I have been seeing so many recipes for 'freezer dinners'
around the internet lately and it looked like such a great idea
so I had to make some...
....this is my first attempt at frozen slow cooker meals...
I prepared a few of them a couple of weeks ago and took one out
this morning...it looked great...well frozen in the plastic zipper bag
and even the potatoes still looked as perfect as when I cut them up
and put them in the bag...
( Tip: if you put up meals for your freezer you probably want to add the
potatoes to the bag last as they will turn color if you do it too long
before freezing)
...here it is...I am loving it already...
I was exhausted the day I did all of this cleaning and chopping but today
I am feeling great about getting supper started at 9:00 in the morning...
we can go about our day and not worry about what to make tonight...
this is what I included in my dinners....the amounts are optional as to
how much you like of each ingredient...
Round steak
Potatoes
Onion
Carrots
Celery
....I put the bag in the microwave and defrosted it for 10 seconds and then put
it in the slow cooker....I then added 1/2 package of dry onion soup to the water
I put in...ohhh it smells so good already...
...shortly before we eat I plan to mix a package of low sodium
beef gravy into it...and some low sodium peas....
...and daa daaaaaa!
...hold on....I'm going to eat now!
ok...it was delicious....mostly healthy...and the only work involved today
was eating it and washing the slow cooker...
I plan to make up bunches of freezer meals now that I see how
wonderful they are....I will make some more with the round steak...
some with chicken (maybe with rice)...some with pork...
my head is racing with ideas...
(of course you can also pour these dinners into a pan and bake in the oven but
I love the convenience of my slow cooker)
I hope you all give this a try...I do mine using pretty simple ingredients because
that's the kind of cook I am...but if you like lots of spices and different flavors of
sauces etc. you can find many, many freezer recipes around the internet...
especially on Pinterest....
...my very first project next is to put macaroni salad ingredients in
a bag and freeze it so I can just take it out and add the mayonnaise...
I have been cooking and freezing macaroni for some time now...
I measure it out to one serving size and put in each bag...it's great and
we cannot see any difference in the taste or texture when we eat it...
enjoy!
