Tasty Burgers

2 1/2 lbs ground beef
1/2 cup A1 Steak Sauce
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 Tbl garlic, minced
1/2 Tbl oregano
2 Tbl minced dried onion
1/2 cup bacon, cooked chopped
( We use the precooked crumbled bacon that you can find at Costco)

Combine all ingredients. Place in ziploc and freeze.

Thaw and make patties or use in another recipe. I have make Sloppy joes with this meat and it was really good.

6 servings

Italian Beef

1 3 lb beef roast
1 package Italian dressing mix
1 cup water
1 15 oz jar Pepperocini
1 bag hamburger buns

Place all ingredients except buns into bag and freeze.

Thaw, place bag contents in crock pot. Cook on high for 6-7 hours. During the last hour, shred the meat with two forks. If it does not shred easily cook longer. Make sandwiches.

Coke Roast

1 3 lb beef roast
1 envelope onion soup mix
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1 can Coke

Put all ingredients except coke in zip bag. Freeze bag

Thaw. Place in crock pot. Pour in coke. Cook on high for 6 hours.

Chili Verde

2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 can green chili sauce with pork
1Tbsp dried onion
2 lbs pork roast
1 clove garlic, minced
1 can diced jalapeno peppers
2 4 oz cans diced green chiles

Put all ingredients in freezer bag.

Thaw place contents of bag in crock pot. Cook on high for 4-5 hours low or 8-10 high. Serve in tortillas with rice and cheese.

Artichoke chicken

1 14 oz can artichoke hearts in water

3/4 cup Parmesan cheese canned

3/4 cup mayo

2 pinches garlic powder

2 pinches pepper

2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast

Drain and chop artichokes. Combine artichokes, cheese mayo. Place chicken breasts in greased pan and sprinkle with garlic powder and pepper according to taste. Spread artichoke mixture over chicken. Cover with foil. Freeze

Defrost and bake uncovered at 375 for 35 minutes.

6 servings

Zesty slow cooker chicken bbq

3 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast
1 18 oz barbeque sauce
1/2 cup italian dressing
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tbl worcestershire sauce

Place all in ziploc bag and freeze

Thaw and cook content in crock pot. Cook on high 3-4 hours or low for 6-8 hours.
Shred and put on a bun

Skillet enchiladas

1 lb ground beef cooked
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 14 oz enchilada sauce
1/4 cup milk
1 4 oz can diced green chiles
12 corn tortillas
3/4 lb cheddar cheese, shredded
2 gallon ziplocks
1 quart bag

Combine meat, soup,enchilada sauce,milk and chilies. Freeze in gallon bag. Put cheese in small ziplock. Put tortillas and cheese in large bag. Freeze both bags.

Thaw cook mixture until heated through in a skillet. Heat tortillas in microwave till softened. Place about 1/4 cup cheese in tortillas . Roll and place, seam down on top of heated mixture. Cover and reduce heat. Simmer about 3 mins. until cheese is melted.

6 servings

Marinated Pork Chops

8 pork chops
2 cups pineapple juice
1/2 cup soy sauce
1 tsp ginger
1/3 cup Italian dressing
1/2 tsp garlic , minced
1 freezer bag

Mix together, add chops . Freeze
Thaw. Grill chops until no longer pink. Discard marinade.

Teriyaki Chicken

2 lbs bonelss skinless chicken breast
1 cup root beer
1 cup soy sauce
1 freezer bag

Put soy sauce and chicken in ziplock bag. Keep root beer separate. Freeze
Thaw Add rootbeer and let marinate. Grill

Hawaiian Kielbasa

2 lbs Kielbasa sausage, sliced

1 can crushed pineapple

1 cup ketchup

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup green bell pepper, chopped

Slice sausages (can use turkey or regular) put all ingredients in bag and freeze

Thaw. Pour into crockpot or saucepan. Heat until hot. Can thicken sauce with cornstarch, if desired. Serve over rice

Beef Stroganoff

1 1/2 lbs ground beef, cooked

16 oz sour cream

1 tsp garlic, minced

2 cans cream of mushroom soup

1/2 cup onion, chopped

Mix all ingredients then freeze.

Thaw then warm up on stove top or in crock pot. Serve over rice or noodles.

Autumn Pork Chops

8 pork chops

2 cans cream of celery

1/4 cup spicy mustard

2 Tbl honey

1 pinch pepper

1 cup apple juice

Put meat in bag and sauce in seperate bag Freeze.

Cook meat in pan till brown , boil sauce on stove till thickened.

Serve with rice and sauce.

I Love Freezer meals

I have been doing freezer meals for over 8 years. I love having the meals in my freezer. When it is dinner time and my kids are running around it makes me feel good that dinner is in the oven.

There are many ways to do freezer meals. I've done them a few ways but prefer to do it one way. I am in a freezer meal group we usually have 6 people but this last time we had 8. It worked just fine with 8 and I think that it was less expensive and faster. We do not always have the same people in the group some come and some leave.

Step one -Get together as a group and decide what day everyone can cook and what meals everyone wants to do. We usually do 25 meals.

Step two-Someone enters meals into a program which gives us a grocery list (I will talk about these programs in another post) When list is done we look through it and decide what needs to be prepared before hand. Such as meat cooked, onions chopped, and some meals are better cooked before had. When we get together we do not want to cook anything just combine things.

Step Three-Two people do the shopping. Shopping is usually done about 4 or so days away from cooking day. We have done it where we rotate the shoppers each time we cook and two different people shop, but we have decided that we like having the same people do the shopping each time.

Step Four-After shopping we have everyone meet at one of the shoppers house and divide up the food that needs to be prepared before hand. Before hand we prepare a list of recipes and what needed to be done for each person. (For example Wendy cooks Beef stroganoff at home chops carrots and onions)

Step Five-In our group it is the same 2 people that shop each time. We will do the shopping a few days before we cook. We usually buy some at Costco and some at a grocery store. This usually takes about 3 or so hours. Not something you want to do with kids. It should really be done with two people cause you are buying so much food. When we are done shopping we have everyone come over to one of the shoppers house and get the food that they need to prepare before hand which is on the lists that we have made for everyone.

Step Six-About three days later we get together at someones house and put together all the meals. Everyone brings a cooler or two and we put a list of all the meals on top and mark off the meals as they are prepared.

It sure feels great when the meals are all prepared. We usually cook every 2-3 months.