Looking for easy and delicious dinner ideas? Here are 25 easy crockpot freezer meals with five ingredients or less! Simply combine the ingredients in baggies and freeze for busy weeknights.
Is there anything better than easy and delicious dinner recipes? Probably only super simple crockpot recipes that can be frozen without any cooking ahead of time.
I’m determined to limit all of my upcoming crockpot freezer meal eCookbooks to recipes with 10 ingredients or less, and I decided to challenge myself to put together a list of our favorite recipes with FIVE ingredients or less. Fewer ingredients means less measuring, less chopping, and less money spent at the grocery store.
A lot of other websites will give you easy crockpot recipes that call for a bottle of store-bought dressing and a can of soda pop, but I’d like to think the recipes below are healthier than that. I’m not opposed to using those ingredients on occasion, but I want this list of crockpot freezer meals to make your life easier on a regular basis.
So, here are 25 crockpot freezer meals that require five ingredients or less. I’ve tried all of them myself and can vouch that they’re delicious too. Enjoy!
25 Crockpot Freezer Meals with Five Ingredients or Less
- Salsa Verde Chicken
- Lime Shredded Pork
- Stuffed Peppers
- Macaroni and Cheese
- Shredded Beef and Carrots (our favorite!)
- Lasagna Soup (add meatballs to make it a heartier meal)
- Party Pork Roast
- Chicken Tacos
- Lemon Pepper Chicken
- Ginger Peach Chicken
- Hawaiian Chicken
- Basic Pot Roast (you can add carrots and potatoes if you want)
- Sausage-Stuffed Mini Sweet Peppers
- Meatball and Veggie Soup (you can replace the bullion + water with broth)
- Pork and Sauerkraut
- Banana Pepper Shredded Beef
- Cranberry Chicken with Green Beans
- Cranberry Pork Roast
- Mississippi Roast from Table for Two (I omit the water)
- Pepperoncini Shredded Beef
- Chicken Teriyaki
- Hot Pepper Pork Sirloins and Butternut Squash
- Pot Roast with Green Beans
- Mexican Chili with Cornbread Topping
- Ham and Pinto Bean Soup
A lot of these recipes are from freezer prep sessions that I’ve done this year so I typed up exactly how I prep and freeze each meal into a printable pdf. I also included a super detailed grocery list in case you want to prep all of them at once.
CLICK HERE FOR THE FREE RECIPES AND GROCERY LIST
If you’re new to crockpot freezer meals, you can also find tons of freezer recipes, tips, and nutrition info in my best-selling freezer eCookbooks.
Thoughts or questions? Please leave a comment below and I’ll respond as soon as I can. I’d love to hear from you.
P.S. I shared these recipes on Thirty Handmade Days on 10/13/15.
Im curious to know what the green things are that are holding up the bags, I’ve never seen those before!
Baggy holders! I bought them from Amazon here: http://amzn.to/1j8uJrO LOVE THEM.
I got mine from my grandson’s fundraiser at school. It’s awesome.
Hey there I’ve got about 30 pages of your freezer meal prep sessions printed. Baby 2 due at the end of January, and I want to start cooking and preparing meals soon. The problem is that you’ve said most freezer meals last about 3 months. I have heard a vacuum sealer will extend that by a lot. I did a search on your blog for “vacuum seal” to see if you’d mentioned one, used one, recommended one, and I didn’t find anything. Have you used a vacuum sealer? I am finding some info online about them, but I’m having a… Read more »
I would check out this post, Bethany: https://thefamilyfreezer.com/2015/11/11/pre-baby-freezer-meals-part-one/
I haven’t done a full review of the FoodSaver yet because I only bought it a few weeks ago. (So far I love it though.) Most of the meals will last longer than three months so I think you’ll be fine. Using a vacuum sealer or chest freezer would increase their storage time to at least 6 months.
Love my foodsaver, I have used it for everything you can use it for. After I cook soups, I let it cool and then pour whatever I have made into the bag or two, and carefully hold bag so as not to spill it and seal , lay flat in freezer , and have no problem with the bag and have left in freezer for months at a time, and only use the food because we are hungry for it. Of course you can put together meals not cooked but ready for crockpot and take out to thaw before cooking,… Read more »
How do you seal bags with so much liquid?
This looks perfect. About how much did the shopping list end up costing? There are just two of us, so these 25 meals will probably last a couple months. Cheers for light eaters!
I’ve never done the freezer meals but have always wanted to do them. I have several chronic pain conditions and these would make my days so much easier on my bad days. I’ve downloaded your 25 Freezer Meals with 5 Ingredients or Less and plan to start on them soon. What brought me to your sight was the “little green thingy” that holds the bags. LOL! I was going to ask where you find the bag holders and voila! The very first comment beat me to it! Thank you for all the ideas and for the link. I’m looking forward… Read more »
Nice post share..Thanks for share with us that kind informative blog.
Anna, You’re so welcome!
Hi…I was really excited to find this on Pinterest but there’s one problem…almost all are meat! I’m a pescatarian, which means I eat fish, but no meat or poultry. Do you have any recipes that might include us vegetarians and pescatarians? Thx!
Heide, absolutely! Here is the link for our Meat Free ebook https://thefamilyfreezer.com/product/meat-free-slow-cooker-freezer-meals-cookbook/