up spaghetti.  Too much trouble.
I cook it, then with a scissors cut it up into small pieces.This freezes well.  I cook the meat and spaghetti and mix everything else. Freeze in gallon zip loc bags laid flat on freezer bottom. Kids love this.
Mary

These recipes sound wonderful.....I would like to see some more!!

Folks, these people have small children, I doubt they would really apprciate mushroom puffs. They need casseroles with VEGETABLES in them, like green beans, peas, carrots, broccoli and such.

How abput some frozen French Toast for brrakfast. Pasties filled with meat and veggies, some small ones for small children to handle. I am on the run now so don't have time but the people over in RECIPES h will have lots of suggestions and recipes.

How about a manicotti, or Lasagne dish. If you need recipes let me know. I just sorta throw 4 different cheeses together add some spinach and walaah! Then put a meat sauce over it.

Chili, sloppy joes, soups, mac & cheese, tuna casserole, lasagna, pasta dishes with sauce+meat/veggies, there are a lot of dishes that can be done in the crockpot like chicken, pot roast, corned beef, brisket, pork roast that make a sauce & can be served over rice, noodles or potatoes, salad (fruit or tossed), raw veggies: carrot sticks, celery, cherry tomatoes - something they can eat w/sandwiches or casseroles.  I've made pizza loaves - just hollow out Italian bread & filI w/cooked ground beef, spaghetti sauce, onion/greenpepper/mushrooms, shredded cheese.  Or, I've made beef sandwiches by cooking the beef w/a little sauce & stuffing rolls with it & then wrapping them in aluminum foil to be reheated in the oven (can wrap them in waxed paper for reheating in the microwave.  love our seal-a-mealer....you can put the bags in a pot of boiling/simmering water & heat them up without dirting a pot.  I would think dishes that just need to be warmed up rather than ones that come with instructions on cooking.  And, with little kids...I'd keep it simple.  The last time I took some meals to someone recovering from surgery they seemed the happiest with an assortment of tea bags....I'm not sure how the patient's appetite is but maybe something like a fruit/nut bread or soup would appeal to them - along w/something heartier for the rest of the family.