A Month of Freezer Meals

Planning ahead for a baby, medical procedure or just because? Here are 30 freezer-friendly meals to cover you for a whole month!

Kielbasa

• Slow Cooker Kielbasa and Barbecue Beans
• Slow Cooker Creole Jambalaya

Beef

• Slow Cooker Meatballs
• Simple Ground Beef Enchiladas
• Crock Pot Cheeseburgers
• Baked Ziti
• Crock Pot Beef Stew
• Slow Cooker Korean Beef
• Crock Pot Cubed Steak with Gravy
• Individual Mini Lasagnas

Chicken

• Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie
• Crock Pot Cream Cheese Chicken Chili
• Slow Cooker Mexican Chicken
• Slow Cooker Chicken Curry Recipe
• Slow Cooker Italian Herb Chicken
• Crock Pot Sesame Chicken
• Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas
• Cool Ranch Chicken Tacos
• Crock Pot Shredded BBQ Chicken
• Chicken Broccoli Casserole
• Swiss Cheese Chicken
• Chicken Tikka Masala
• Chicken Noodle Soup
• Chicken Pesto Parmesan
• Peanut Chicken Satay
• Easy Crock Pot Pork Chops

Pork

• Lemon Basil Pork Chops
• Boneless Country Style BBQ Ribs

Shrimp

• Mediterranean Shrimp
• Shrimp Fried Rice

Slow Cooker Creole Jambalaya

Ingredients:

• 1½ pounds of boneless, skinless chicken breast, chopped
• 13-ounce turkey kielbasa, sliced
• 12-ounce bag of Cajun style mirepoix blend (or 1 cup each of chopped green bell pepper, onion and celery)
• 15-ounce can of diced tomatoes
• ½ cup chicken broth
• 1-3 tsp cayenne pepper (depending on how spicy you'd like it!)
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tsp Creole seasoning
• 1 tsp minced garlic

Directions: 

Combine all ingredients in slow cooker and cook on low for 6 hours or high for 3 hours. Serve over rice.

Freezer Directions:

This is a great recipe to freeze. In fact, I usually make one or two extra batches when I make it for dinner to freeze for later. For best results, combine all ingredients in Ziploc freezer bag, label and pop in your freezer (use within 3 months). When ready to cook, thaw in refrigerator and follow directions above.

Cream Cheese Chicken Bacon Wrap

We eat a lot of chicken breasts in our house {thank you Zaycon Foods!}, so we love finding new ways to cook them up! This recipe is A+ in our house -- both in taste and ease of preparation. Hope you will enjoy it too!

Ingredients:

• 2 large {or 4 small} chicken breasts
• 8 strips of bacon
• 1 8-oz container of fat-free cream cheese
• 1 4-oz can of green chiles

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and grease 9x13 baking dish.
2. Place a piece of a plastic wrap on top of each piece of chicken and use a meat tenderizer to flatten. If you have two large breasts, cut each in half before tenderizing.
3. Place 1/4 of the cream cheese and 1 ounce of green chiles in center of each piece of chicken and roll with cream cheese mixture on the inside and 2 slices of bacon on the outside.
4. Place chicken breasts -- seem side up -- in the baking dish and bake covered {I used aluminum foil} for 45 minutes.
5. Uncover and bake for an additional 5 minutes to brown the bacon.

Serves 4.