Freezer to Crock-pot Meals: Be Still My Beating Heart

Since having my son, I have been on a quest to make my life more simple. Mostly because I owe it to my son not to be flipping crazy because I'm trying to do 52 different things at once. One of the new ways I've discovered to do this is Freezer to Crock-Pot Meals. 

I love cooking in the Crock-Pot. So much. I just discovered the amazing innovation of crock-pot liners from Reynold's Wrap (I'm behind, I know.) These liners make it so that post-dinner dishes do not involve scrubbing crusted sauce concrete. I wrote Santa and asked for a year's supply of this for next Christmas. Also, I told the Hubs that an AWFULLY romantic Valentine's Day gift would be a programmable, 7 quart crock-pot. 

The Crock-Pot in all her glory

I stumbled across a post on Mommy's Fabulous Finds about 10 Easy Crock-Pot Freezer meals. I was intrigued. I thought, "Ten is a manageable number. I could do that." The recipes were for things the ever picky Hubs would eat (mostly.) The ingredients weren't weird or crazy such as "One cup of chopped moose testicle."

So, I tried it. I loved it. I started to find more places for such recipes.

New Leaf Wellness had a post entitled "Twenty-five freezer meals that don’t require any cooking ahead of time" (I have not tried any of these. But plan to in the future.)

My mom posted a link to sidetrackedsarah.com and I felt as though the heavens parted and angels say hallelujah. 

42 freezer to crock-pot meals (7 weeks, 6 recipes each.) WITH SHOPPING LISTS. You can also sign up to receive more recipes via e-mail. AND she gives instructions for how to cook things in bulk and put them into freezer bags. 

I'm sure there is an amazing recipe book out there with freezer to crock-pot meals. But reality is, I'm cheap. I'm not going to buy a book containing information I can find online for free. Hello?

UPDATE

Had an epiphany this evening. I made the Apple BBQ Pork Tenderloin from Mommy's Fabulous Finds in my basic, 5 quart crock pot...OF COURSE I used the crock pot liner from Reynold's Wrap. 

I just cooked BBQ in this crock pot. It took less than a minute to clean it out. 

I had plenty of leftovers for tomorrow. I'm a work from home mom so I didn't really need to package the leftovers in plastic containers to microwave in the employee break lounge. Then I thought, "Why don't I just transfer all of this into my 1 quart crock pot and store it in there! I'll just turn it on low in the morning and it'll be ready for lunch."

So, that's what I did. 

BBQ pork is in my fridge ready for tomorrow.