Frozen Crock Pot Recipes

VelociMama · January 2013

A friend of mine directed me to this idea, and I found this blog via google while researching a few recipes.

The idea is to pre-bag several meals that can be quickly thawed and thrown into a crock pot serving a whole family meal. The idea is to spend time prepping the food one day, freeze in individual gallon-size freezer bags, then just defrost and slow cook it for nutritious, inexpensive, and tasty dinners for weeks.

I thought this idea was very creative and would be useful for large families or people on the go.

http://whoneedsacape.com/2012/11/crockpot-freezer-cooking/

This blog contains 40 meals that are prepped in 4 hours then frozen.

If you have any more ideas to add to the list, please share them here.

Happymom12 · January 2013

thanks for sharing and great idea. It is good for smaller families like mine too you just divide the recipes up more and have small portions frozen.

MB_Positif · January 2013

Thank you! I need this so badly for my upcoming surgery. I can see it now, if I don't prep some things like this, my poor kid will be eating only chicken nuggets and pb & j for weeks!

Debbe2 · January 2013

Large families and people on the go, hmmm looks like I fall into both categories and love this idea! Thanks for sharing! :flowerforyou:

VelociMama · January 2013

Thank you! I need this so badly for my upcoming surgery. I can see it now, if I don't prep some things like this, my poor kid will be eating only chicken nuggets and pb & j for weeks!

I'm doing it before the baby comes so I can just pop these into the crock pot and not rely on junk food during recovery and while my family is here visiting.

Great idea for surgery prep also!

geecee77 · January 2013

Bump!

orapronobis · January 2013

I love my crock pot. Other good sources for these make-ahead recipes are crockingirls.com, skinnytase.com, and pinterest.com.

parys1 · January 2013

That sounds a lot like the big cook. I've done it with friends and it was a blast. We shopped together, prepped together and divvied up the spoils. It was awesome.

http://thebigcook.com/

There are cookbooks with the recipes, too.

Car0lynnM · January 2013

do a search for freezer cooking on Amazon, and you'll see tons of books on the topic. I am 'freezer cooking' this weekend. Lasagna, Mexican lasagna, beef strogonoff, and beef patties have all gone in the freezer yesterday. today, I am going to make sides (mostly potatoes cause it's what the hubby likes). Maybe a shepherd's pie, and chicken and beef stir fry meat. No kids, or specific reason to do it. I just enjoy spending a great deal of time cooking (seriously) and it gives me week nights free. It's awesome to see your freezer stocked full of food ready to heat up and eat.