Here are 19 freezer meal prep sessions that will help you stock your freezer in no time. During the “prep session” all you need to do is combine the meats, vegetables, sauces and spices in baggies and freeze. That means you can make 6-10 meals in an hour or less. Wahoo!
I have four small children, so I don’t have a lot of time to cook. Instead of scrambling to make dinner every night I set aside an hour or two on the weekend to make crockpot freezer meals. Then, during the week, all I have to do is dump a bag into the crockpot and dinner is done.
Since I’ve tested hundreds of recipes I thought it might be helpful to share my favorite freezer meal prep sessions that take an hour or less. These are all simple, healthy, and delicious recipes that my family loves. If you click the links below you’ll find the original blog posts with the free printable recipes and grocery lists.
I also combined all of the printable recipes and grocery lists into one pdf that you can save and print:
CLICK HERE FOR ALL 19 FREEZER PREP SESSIONS IN A PRINTER-FRIENDLY PDF
I’ve tried every single recipe myself, so if you have any questions leave a comment below and I’ll respond as soon as I can. I’m a total crockpot freezer meal addict and I love getting other people hooked too. Enjoy!
19 Freezer Meal Prep Sessions That Take An Hour Or Less
7 Crockpot Freezer Meals in 30 Minutes: This freezer session includes recipes for salsa verde chicken, cranberry-orange pork chops, turkey black bean chili, beef teriyaki, chicken fajitas, pot roast, and meatball vegetable soup. Every recipe includes a vegetable and a max of six ingredients (some only have three). Yay!
10 Healthy Crockpot Freezer Meals in 60 Minutes: This session includes recipes for sweet and sour pork chops, tomato basil chicken, southwestern chicken chili, brown sugar bourbon chicken, honey lime chicken, ground turkey tacos, beef stew, pot roast, hamburger vegetable soup, and beef teriyaki. To save time, I used spice packets and fresh vegetables that can be added to the bags as-is (like baby carrots and spinach) and frozen vegetables.
6 Chicken Crockpot Freezer Meals in 30 Minutes: This freezer session includes recipes for red pepper chicken, orange-ginger chicken, and lemon pepper chicken. To save time and money, you double each recipe and make two of each. I spent $20 on ingredients. These recipes are super healthy and don’t include any processed foods.
5 Vegetarian Crockpot Freezer Meals in 50 Minutes: This session includes some of our favorite recipes adapted for vegetarians. The recipes are coconut chickpea curry, greens & beans, black bean fajitas, Mexican black bean chili with cornbread topping, and hearty tomato vegetable and barley soup. Since no meat was required, I only spent $30 on ingredients!
10 Organic Crockpot Freezer Meals from Costco in 60 Minutes: This session includes recipes for Italian chicken, Asian chicken with vegetable potstickers, “monster” cheeseburgers, and hearty tomato vegetable soup (chicken and beef). To save time and money, you make 2-4 bags of each recipe. I spent $130 on ingredients.
6 Healthy Crockpot Freezer Meals in 45 Minutes: This session includes recipes for cranberry chicken, chicken fajitas, ginger-peach chicken, sweet & spicy pork chops, meatball vegetable soup, and chipotle pot roast. Each recipe contains six ingredients or less, including a vegetable, so they are healthy and very easy to make.
8 Crockpot Freezer Meals from Whole Foods in 35 Minutes: This freezer session includes recipes for chicken teriyaki, chicken chili, honey dijon pork and green beans, hot pepper pork and butternut squash, beef fajitas, and pepperoncini shredded beef. I only spent $92 total on ingredients, which is awesome because these meals are packed with healthy and organic ingredients.
7 Healthy Chicken Crockpot Freezer Meals in Under an Hour: This session includes recipes for lemon pepper chicken, red pepper chicken, southwestern chicken chili, Hawaiian chicken, chicken Philly cheesesteaks, chicken fajitas, and chicken soup with orzo. I spent $75 on ingredients.
6 Ground Beef Crockpot Freezer Meals in 50 Minutes: This freezer session includes recipes for beef vegetable soup, Mexican beef chili with cornbread topping, and beef black bean chili. To save time and money, you double each recipe and make two of each. I spent $56 on ingredients. These are the best recipes to make when ground beef is on sale.
6 Crockpot Freezer Soups in 1 Hour: This freezer session includes recipes for sausage spinach tomato soup, meatball veggie soup, and chicken soup with Mexican seasonings. To save time and money, you double each recipe and make two of each. I spent $46 on ingredients and peeled more carrots than ever before, but it was worth it because the soups were delicious.
8 Healthy Crockpot Freezer Meals in 45 Minutes: This session includes four recipes that work well with different kinds of meat (including fajitas, Italian vegetables, BBQ sauce, and honey dijon marinade). By using different meats, you can double the recipe but still end up with eight different meals. Awesome! I spent $77 on ingredients.
5 Budget-Friendly Crockpot Freezer Meals in Under an Hour: This session includes recipes for sweet mustard chicken, chicken cacciatore, chicken teriyaki, honey sesame chicken, and Mexican chili with cornbread topping. The total cost was about $35.
6 Healthy Crockpot Freezer Meals in 50 Minutes: This freezer session includes recipes for chicken teriyaki, balsamic beef roast, and lime shredded pork. To save time and money, you double each recipe and make two of each. I spent $73 on ingredients. The lime shredded pork recipe is one of our favorites.
6 Make-Ahead Freezer Meals in 50 Minutes: This freezer session includes recipes for honey sesame chicken, brown sugar meatloaf, and turkey white bean kale soup. To save time and money, you double each recipe and make two of each. I spent $60 on ingredients. I love that the meatloaf recipe can be frozen without any cooking ahead of time and cooks in the oven. Perfect for nights when we need a break from the crockpot.
6 Crockpot Freezer Meals from ALDI in 40 Minutes: This freezer session includes recipes for cranberry chicken, Italian chicken, and tomato beef veggie soup. To save time and money, you double each recipe and make two of each. I spent $44 on ingredients. The tomato beef veggie soup is so good even my toddlers inhaled it.
6 Budget-Friendly Crockpot Freezer Meals in 50 Minutes (only $5 per meal!):This freezer session includes recipes for shredded BBQ chicken, beef lime chili, and Mexican chicken chili with cornbread topping. (We love all three of these recipes.) To save time and money, you double each recipe and make two of each. I spent $30 on ingredients.
6 Comfort Food Crockpot Freezer Meals in 40 Minutes: This freezer session includes recipes for beef roast and carrots, pot roast and green beans, and beef barley stew. To save time and money, you double each recipe and make two of each. These are my favorite recipes to make when boneless beef chuck roasts are on sale at the grocery store. They are seriously, seriously delicious. I spent $50 on ingredients during this session.
3 Ground Beef Crockpot Freezer Meals in 30 Minutes: This session includes recipes for sloppy joe’s, stuffed peppers, and hamburger vegetable soup. I spent a total of $22.94 on ingredients.
8 Crockpot Freezer Meals in 35 Minutes: This session includes recipes for cranberry pork roast and green beans, Italian chicken, Mexican chili with cornbread topping, and honey dijon pork. To save time and money, you make two of each recipe, but you can vary the meat to make the meals different (For example, making one freezer bag of cranberry pork roast and one freezer bag of cranberry chicken.) I spent a total of $60 on ingredients. The chili with cornbread topping is to die for.
Thoughts or questions? Leave a comment below and I’ll respond as soon as I can. XO, Kelly