Do you want to eat healthy dinners without having to slave away in the kitchen? Healthy freezer crockpot meals are your answer!! Here’s how I prepped eight meals in 75 minutes (including clean-up!).
Let’s start with the healthy freezer crockpot meals that I made…
- Two freezer bags of beef roast and carrots
- Two freezer bags of chicken fajitas (This recipe is from my No Cook Freezer Meals cookbook, but I’m sharing it for free in the pdf below.)
- Two freezer bags of Mexican chicken soup (Adapted from Once a Month Meals)
- Two freezer bags of garden veggie soup with ground beef (Adapted from my No Cook Freezer Meals cookbook. Shared for free below.)
For me to consider them “healthy,” my freezer crockpot meals need to include…
- As few processed foods as possible
- Vegetables
- An absolutely amazing taste! (Because who wants to eat healthy foods that don’t taste good?!)
It took me 75 minutes to prep these eight freezer crockpot meals. That’s only 10 minutes per meal (including clean-up)! You might see people on Pinterest who can prep more meals in less time, but I am willing to bet that they aren’t including many fresh vegetables.
One of my best tricks for prepping healthy meals quickly is doubling the recipe and freezing two of each. In my six crockpot meals in 30 minutes post, you can read all about how this strategy saves me time and money.
I also recommend using a food chopper, if you have one. I bought one at Aldi last month and it makes dicing onions a breeze!
Here are my best tips for prepping healthy freezer crockpot meals quickly…
- If possible, label your freezer meals ahead of time (This is especially important for me because my handwriting gets very messy when I’m rushed.)
- Print your recipes so you don’t have to search for them on your phone/computer/tablet.
- Dive right into prepping all the veggies. (This took me about 30 minutes, but it was totally worth it. I can’t wait for my family to eat all of this healthy food!)
- Work in an assembly line to fill all the bags with vegetables and garlic. Then, focus on one recipe at a time to add the spices, sauces, and meats.
I also recommend playing music in the background. It might not make the process go faster, but it will certainly make it more fun!
If you’re brand-new to crockpot freezer meals, my crockpot and freezer cookbooks also contain a bunch of great recipes and tips.
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This takes menu planning to a whole new level! I love the idea of prepping and bagging your slow cooker meals and then you are so ready to go. With this strategy I can even foresee me using the slow cooker on work days! I usually don’t since I am out of the door on my way to work by 5:30 am but if I just need to pull out a bag, add broth, and go…that is doable!
It definitely is! There’s nothing easier than throwing a frozen meal in the crockpot…not even ordering take-out! 🙂
Do you precooked the hamburger before you freeze the meals?
Nope!
It took me an hour last night JUST to scrub the six pounds of carrots for three recipes of roast beef and carrots. Than I had to chop the all. The rest went quicly, but how in the world did you get all that scrubbing and chopping carrots done quickly!? I was exhausted afterwards. Any tips on that score would be greatly appreciated!
To be honest, I didn’t scrub them because I was going to peel them.
A real ez way to do the carrots is to use baby carrots, already peeled. Also, just my opinion here, but I have only used baby carrots for any recipe as they are so much sweeter then the big bitter ones. I haven’t bought “regular” carrots for probably 25 years just cuz I hate the bitterness compared to the sweetness of the baby ones. They use to be so expensive, but anymore you can get them at the local dollar stores that carry fresh produce. With using the baby carrots you wouldn’t even have to chop them up cuz they… Read more »
I wash my carrots, but never scrub them or use a peeler, is there any reason why you should ?
Norwex Veggie Scrubber is amazing!!! That’s all I use and it is super quick while taking off most of the first layer.
I start work at 5:30 a.m. so these freezer meals have saved my life on so many days! They are wonderful!! We’re having guests for a week and I already have super large crock pot meals in the freezer for each day so there’s no stress about how to feed everyone after a day at work 🙂
You rock, Caroline! Great job!!
Do you serve w rice or another starch? What do you do day of?
Ah I see. Brown rice for the beef. I feel like my people will want quinoa or something w the others…wondering if I could just add the quinoa to the slow cooker. Hmmm
I’ve never tried it, but I’ve seen people cook quinoa, cool it to room temp, and then freeze in bags. Add to crockpot and cook for about 4-6 hours. If you try it, I’d love to know how it turns out!
I cook with quinoa a lot. I use it to in place of ground beef. I have never frozen it. I just add it at cook time, with a little extra liquid for the quinoa to absorb.
I use quinoa a lot – in the crockpot I find that it cooks in about 30 minutes on high … for some reason I have never had luck with it longer on low – it just seems to get mushy. If you add it make sure the recipe has enough liquid for the quinoa to absorb!
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I love the idea and the recipes. Thanks for sharing. I am going to prepare Mexican chicken soup. In the ingredients I see u have 1 tablespoon corianderor fennel seeds. Did you use the seeds or the powder? Thanks.
I used the fennel seeds. We are one batch of the soup last night for dinner and it was DELICIOUS.