Remember a couple weeks ago when there was a really good beef roast sale? I used one of those beef stew starters on a busy week morning. I threw everything in the Crock-Pot before we left to face the day. During my son’s football practice my daughter and I ran to the grocery store and…
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2 Beef Freezer Meal Starter Kits
Safeway had a pretty good sale on beef roasts over the weekend and I decided to buy 3 of them (3.5-4.5 lbs each) to cut up for stew for our dinner and use what was left for a few freezer meals. Turns out there was enough to make 5 freezer meals and our dinner that…
10 Crock-Pot Freezer Meals
Good Morning! These are the 10 Crock-Pot freezer recipes that I’ve posted over the last few days in one big post. Most people liked the idea of having multiple blog posts but a few wanted one big post. Full disclosure! In the picture above I have two recipes of zesty chicken and didn’t do…
10 Crock-Pot Freezer Meals – Beef Recipes – Part 4 of 4
Here’s Part 4 of 4. If you’ve been asking yourself- where’s the beef? Today is your day! The kids are huge fans of the Mongolian Beef recipe. There’s something about putting in the fresh ginger that really pulls it all together. Mongolian Beef with Rice Ingredients for the freezer bag: 2 lbs. stew meat…
10 Crock-Pot Freezer Meals – Pork and Ham Recipes – Part 3 of 4
Pork roasts might be my favorite freezer meal to make. I think it’s because roasts just work beautiful in the slow cooker all day. We all know how to do pulled pork for a quick and easy dinner or family BBQ but here are a few new pork roast recipes that are pretty darn good….
10 Crock-Pot Freezer Meals – Chicken Recipes – Part 2 of 4
I’m going to kick off the recipes with the 3 chicken meals included in the set of 10 recipes. My favorite of the three is the zesty chicken. Chicken breasts can be tricky in Crock-Pot recipes because they can end up way over-cooked and well… let’s be honest… Mushy. Who wants mushy chicken for…
10 Crock-Pot Freezer Meals – Tips and Grocery List – Part 1 of 4
I’ve been a lover of the Crock-Pot since my early 20’s but it’s been since having my second kiddo that I started incorporating freezer cooking. For our dinners I like to do a combination of a couple freezer meals during the workweek for the busy days and then quick cooking meals for the other weeknights….
Pork Fajita Tacos
I tossed this into the crockpot on a Monday morning that I knew was going to be a busy week. It ended up being a delicious dinner that kept us happy for a few meals. We had tacos the night we cooked it then my husband took some for lunch in burritos (I had more…
Valentine's Special! Green Chili!
Green Chili is truly its own separate love language in our household. I have so many wonderful memories of trying different green chilis from different places with Mark as we started dating. It was the beginning of a wonderful future! Over the last few years we’ve played with the recipes from our Moms. Let’s Get…
Carnitas from the Crockpot?!
This is a two step process that starts with the crockpot and then ends in the oven to achieve that crispy carnitas texture. It was very tasty and a big hit to the kids because they could put whatever they wanted on theirs. Let’s Get Crafty: 3lb pork roast (I just bought whatever was on…
My Crafty Corner 