June 13, 2013

Garlic Ranch Chicken Freezer Meal

This is another one of my freezer meals. It's not for the crock pot like the others, but I'm sure you could cook it in the crock pot on low for 4-6 hours and it would come out perfectly.

4 chicken breasts
1 packet ranch dressing powder
1 cup milk
1 cup mayonnaise
2 tbsp dry minced garlic

Grill chicken on grill over low-medium flame until chicken is no longer pink.





Since I was freezing mine, I just mixed it all together in a freezer bag and froze it. I pulled it out in the morning to thaw and just cooked it up.



June 12, 2013

Cheddar Vegetable Sausage Casserole Crock Pot Freezer Meal

This recipe is one that I made the other day when I made all my crock pot freezer meals. It didn't last very long in the freezer, but it was nice to just pull it out, thaw it a little, and pour it in the crock pot.


10 ounces frozen vegetables
3 large diced potatoes
sausage
1 can cheddar cheese soup
1 can cream of celery soup
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese


Just mix it all up and put it in the crock pot on low for 8 hours. If it's not frozen then 6 hours should be good.



Since I was freezing mine, I just mixed everything together in a medium sized bowl then poured it into a freezer bag and froze it laying flat.




It was pretty tasty. It didn't end up looking how I imagined it would look, and I think for next time I want to try it with pasta instead of potatoes. 

June 8, 2013

May Kiwi Crate

I know I just shared a review of the March crate, but this one was probably the best one we've received so far so I wanted to share it with you guys. 

It was a feathered friends theme and Marley made a bird costume, bird nest and two eggs. 



I helped her with the nest and we each painted an egg. While I was off seeing Wicked, Mike helped her with the bird costume. 






If you are interested in try out Kiwi Crate for your kiddos just click here




This post was in no way sponsored by Kiwi Crate and I was not compensated for my time or review. 

June 7, 2013

Crock Pot Freezer Meals

When we have nice weather we spend a lot of time outside. Before I know it, it's 8pm and I haven't even thought about dinner. I decided the other day to make up some freezer meals and since I can't start cooking at bed time, I decided to make some crock pot meals so that I could just throw them in and continue on with my day. I went shopping for all my ingredients and then when everyone was in bed I started assembling. It took me about 2 hours to put everything together and clean up so that's not bad at all.  I tried to pick recipes that were more summery and that the kids would also like so I didn't have to make 2 meals every day.  I searched on pinterest for a while and gathered up my 7 recipes from several different pages.

I made- 

I labeled all my freezer bags with what's inside and how long to cook them so I don't have to pull the recipe out when I decide to make them.  I also wrote any other notes like add water or shred chicken once cooked. After the bags were full I laid them flat to freeze. Once they're frozen I can stand them up in my deep freezer and they don't take up as much space this way.


I will post individual recipes and more pictures once I cook them up, but for now, do you have any good freezer meals to share?