Three meals in 30 minutes!!!

I am stoked!

It doesn't take much to amuse me, but when I discover how to make dinners [easy] . . . I'm game.

Of course, I don't have the brains to invent this on my own.  I discovered this brilliant idea from the one and only; Pinterest (see pinterest.com here to see some really cool ideas).  I'm doing my job of keeping the wheel turning.

Without any further ado:  Three at Once Freezer Meals for the Crock pot!

(My favorite combination of words EVER!)

What you'll need:

• 2 lbs. round roast
• 5-6 lbs. chicken
• 4 pork chops 1" thick
• brown sugar
• 12 garlic cloves
• soy sauce
• 1 onion
• apple cider vinegar
• 16 oz. tomato sauce
• 1 can green chilies (the small one!)
• chili powder
• ketchup
• honey
• chicken broth
• Four large freezer bags

We already had the round roast in the freezer, so I just bought a bag of frozen chicken, and some pork chops and put them on ice.  I bought a jar of already minced garlic (side aisles in the produce part of grocery store by the onions and garlic) because I didn't want to play with all that garlic.  I pretty much had everything else in the pantry with the exception of a new onion and apple cider vinegar.

When you have all your items gathered, dice up the onion.  Lay out the bags and using a permanent marker write the meal and directions.  Then, add the meat and ingredients!

Here's Meal numbero uno: Beef Burritos

1. Round roast
2. one diced onion
3. 4 minced garlic cloves (equal to (4) 1/2 tsp. of minced garlic in the jar)
4. ground pepper
5. 2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
6. 16 oz. tomato sauce
7. one can green chilies
8. 1 1/2 tsp. chili powder

Directions: Heat high for 4-5 hours or Low 6-7 hours.  When meat is cooked, strain juices, remove onions, shred meat and add to cooker and juice for 30 more min.  Don't forget to buy some burrito shells, taco shells, or tortilla shells and other mexi-toppings.  This might be good with just rice too.

Meal #2:  Teriyaki Pork Chops

1.  four pork chops
2. salt & pepper
3. 2 minced garlic cloves ((2) 1/2 tsp. of minced garlic)
4. 2 tbsp. brown sugar, 1/4 c. soy sauce, 1/3 c. chicken broth

Directions: Heat high for 4-5 hours or Low 6-7 hours, eat with rice or noodles.

p.s. on that one I didn't want to waste a can of chicken broth, so I threw a chicken bouillon cube and made a not to add 1/3 cup of water when I dump it all into the crock pot.

Meal ##:  Garlic Honey Chicken

•   1 & 1/2-2 pounds chicken breasts
• 3 minced garlic cloves
• 1/3 c. soy sauce
• 2/3 c. ketchup
• 1/4 c. honey

Directions:  Heat high for 3-4 hours or low 5-6 hours, add rice or noodles.

I double bagged the meals with the freezer bags, I made sure I squeezed the heck out of them so they were as air-tight as they could be. . . now I get to throw the meal in the crock pot on one of those crazy busy days!

I'll let you know how they taste, that is still a mystery but they all smelled good when I was compiling them.  If you try these meals out before we get to let us know how it went and how they tasted.  I'm sure we can always tweak them to our tastes.