Having meals prepped and ready to that you can just dump in the crockpot is one of the best ways to plan ahead of meals. You can add all of the ingredients into the freezer bags, store them in the freezer and then dump them into the crockpot to cook as needed.
Crockpot Freezer Meals
If you are needing to get some meals prepped easily so you have them on hand and ready to go when things are busy you will love being able to prep 16 meals in about an hour that you can then just dump in the crockpot and cook as needed.
With all of our recipes the salt and pepper is left for to taste most of the time as many people have different preferences when it comes to flavor.
Each of these meals feeds my family of 6 if you have a larger family then you will want to pull 2 bags at a time. You can easily double this shopping list to make double the meals if you want to.
Serving Freezer Meals
Normally make other things to go along with them that are easy and fast to make. Salad is always an option at our dinner table.
For things like tacos and fajitas we always have the normal toppings that we enjoy. Those are added as optional to the shopping list.
Crockpot Freezer Meals Recipe
With this Freezer Meal plan you will end up with 16 meals. 4 Chicken and Rice Casserole, 2 Crockpot Taco Meat, 2 Crockpot Chili, 2 Crockpot Chicken Fajitas, 2 Crockpot Sausage and Peppers and 4 Chicken Cacciatore.
Crockpot Freezer Meal Recipe Ingredients
Head on over here to get the Printable Shopping List. 
Meat Shopping List
- 6 pounds Ground Beef
- 15 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 4 pounds Italian Sausage
Veggies Shopping list
- 8 heads of broccoli or 4 bags of frozen broccoli
- 16 bell peppers
- 12 large onions
- 28 ounces mushrooms
Pantry Shopping list
- 2 15 ounce cans Black Beans
- 4 15 ounce cans Red Kidney Beans
- 2 packets Taco Seasoning
- 3 cans cream of celery soup
- 5 cans cream of mushroom soup
- 2 14 ounce boxes white rice
- 3 28 ounce cans tomato sauce
- 4 15.5 ounce cans pasta sauce
- 8 14.5 ounce cans diced tomatoes
- 2 4.5 ounce cans green chili peppers
Refrigerated Section shopping list
- 4 pounds cheddar cheese
- 4 cups grated Parmesan Cheese
Spices Needed
- Cumin
- Chili powder
- Cayenne pepper
- Salt
- pepper
- Oregano
- Garlic powder
- Onion powder
- paprika
- Goya All purpose seasoning
Additional items needed for toppings and serving Meals
- 4 boxes spaghetti noodles
- 4 packages hard or soft taco shells
- 2 boxes cornbread mix
- 2 pounds shredded cheddar cheese
- Tomatoes
- Lettuce
- Avocados
- Sour cream
- Hoagie Rolls
How to Make Freezer to Crockpot Meals
Set up your kitchen area by sections. In one section have the meats, in another have the veggies and another the canned items.
Wash all of your veggies and cut all of your meats.
Following the Recipe directions fill gallon size freezer bags with the ingredients for each recipe. Label each bag with what each bag containers and the cooking instructions.
Squeeze the air out of the freezer bags and lay them flat in the freezer.
When making the freezer to crockpot recipes, remove them from the freezer the night before to thaw and cook as each recipe states or remove that day and add extra cook time.
Comments & Reviews
ROBYN WHYSONG says
HOW MANY SERVINGS DOE EACH RECIPE MAKE
MidgetMomma says
we are a family of 5 and each bag is enough for us and sometimes there are left over depending on how hungry people are 🙂
Amy Brown says
This is wonderful- thank you. And literally couldn’t have come at a better time!
Nicole says
Hi:
For the chicken & broccoli…Can it be minute rice? or just bagged long grain regular rice??
Tom says
We havent tried with with minute rice we use the regular rice but i dont see why it wouldnt work too 🙂
nick says
what was the cost of al;l the items approx?
Andrina G says
This is a really great idea. Pinned.
Amy Walker says
I might try but make half the amount of everything! Thanks!
Lindsey says
Instead of using beans in a can, would dried beans work? Of course saying if I were to pre-soak them before hand?
Tom says
Yes dried beans should work.
Tricia Igo says
this may be a silly question, but if prepping for the freezer, are you mixing dry rice, fresh broccoli and raw chicken in a bag??
MidgetMomma says
I mix the veggies fresh uncooked and the rice is dry 🙂
Renee says
For the chicken, broccoli and rice, is the chicken raw or cooked before you bag it and freeze it?
MidgetMomma says
nothing is cooked before hand 🙂
Cindy says
So for the chili do you mix all the ingredients in a bag and freeze them? Beans, onion, tomatoes, hamburger and seasoning?
MidgetMomma says
yes, i just put them all in their and I mix it a few times while it is cooking in the crock pot
Amy Brown says
Just wanted to help out and let ya know we’re missing mushrooms (for chicken caccitore) and chili seasoning for chili in the recipe list above. 😉
Amy Brown says
Or real shredded parm cheese for cacciatore.
Shani says
Do you think this would taste as good if I cooked everything before hand and then bagged and froze it? I don’t know why, but I am leery of putting raw chicken in a bag with veggies and freezing it. I know it is fine, I am just weird about it. lol
MidgetMomma says
you should be able to do it that way, just make sure you let the things you cook cool before freezing them.
Melissa says
Another thing you could do is use two bags, put your raw chicken in one bag and everything else in another.
Annette says
Put eh raw chicken in it’s own bag, zip it shut and then put it into the bag with all the other ingredients. Keeps the raw chicken away from the other ingredients, but with the meal it is intended for.
Laurie D says
Thanks for the ideas. I need to cut the eating out budget as well…. we can eat out a couple times and then really regret it afterwards. I bet these will work as pressure cooker meals as well:-) I prefer to cook when i get home versus leaving a crockpot on unattended all day (if I was home that would be a different story). I’m going to print some of these out for later.
Debbie Rhoades says
I love these posts — will you do more of them? I love having meals in the freezer ready to cook! It sure is better than going out for fast food, that’s fur sure!
MidgetMomma says
i am working on doing more posts with meal plans like this 🙂
Abby says
I have never done batch cooking because the list of recipes is usually not what we enjoy eating and too long and complicated. This list looks doable. Thank you.
Lisa C says
Perfect timing! I just pinned another plan that was 24 meals in 4 hours. FOUR HOURS? I have 4 young kids and my husband is out of town, I don’t have 4 hours together to get the meals prepped! This looks manageable! :). On our 2nd snow day today, I’m going to give it a try! Will definitely make the next few weeks smoother!!! Thanks for the great ideas!
rachel austin says
Do you drain all of the beans and tomatoes?
I just don’t want to mess anything up 🙂
Tom says
Yes we did. (tom)
rachel austin says
Also, for the shopping list. Add two packets of chili seasoning. Unless I just missed it!
kassie says
I made these here’s my review:
Cheesy, chicken, broccoli and rice casserole turned out horrible, broccoli was soggy, rice was soggy. I may attempt to just bake the next one vs crockpot 🙁
The fajitas were amazing!!!!
Chicken Caccatori was pretty bland so I added some red pepper and spices to it.
Gina says
Love this! I do need to let you know thiugh the shopping list was missing chilli seasoning (chilli) and mushrooms (for cacciatore). Ii will have to go back to the store and get them.
Gina says
And parmesan cheese too. 🙂
Alane says
Even though I’m single; I don’t normally “cook for one”. I usually cook and prepare all my meals for the week on Sundays or Mondays. I have 3 crock pots! This is awesome! I love it!
Miz Helen says
Thanks so much for sharing your awesome Freezer Meals with us today at Full Plate Thursday. Hope you have a good week and come back soon!
Miz Helen