Freezer to Crock Pot: Weeks 3&4

Well, I am a *little* behind on these posts but better late than never! We have made all of the first round of the meals and for the most part had a lot of success with them! Here are the last of the meals we made:

Italian Chicken

Ingredients:

2-4 Chicken Breasts

1/2 - 1 whole bottle of Italian dressing

Prep Work:

Put chicken and dressing in a bag - simple as that! Label and put in freezer You don't even really need to pre-freeze this!

Cooking Instructions: 

Defrost the meal in the refrigerator 24 hours before cooking, or just place all ingredients in the crockpot the morning you want the meal. 

Cook on high for four hours or low for six-eight hours. If you do less chicken I recommend less time. This meal is delicious with a side of potatoes and salad :)

BBQ Pineapple Chicken

Ingredients:

2-4 Chicken Breasts

1 can of pineapple (any way you like it), DRAIN BEFORE PUTTING IN CROCK POT.

1/2 to 1 whole bottle of BBQ sauce

 Prep Work:

Freeze all but the pineapple, or you can make it the morning of the meal! Defrost the frozen meal if you make it ahead of time.

Cooking Instructions:

Place all ingredients, frozen and unfrozen in the crock pot. Cook on high for four hours or low for six-eight hours. If you do less chicken I recommend less time. We serve over rice and it makes for the perfect taste.

Sweet & Tangy Meatballs

Ingredients: 

1 (2 lb) bag of meatballs, frozen

12 oz jar chili sauce

16-18 oz jar of grape jelly

Prep Work:

Mix chili sauce and jelly in a bowl until well mixed. Put meatballs and mixture in a freezer bag and label with meal and date.

Cooking Instructions:

Thaw in the fridge the night before, not necessarily for 24 hours.Put in crock pot and cook on high for 1- 2 hours, or low for 3-4 hours. We also ate this over rice and it was so good!

Chicken Tacos

Ingredients:

1 bag frozen chicken breast
2 cans Rotel
1 envelope of taco seasoning
2 pkgs taco shells

Prep Work:
Yet another meal that is so simple so you don't really have to freeze it, but I did. Place all ingredients minus the taco shells in a bag and freeze! Thaw overnight. 

Directions:
Place ingredients from freezer bag in crock pot. Cook on low for 6-8 hours or high for 3-4 hours. This was so good we ate it as tacos one night and then taco salad. It also smelled wonderful, so that means it is wonderful right?! Ha! We served normal taco toppings - shredded cheese, salsa, sour cream, lettuce... so make sure you have these on hand.  

I made a few repeat meals these weeks, but I am not re-posting them. You can find them in my other freezer to crock pot posts :) All of the meals in this post were so simple and made several times already! They are actually simple enough that they don't have to be frozen before hand, but that does make it easier if you have limited time in the morning to place it in the crockpot.

My friend and I are going to do another round of freezer meals before Rhory comes. I can't guarantee I will be able to keep up with meal reviews, but I will try :) This saved us a good amount off of our grocery bills so we liked that part the best!

Ashlyn