7 Crock Pot Freezer Meals

After seeing all that is going on in the media I thought that it would not be such a bad idea to start making up some freezer meals and stocking up on good homemade meals that go from the freezer to the crock pot...As I was picking out and going threw my recipes I though you would like them as well... 

Scalloped Potatoes and Ham

12 new potatoes and cut into ¼ inch round slices or a large bag of frozen potatoes

2 cans of cream of your choice—I used potato

2 cans of water

2 ham steaks, cubed--we used turkey ham

8 oz cheddar cheese

4 cups of broccoli

salt and pepper

Directions:  Divide everything evenly into two containers.  Cook on low for 8 hours in your crock pot

Crock Pot Broccoli Cheese Soup

Serves 8

Ingredients:

42 oz frozen chopped broccoli florets (I bought 3 14 oz size bags)

3 10.75 oz cans of cheddar cheese soup

3 cans evaporated milk 

1 teaspoon of Garlic Powder

1.5 teaspoons of black pepper

1.5 cups of Chopped Onions

Cheddar Cheese (to top with)

Directions:

Place all ingredients except cheddar cheese into slow cooker.  Cook on low 4-6 hours or high for 2-3 hours.  Top with cheddar cheese.

Freezer to Slow Cooker Direction

1. Chop 1.5 cups of onion (about 2 medium)
2. Place all ingredients except cheddar cheese and frozen broccoli into gallon size freezer safe bag.
3. Get bag out of freezer the night before you plan to cook it.
4. The next morning, add contents of bag and the frozen broccoli to the slow cooker.
5. Stir.  Follow cooking directions above.

Beef Stroganoff

• 2 pounds of cubed beef stew meat or 4 cups of cooked ground beef
• 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 2 T Worcestershire sauce
• ½ c water
• 1 c. sour cream
• 2T minced garlic
• packet of onion soup mix
• chopped mushrooms (optional)
• egg noodles (to serve over the day you cook)

Instructions

1. Cook meat & let it cool. Add all ingredients to a gallon size freezer bag except egg noodles. Seal and place in freezer. When ready to use thaw in fridge overnight. Cook on low for 4-6 hours. Serve over egg noodles.

HAWAIIAN CHICKEN 

INGREDIENTS

• 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tsp. mustard
• 1/2 cup crushed pineapple with juice
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 can pineapple chunks

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Mix all ingredients together
2. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes or stew in slow cooker for 4-6 hours. For the last 20 minutes of cooking time, dump in 1 can pineapple chunks, without the juice. Cook remaining 20 minutes.
3. Serve over rice.
4. **FREEZING DIRECTIONS: PLACE CHICKEN IN FREEZER BAG. POUR SAUCE MIXTURE OVER CHICKEN IN BAG. FREEZE.

Crock Pot Mongolian Beef

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2  pounds beef flank steak, cut into stir fry sized strips
• 2 Tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoons minced ginger
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 3/4 cup soy sauce
• 3/4 cup water
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1/2 cup shredded carrots
• 3 medium green onions, chopped

Directions:

Coat flank steak pieces in cornstarch.  Add remainder of ingredients to crockpot and stir well to combine. Place flank steak into the crockpot and cook on high for 2-3 hours or on low for 4-5 hours.  Serve over rice or noodles, if desired.

Freezing Directions:

Coat flank steak in cornstarch. Combine remaining ingredients and place in freezer bag.  Add steak to bag. Label and freeze,  To serve: Thaw. Cook in crockpot on high for 2-3 hours or low for 4-5 hours.

Servings: 4

 Creamy Ranch Pork Chops and Potatoes
Ingredients:
1 1/2 lbs pork chops, boneless (about 4-6 chops, thick sliced)
6-8 medium potatoes, chopped into large pieces
2 (10.75 oz each) cans cream of chicken soup
2 (1 oz each) packages dry Ranch dressing mix
1 cup milk
Dried parsley to sprinkle on top (optional)

Directions:
In a bowl, mix together the soups, milk, and ranch dressing mixes and pour into a resealable gallon-sized freezer bag. Combine all other ingredients together and zip closed.
When ready to eat, remove from freezer and thaw in fridge for 24 hours. Cook on HIGH for 3-4 hours or LOW for 6-7 hours.
Use the extra sauce in the slow cooker as a gravy for the potatoes and the pork chops. Sprinkle with dried parsley if you want.

Crock Pot Beef and Mushrooms
Ingredients:
3 lbs stew meat, cubed
1 (10.75 oz) can cream of mushroom soup
2 (4 oz each) cans mushrooms, with liquid
1/2 cup apple juice
1 (1 oz) packet dry onion soup mix

Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a resealable gallon-sized freezer bag. Zip closed.
When ready to eat, remove from freezer and thaw in fridge for 24 hours. Cook on HIGH for 6 hours or LOW for 10 hours.
Serve over rice.

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How to make a Windshield Shade Solar Funnel Oven

Materials needed:

A reflective accordion-folding car sunshade

A Cake rack (or wire frame or grill)

 (4 ½ in.) of Velcro

Black pot

Bucket or plastic wastebasket

A plastic baking oven bag 

A oven thermometer 

1. Lay the sunshade out with the notched side toward you, as above.
2. Cut the Velcro into three pieces, each about 1 ½ inches long.
3. Hand sew one half of each piece, evenly spaced, onto the edge to the left of the notch; sew the matching half of each piece onto the underneath size to the right of the notch, so that they fit together when the two sides are brought together to form a funnel. (see below)  Note:  I first tried sewing these on a sewing machine, but found it cut through the reflective material.
4. Press the Velcro pieces together, and set the funnel on top of a bucket or a round or rectangular plastic wastebasket.
5. Place a black pot on top of a square cake rack, placed inside a plastic baking bag.  A standard size rack (10 in.).  This is placed inside the funnel, so that the rack rests on the top edges of the bucket or wastebasket.  Since the sunshade material is soft and flexible, the rack is necessary to support the pot.  It also allows the suns rays to shine down under the pot and reflect on all sides.  If such a rack is not available, a wire frame could be made to work as well.  Note: the flexible material will squash down around the sides of the rack.
   
   
   
   
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Turkey & Stuffing Jar Meal

I Call This My Holiday Meal In a Jar

Turkey & Stuffing

1 cup of FD Turkey or Chicken

6 Tablespoons chicken Gravy Mix

1 1/2 cup Stove Top Stuffing (In the canister that is seasoned)

1/4 cup Dehydrated Carrots

1/4 cup Dehydrated Celery

1/4 cup Dehydrated Onion

1/4 cup Craisins (Ocean Spray)

Layer ingredients in a 1 quart Mason jar and add Oxygen Absorber

or vacuum seal.

To make

Bring 4 cups of water to a boil add jar meal stir together and let sit for about 10

min...add more water if needed.

Resume cooking on simmer for about 20 -25 mins.

Homemade Chicken Gravy Mix

1 1/3 cups Thrive instant nonfat dry milk powder

3/4 cup instant flour (I use Wondra)

3 Tablespoons Chicken Bouillon powder (I use Watkins)

2 Tablespoons Dehydrated Butter Powder

1 teaspoon Poultry seasoning

1/8 teaspoon pepper

Combine all ingredients together and mix well

.

Divide into 4 ziploc baggies and label as Chicken Gravy mix and add directions to

complete.

Makes 4 gravy mixes

To make

1 cup of cold water and 1/2 cup of Gravy mix

whisking together over Medium heat until thick.

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