48 Crockpot Make Ahead Meals in Less Than an Hour

Ingredients for all the meals

Ready for the freezer

Vegetable soup with Beef

GROCERY LIST FOR ALL 48 SERVINGS

FRESH PRODUCE

• 8 small onions

• 24 oz baby spinach

MEAT

• 6 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts

• 6 pounds ground beef

 FROZEN ITEMS

• 2lb bag of vegetable potstickers

• 6 cups frozen mixed vegetables

SEASONINGS

• 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

• 2 teaspoons ground black pepper

• 2 teaspoons garlic powder

• 6 tablespoons Italian seasoning

• 3 teaspoons salt

• 1 cup dried minced onion flakes

• 5 teaspoons Montreal steak seasoning mix
16 teaspoons chicken bouillon granules

SAUCES

• 1.5 cups honey

• 1 cup soy sauce

• 1/2 cup ketchup

• 1 LARGE, GIANT can of tomato sauce (approx. 105oz)

MISC • 12 gallon-sized plastic freezer bags

• 12 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (3/4 cup)

NOT NEEDED UNTIL DAY OF COOKING

• 12 slices American cheese (for cheeseburgers) 

 • Suggested side dishes
  Asian Chicken and Potstickers – fresh broccoli
  Hearty Tomato Vegetable Soup - 4 loaves of frozen garlic bread                                                             Italian Chicken – spaghetti pasta
  Monster burgers- 12 hamburger buns and salad

 modified from newleafwellness.biz

 

CROCKPOT MONSTER BURGERS

Yield: 4  gallon-sized bag of burger meat with three servings in each bag

INGREDIENTS

 • 4 pounds ground beef (1 lb in each bag)

 • 1 cup dried minced onion flakes (1/4 cup each bag)

• 5 teaspoons Montreal steak seasoning mix (1 ¼ teaspoon each bag)

 • optional: slices of American cheese,  buns not needed until day of cooking

MATERIALS

• 4 gallon-sized plastic freezer bag

PREP

1. Label each freezer bag with”3 MONSTER BURGERS”. Write cooking instructions on bag. 

2. To your freezer bags, add all ingredients and squish to mix seasonings (except cheese, buns).

3. Remove as much air from the freezer bag as possible, seal, and lay flat in your freezer.

COOK

1. The night before cooking, move frozen bag to your refrigerator to thaw.

 2. The morning of cooking, add the meat to your crockpot and smooth it into a flat layer on the bottom of the crock.

3. Cook on medium setting for 6-8 hours, or until beef is cooked through.

4. Top with cheese and replace lid for 10 minutes or until melted.

5. Slice into 3 burgers and discard grease. Serve on hamburger buns with a side salad.

CROCKPOT ITALIAN CHICKEN

Yield: 2 bags of Italian Chicken with three servings each

 INGREDIENTS

• 2 onions, diced (1 onion in each bag)

• 8oz fresh baby spinach (about 2 handfuls each bag)

• 4 ½ cups tomato sauce (2 ¼ cup each bag)

• ½ teaspoon of garlic powder (1/4 t each bag)

• 1/2 cup honey (1/4 c each bag)

• 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (2 T each bag)

• 2 tablespoons Italian seasonings (1 T each bag)

 • 1 teaspoon salt (1/2 t each bag)

 • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper (1/4 t each bag)

 • 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (¼ t each bag)

 • 2 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts (1 lb each bag)

 MATERIALS

 • 2 gallon-sized plastic freezer bags

PREP

 1. Label your freezer bags with ITALIAN CHICKEN.

2. To your freezer bag, add all ingredients, chicken last, so it’s on the bottom when you pour into crockpot

3. Remove as much air from the freezer bag as possible, seal, and lay flat in your freezer.

 COOK

1. The night before cooking, move frozen bag to your refrigerator to thaw.

2. The morning of cooking, pour contents of freezer bag into your crockpot.

3. Cook on “MEDIUM” setting for 4-6 hours, or until chicken is cooked through. Serve with spaghetti and a salad.

CROCKPOT HEARTY TOMATO VEGETABLE SOUP

Yield: 4, one-gallon sized bag of vegetable soup (2 chicken, 2 beef) with 6 servings each

INGREDIENTS

 • 9 cups tomato sauce (2 ¼ cups each bag)

 • 6 cups frozen mixed veggies{1.5 cups frozen mixed vegetables each bag)

 •8 oz. spinach (2oz each bag, about 1 handful)

•4 onions, diced (1 each bag)

• 4 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil (1 T each bag)

• 1 teaspoon garlic powder (1/4 t each bag)

 • 4 tablespoon Italian seasoning (1 T each bag)

• 2 teaspoons salt (1/2 t each bag)

 • 1 teaspoon pepper (1/4 each bag)

• 2 lbs chicken and 2 lbs ground beef (1 lb each bag)

 • 16 teaspoons of chicken stock (4 t each bag)

 MATERIALS

•4 gallon-sized plastic freezer bag

PREP

 1. Label your freezer bag with” CHICKEN (or BEEF) VEG SOUP”, cooking instructions,

2. To your freezer bag, add all ingredients. Add the meat to the freezer bag  last so it’s the first ingredient poured into your crockpot.

 3. Remove as much air from the freezer bag as possible, seal, and lay flat in your freezer.

COOK

1. The night before cooking, move frozen bag to your refrigerator to thaw.

2. The morning of cooking, pour contents of freezer bag into your crockpot with 4 cups of water.

3. Cook on “medium” setting for 8 hours, or until meat is cooked through and vegetables are soft.

4. Break apart ground beef or shred chicken.

Serve with garlic bread or a scoop of rice.

Crockpot Asian Chicken and Vegetable Potstickers

Yield: 2 gallon-sized bag of chicken and potstickers with three servings each

INGREDIENTS

• 2 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts (1 lb each bag)

 • 2 pound of frozen vegetable potstickers (1 lb each bag)

• 2 small onions, diced (1 onion each bag)

• 1 cup honey (I/2 cup bag)

 • 1 cup low sodium soy sauce (1/2 c each bag)

 • 1/2 cup ketchup (1/4 c each bag)

 • 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (2 each bag)

 • ½ teaspoon garlic powder (1/4 t each bag)

 • 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes ¼ t each bag

• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper (1/4 each bag)

MATERIALS • 2 gallon-sized plastic freezer bag

 PREP 1. Label your freezer bag with "ASIAN CHICKEN W POTSTICKERS”, cooking instructions

2. To your freezer bags, add all ingredients.

3. Remove as much air from the freezer bag as possible, seal, and lay flat in your freezer for up to three months.

 COOK

1. The night before cooking, move frozen bag to your refrigerator to thaw.

2. The morning of cooking, pour contents of freezer bag into your crockpot.

3. Cook on “medium” setting for 6 hours, or until chicken is cooked through.

Serve with steamed broccoli.