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the pie crust to about half its original thickness and form a rectangle. Spread the sausage mixture along the long end of the rectangle. Beginning at the end with the sausage, roll the pie crust up like a jelly roll.
    In a small bowl, mix the egg and milk. Brush around the outside of the roll with the egg mixture. Cut into 2-inch pieces and flash freeze. Transfer to a freezer bag.
    Reheating Instructions
    Bake frozen sausage rolls at 400°F for 15–20 minutes, or until they are golden brown.
    PER SERVING
    Calories: 384 | Fat: 29g | Protein: 16g | Sodium: 640mg | Carbohydrates: 14g | Fiber: 1g
    Bake Beautiful Rolls
    When you brush them with an egg and milk mixture before baking, the rolls bake shiny with a beautiful golden color.
Sweet and Savory Mini Meatballs
    NO DEFROSTING NEEDED!
    INGREDIENTS | SERVES 6–8
    1 batch Basic Meatballs (Chapter 15)
    1 cup ketchup
    ½ cup brown sugar
    ½ teaspoon yellow mustard
    Freezing Day
    Make meatball recipe and form into 2″ balls. In separate bowl, mix ketchup, brown sugar, and mustard. Roll each meatball in prepared sauce and place on a baking sheet. Flash freeze and transfer to freezer bag.
    Reheating Instructions
    Place frozen meatballs in oven at 350°F and bake for 30 minutes.
    PER SERVING
    Calories: 624 | Fat: 31g | Protein: 49g | Sodium: 879mg | Carbohydrates: 35g | Fiber: 1g
    Meatball Making Tips
    No time to make meatballs? Try buying frozen mini meatballs and adding your own sauce. If you do make your own meatballs, use a melon scoop for mini meatballs or an ice cream scoop for larger ones. Your meatballs will be uniform in size and your hands are spared the mess!
Sweet Smokin' Smokies
    These little sausages are always a hit. Vary this recipe a bit by wrapping each Little Smokie in half of a refrigerated crescent roll and spreading the sauce on the dough. Follow package directions for baking.
    INGREDIENTS | SERVES 8–10
    2 (16-ounce) packages cocktail smokies
    1 cup barbecue sauce
    ¼ cup brown sugar
    ½ teaspoon liquid smoke
    Freezing Day
    In skillet, brown cocktail smokies over medium-high heat for 5–7 minutes. In separate bowl, mix the barbecue sauce, brown sugar, and liquid smoke. Put sauce in freezer bag, add cocktail smokies, and mix. Freeze.
    Reheating Instructions
    Defrost cocktail smokies in refrigerator overnight. Put in saucepan and heat for 25–30 minutes over medium heat, or in slow cooker on low for 2 hours. Serve with toothpicks.
    PER SERVING
    Calories: 131 | Fat: 5g | Protein: 2g | Sodium: 418mg | Carbohydrates: 19g | Fiber: 0g
    Dress Up Your Platters
    Are your appetizer trays looking a little bare? Try dressing them up with some color! Add fluffy greens around the outside of the tray or underneath the appetizers. Put cherry tomatoes with complementary appetizers. Cheese is a simple way to brighten up any appetizer tray and remains a favorite.
Sesame Shrimp Toast
    NO DEFROSTING NEEDED!
    INGREDIENTS | SERVES 6
    6 slices white bread
    8 ounces cooked shrimp, peeled
    2 tablespoons water chestnuts, finely chopped
    1 egg white
    ½ teaspoon garlic, minced
    ½ teaspoon sesame oil
    ½ teaspoon fresh ginger, minced
    2 tablespoons scallions, minced
    1 tablespoon sesame seeds
    Freezing Day
    Remove crusts from bread, cut diagonally into 4 pieces and toast lightly. In a food processor, combine shrimp, water chestnuts, egg white, garlic, sesame oil, and ginger. Pulse 5–10 times, but do not purée. Stir in scallions.
    Spread shrimp mixture on the toasted bread slices, and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Flash freeze and transfer to a Tupperware container.
    Re-heating Instructions
    Cook frozen Shrimp Toast at 400°F for 10–15 minutes.
    PER SERVING
    Calories: 170 | Fat: 2.8 g | Protein: 10 g | Sodium: 202 mg | Carbohydrates: 25g | Fiber: 1g
    Dim Sum
    Shrimp Toast is a Chinese dish often included in Dim Sum. Dim sum (which means “heart warmers”) consists of a variety of both sweet and savory snacks that are shared with pots of tea. In restaurants, the freshly cooked dim