Freezer to Crock Pot Meals #2

After telling my sister about my first experience with freezer to crock pot meals she asked me if I would go shopping with her so she could start freezing meals. I gave her a stack of 40 recipes to choose from. She picked 9 meals to freeze. After an hour at Wal-Mart (again on a Friday morning) she spent $111 and got 12 meals for her family. We found that buying fresh chicken was a lot cheaper than buying the 5lb. bag of frozen chicken. I had never noticed the chicken on sale before, I am certainly going to look from now on. We actually split them all in half because it's just her, her husband and 2 little girls. the did not need servings for 6. So she really ended up with 23 meals for $111. Not bad at all. I bought a few things to make up 5 more meals to stick in the freezer. I still have 4 left from my first freezing. This morning I made a quick trip to Wal-Mart and bought some breakfast meat. I spent about $35 between the two trips and I am going to make 6 dinners and a few breakfast items. All the breakfast items can be tossed in the freeze then heated up in the microwave or toaster. Here are the recipes for the meals my sister and I both made. (*there are a couple of recipes I am not sure I got from my books or if I got them off of Pinterest. I will try and find the proper links to the recipes I think I got online)

Johnny Carino's Bread Soup (copy cat recipe)
2 cans Italian style stewed tomatoes
1 can cooked chicken or 2 chicken breasts cubed
1/4c. Italian seasoned bread crumbs
garlic croutons
parmesan cheese

Puree the tomatoes. Freeze tomatoes and chicken. Add bread crumbs when cooking. Cook LOW 5 to 6 hours. Serve with croutons and parmesan cheese. (I used a rotissere chicken and then used the leftovers to make my own chicken broth)

Big Mouth Roast Beef Sliders (Mommy? I'm Hungry)
3 lb. beef roast
1 c. water
1 envelope onion soup mix
1 envelope Italian dressing mix
1 envelope brown gravy mix
1 (8oz.) jar picante sauce
12 dinner rolls

I whicked the dry mixes and the water together before freezing. Cook on LOW 8 hrs. She suggests serving with sliced swiss cheese and horseradish saucy.

Terrific Pork Tenderloins
1 lb. pork tenderloin chops
1 tsp. seasoned salt
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 can diced green chiles
2 cans cream of celery soup

Add the cream of celery soup when you are cooking. Cook on LOW 8 hrs.

Chicken Tostadas
1 TBS. garlic
3 TBS. chili powder
3 TBS. lime juice
2 TBS oil
6 chicken breasts

Cook on LOW 8hrs. Serve in tostada shell with your preferred toppings.

Chicken Alfredo
4 chicken breasts, cubed
2 celery stalks, chopped
1 sm carton of sliced mushrroms
1 jar alfredo sauce (add when cooking)
1 pkg broccoli floretsm thawed ( add last 30 minutes)
Fettuccini noodles

Cook on LOW for 6 hrs, Add broccoli and cook onHIGh for 30 minutes. Serve with cooked noodles.

Chicken Fajitas
2lbs. chicken breast
1 sm onion thinly sliced
1 bell pepper thinly sliced
1 1/2 tsp. chili powder
1 tsp cumin
1 TBS lime juice
1/2 c. chicken broth

Cook on LOW 6 hrs. Serve with totillas and your favorite toppings

Beef Burritos (Saving You Dinero)
1 roast
1 diced onion
4 tsp minced garlic
2 TBS whole peppercorns
2 TBS apple cider vinegar
2 cans tomato sauce
1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce
1 1/2 tsp. chili powder

Cook on LOW 6 to 7 hrs. Remove meat, strain juice, return meat to juice and shred. Cook 30 more minutes. Make your burritos with your favorite fixings.

Mediterranean Chicken
1 jar spaghetti sauce
2 cloves garlic
1/4 c. chicken broth
1 c. chopped onion
1/2 c. sliced black olives
6 chicken breasts
Pinch of cinnamon

Cook on LOW 8 hrs. Serve with rice.

Roast At Its Best
1 tsp. oregano
1 tsp basil
2 tsp garlic powder
1 pkg Italian dressing mix
1 rump roast

Cook on LOW 10 to 11 hrs

Meatball Subs
1 bag Italian style meatballs
2 jars spaghetti sause

Cook on LOW 6 hrs. Serve on hoggie rolls with mozzarella cheese

Savory Chicken
6 chicken breasts
2 cans stewed tomatoes
1 c. + 4 TBS. chicken broth
1/2 c. onion, chopped
4 tsp. minced garlic
salt and pepper to taste
2 bay leaves
4 c. broccoli (added the last 30 minutes)

Cook on LOW 6 to 7 hrs. Add broccoli last 30 minutes. Remove bay leaves.

Posole
1 lb. pork shoulder, cubed
1 tsp. minced garlic
1 can diced green chile
2 cans chicken broth
1/2 tsp. oregano
1 sm onion chopped
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1 can posole (Mexican style hominy), drained
2 TBS chopped fresh cilantro

Cook LOW 9 hrs. Add cilantro 30 minutes before serving. Serve with lime wedges.

Mushroom Beef Stew
1 1/2 lbs. stew meat
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 c. beef broth
1 bay leaf
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 TBS. minced garlic
1 tsp. paprika
1 c. sliced mushrooms
2 med. carrots, sliced
1/2 c. chopped onion
1 celery stalk, sliced

Cook LOW 10 to 12 hrs. Rmove bay leaf before serving.

To make your own chicken broth just toss all th left over bits of veggies and trimmed off chicken fat, in my case the skin and bones of the rotiserre chicken (which I got from eRecipeCards) in the crock pot for 10 to 12 hours. Strain out all the juice. I froze it by the cup.