Want to simplify your dinner routine? Stock your freezer with easy crockpot freezer meals! Here are 25 crockpot freezer meals with five ingredients or less.
Crockpot freezer meals are a busy mom’s best friend. With three young children (and a fourth on the way), I get really excited when I come up with new recipes that are delicious, healthy, and don’t require a lot of ingredients. Fewer ingredients means less measuring, less chopping, and less money spent at the grocery store.
A win-win-win.
All of the recipes in my upcoming crockpot freezer meal eCookbooks will have 10 ingredients or less, and I decided to put together a list of recipes with FIVE ingredients or less. These are all recipes that my family has tried and loved.
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.
To make these crockpot freezer meals, here are some items that I always have on hand. It just makes putting them together that much easier when I’m ready to go.
- Crockpot
- Baggy Rack – makes it easy to pour all ingredients in without spilling everywhere
- Stand and Fill Slider Gallon Bags – love these bags that stand up, you can write info on and slide
- Hanging trash bag holder – hook this on the side to easily clean up while you’re preparing
Crockpot Freezer Meals
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!
- Salsa Verde Chicken
- Lime Shredded Pork
- Stuffed Peppers
- Macaroni and Cheese
- Shredded Beef and Carrots (our favorite!)
- Lasagna Soup
- Party Pork Roast
- Chicken Tacos
- Lemon Pepper Chicken
- Ginger Peach Chicken
- Hawaiian Chicken
- Basic Pot Roast
- Sausage-Stuffed Mini Sweet Peppers
- Meatball and Veggie Soup (you can replace the bullion + water with broth)
- Pork and Sauerkraut
- Banana Pepper Shredded Beef
- Apricot Ginger 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 (you can add chopped carrots and potatoes)
- 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 PRINTABLE RECIPES AND GROCERY LIST
I like to serve my easy freezer meals with simple side dishes like steamed broccoli or a salad and rice. (I even use those microwaveable rice packs on occasion when I’m short on time. Shhhhh.)
Thoughts or questions? Please leave a comment below and I’ll respond as soon as I can. I’d love to hear from you.
Hi, these all look delicious! I wanted to try the Hot Pepper Sirloin with Butternut Squash but it links to stuffed peppers. :(
I am so sorry about that, Nancy. I’m not sure how it happened, but I messed up a couple of the links. I went through all of them and made sure they are correct now. I apologize for the inconvenience!
#20 Pepperoncini shredded beef recipe takes me to stuffed peppers. ? Was hoping for something new since I normally use these peppers with salads, meat/cheese plates and when making “firecrackers”. Thanks!!!
Whoops! Sorry about that, Cassandra. I just fixed the link.
I want to AT LEAST TRY one of your recipes before buying an e-book please share lime shredded pork and then if we like it well gladly buy your e-books
If you click the links above you can try all 25 for free.
these look really good and I am looking forward to trying them.
I hope most of these don’t involve cooking the meat first…the point is to save time!! But I can’t wait to look, and I won’t hold it against you if they do. Because I don’t know you, and I’m not a troll. ;)
I have taken a look, and I am in love with you!! I stayed at home for 11 years, and have just recently had to start working. I have *always* cooked from scratch, but there is no energy left at the end of the day (when its time to make dinner!). Thank you for *even* making the grocery list. Dinner is where my guilt and nostalgia hurts the most, and this really helps!
Yay! I’m so glad. Thanks, Bonnie. :)
Any recipes for vegetarians?
Check out my new mini eCookbook, Dana: https://newleafwellness.biz/product/meat-free-slow-cooker-freezer-meals-cookbook/
With the macaroni, u freeze the noodles uncooked?
Yep. :)
These all look fantastic and I am anxious to try many of them! One note, your Chicken Teriyaki #21 link takes me to your stuffed pepper recipe. Would love to see your Chicken recipe. Thanks for putting these all together!
Whoops! Sorry about that, Vickie. It was one of the meals that I made from Whole Foods and we loved it. I just updated the link.
Where did you get the holders for the bags? Awesome idea!
Amazon. LOVE THEM.