Slow Cooker Freezer Meals: Make 8 Meals in 1 Hour! If you are looking for MORE Slow Cooker Freezer Meals, be sure to check out our new post: 10 MORE Slow Cooker Freezer Mealsin 90 Minutes or Less! Well, this baby has still not made her appearance yet . . . But the extra days are giving me time to be a little more prepared! About a year ago, I was part of a "Freezer Meal Group Swap" in my neighborhood and once a month we would all get together and swap freezer meals. I would usually spend a couple of hours in the kitchen one Saturday a month, cooking up a storm and in the end, it was so nice to have 5-6 meals prepared that I didn't have to worry about for that next month. Unfortunately, our Freezer Meal Group no longer gets together and I just have not been motivated enough to make my own meals. But as my due date has gotten closer, I have been thinking about how nice it would be to just pull something out of the freezer and have all the work done for dinner.
However, some of the recipes that we tried were terrible. the recipe for each meal, Top 5 Freezer Meals. Freezer Cooking | Ring Around the Rosies. First of all, I promise this isn’t turning into a food blog But, I asked on facebook what you all would like me to post next, and sharing my first attempt at freezer cooking won the vote! If you want more freezer meal ideas, follow me on facebook now! So, yesterday I achieved my first ever attempt at “freezer cooking”. Stephanie, one of my favorite bloggers over at Mama and Baby Love did a post about it months ago, and I’ve wanted to do it ever since, but just haven’t taken the time. She just released her first E-Cookbook! YOU will love it! I wish I would’ve done it a lot sooner, because I found that in “not taken the time” I was actually wasting a lot of time! I was pretty happy with my results! And my favorite thing, I can control all of the ingredients to make them as healthy as I want.
So here is what I did…1) I made a list of my recipes. Yesterday, I made: 3)To start, I gathered all of the ingredients I needed. 4) Then, I chopped all of the veges first. Teriyaki Chicken Savory Chicken. Freezer Meal: Breakfast Burriotos - HotCouponWorld.comHotCouponWorld.com. If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our free email newsletter and be sure to check out our Couponing 101 series to get you started on how to learn how to save money using coupons! One of my goals for the new year is to do more freezer meals for my family. In looking over my spending habits for 2011 I can clearly see that our family spent entirely too much money eating out and I need to bring that down in 2012.
So the plan is, to make more meals at home and have items in my freezer ready to be warmed up or cooked for easy meals that don’t cost me a fortune. Even though I have a stockpile of food there are many days where I look and say “we don’t have anything to eat”. So, back to the goal….do more batch cooking and have options in my freezer ready to go for those days we don’t feel like cooking and are tempted to going out for dinner or grabbing a donut or muffin at the store. I hate cooking breakfast. Ingredients: Directions: Check out more delicious recipes ! Slow Cooker Freezer Meals: Make 8 Meals in 1 Hour! 10 Slow Cooker Freezer Meals in Less than 90 Minutes. Our first freezer meal post (8 Slow Cooker Freezer Meals in 1 Hour) was such a success and we have had so many requests for another post, so we wanted to share 10 more meals that you could make in about 90 minutes!
We also gave you more side dish suggestions for an easy way to complete the meal. We included another recipe sheet and shopping list that can be printed off (scroll down to the bottom and you will find them). Here are the 10 recipes that I used: Slow Cooker Black Bean and Corn Salsa ChickenIngredients: 2 (14 oz) cans black beans, drained and rinsed 2 (14 oz) cans corn, drained 1 (1 oz) package taco seasoning 1 lb chicken breasts 1 cup salsa 3/4 cup water Directions: Place all ingredients in resealable gallon-sized freezer bag. When ready to eat, remove from freezer and thaw in fridge for 24 hours. When finished cooking, shred chicken and serve over rice, with tortilla chips, over a salad, in tortilla shells, or wrapped in a soft tortilla (this meat is so versatile).
Side dish idea: A Turtle's Life for Me: Freezer Meals on the Cheap.