Freezer Crockpot Meals

The Concept of this idea was GENIUS!

Here's the Jist: 

   You spend 1 day in the kitchen, pre-preparing a set of meals. You then place them in a Ziplock Freezer Bag and freeze. Then the night before lay out which meal you want to thaw, throw it in the Crockpot to cook all day and BAM! Supper is done! 

Here's how my experience went:

 I searched high and low and read every blog I could find on Pintrest. Spent a whole day doing it. Learning the Ins and Outs of this process. 

Everyone made one thing very clear. 

         Start With A Clean Kitchen

Welp, there was my first problem. (Should have been a sign, lol)

Anyway I made my grocery list, compiling recipes that sounded appealing for my family and went to the store to buy my supplies. 

I spent around $50 for a total of 5 meals. ((Disclaimer: I forgot a couple random items which I later picked up adding additional cost))

The recipes that I chose were:

BBQ Chicken

Beef Fajitas

Chicken Catatorie

Stuffed Green Peppers

Salisbury Steak 

Bunch of Twice Baked Potatoes

I started by completely cleaning my kitchen...and that seemed to take forever ...

But then I began the cutting and diceing...

I made it into 2 of the meals, then I caved and quit, lol

The BBQ Chicken and the Beef Fajitas and Baked Potatoes were a handful to get done. Only because I was also having to make supper for that night during the same time. 

So let's skip ahead to the important part! The TASTING! 

Cause the execution of course was gravy, ((see explanation above))

BBQ CHICKEN

HORRIBLE!! 

They boys ate it but I do not understand how...it was just...bad 

TWICE BAKED POTATOES

Now these are awesome! And SOO worth it! I did a whole small bag of potatoes which leaves me still stocked up on some just waiting to be eaten!  But you don't cook them in the crockpot you cook them in the oven. 

BEEF FAJITAS 

Soggy, bland and a soppy mess! 

Ended up sautéing them in a skillet with some soy sauce to make them editable! 

CHICKEN CATATORIE

Remember that part about me caving and giving up on the prep? Well this was one it happened too, lol. Never the less though I made it in the crockpot and it was pretty tasty! 

STUFFED GREEN PEPPERS

Skipped prep on this one too, lol. But made them fresh (not in the crockpot) and they ROCK! 

SALSBURY STEAK

Didn't do this one at all, lol. 

So my conclusion is I don't know if the freezer to crockpot part is what made the recipes bland and not worth eating but this was DEFINATLY not good!! 

Won't be bothering with it again! 

~Sumer~