THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO FREEZER MEALS | DELICIOUS & EASY FREEZER MEALS ON A LOW BUDGET
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- THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO FREEZER MEALS | DELICIOUS & EASY FREEZER MEALS ON A LOW BUDGET
In today's video, I'm sharing how I prep tons of different meal ideas for the freezer. All of these meals are super cheap and easy to prep for the freezer. If you need some affordable and delicious dinner ideas, you are in the right place!
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Recipes:
Chicken Taco Chili:
2 large chicken breasts
1 can black beans, rinsed
1 can corn, drained
1 can chili beans
2 cans petite diced tomatoes
2 cans tomato sauce
1 packet taco seasoning
1 heaping TBSP chili powder
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp salt
Thaw over
Thaw overnight. Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6-8. Shred chicken and serve with cheese and sour cream on top. Can also be dipped with tortillas
Chicken Tacos:
2-3 chicken breasts
1 can rotel
3/4 packet taco seasoning
1 tsp ranch seasoning
Thaw overnight. Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6-8. Shred and serve as tacos.
Tatertot Hotdish:
1 pound ground beef
1 bag frozen mixed veggies
1/2 yellow onion or 1 whole onion, softened
2 cans cream of mushroom
garlic powder and pepper to taste
Thaw overnight. Bake at 375 for 1 hour
Lemon Pepper Chicken:
2-3 chicken breasts (can also use chicken thighs)
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp garlic powder
crushed red chili flakes to taste
1 tsp italian seasoning
1/2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp lemon pepper
3 TBSP butter
1 heaping TBSP minced garlic
3/4 cup chicken broth
Thaw overnight. Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6-8. Shred and serve over rice
Crockpot Mississippi Chicken:
In each bag:
2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken thighs
1/2 packet au jus gravy packet
1/2 packet ranch seasoning
4-5 pepperonchinis plus a splash of juice
1/2 stick butter
Thaw overnight. Cook in crockpot for 4 hours on high.
Crockpot BBQ Chicken:
3 chicken breasts
1 cup BBQ sauce
1/4 cup zesty italian dressing
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 TBSP worcestershire sauce
salt, pepper, and garlic powder to taste
Crockpot Buffalo Chicken:
3 chicken breasts
1/2 cup buffalo sauce
1 TBSP ranch seasoning
Thaw overnight. Cook on high for 3-4 hours. Shred and serve however you would like. Delicious on wraps, salads, pizza, etc.
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Sloppy Joe's:
2 lbs ground beef
1 large onion, chopped
8oz tomato sauce
1/4 brown sugar
1/2 cup BBQ sauce
1/2 cup ketchup
1 1/2 TBSP apple cider vinegar
2 TBSP mustard
Brown ground beef with onions in the skillet. Cook until beef is cooked through. Add other ingredients to pot and simmer for 10 minutes on low heat.
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Egg cups:
12-14 eggs
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1-2 cups chopped spinach
1/2 pound pork sausage
1 cup cheddar cheese
Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes. Let cool and freeze. Warm in microwave.
Venison Fajitas: www.deerrecipes.online/veniso...
- thaw overnight and then follow directions in recipe
Sausage and Peppers: ihatemealprep.com/freezer-cro...
Chicken Queso Tacos:
1-2 chicken breasts
1/2 packet taco seasoning
1 can rotel
1 cup salsa con queso
Cook on high for 4-5 hours and shred. Cool down and freeze.
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This was one of the best freezer meal videos I have watched. Thank you for all of the ideas and tips!!
I just found your channel and I can’t express how much I love your videos. I’m binge watching all of them.
You are so sweet. I'm so happy you are here!
I just found you today. I also watch Julia Pacheco! Thank you for all the freezer meal ideas! I am at home but have 25 piano students,so I have a busy week. I'm looking for shortcuts, freezer meals and crockpot meals to help out.
I completely agree about batch cooking ground beef for the freezer… so convenient! Thank you for this great video!
Isn’t it the best?! Thanks for watching Kelley 💕
Hi Katelyn. I absolutely loved this video for so many reasons. First you gave us some great tips; second, we got some amazing recipes to make ahead and freeze; and lastly and my favorite was the fact that you cook for your dad. I love that about you. You and I have that in common. I know he loves and appreciates that you do this for him. I hope all are well in your family. Have a great week, sweetheart.
You are always so sweet Cindy. I wish he lived closer to come over for dinner more often, so freezer meals are the next best thing for him! I hope you're having a great week so far!
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼This was wonderful and so helpful! Thank you for putting in so much effort with all you have going on as a wife, mama and everything else in life due the holidays. Your recipes always turn out so great and don’t require a lot of extravagant ingredients. I so appreciate you! Have a blessed day!😊
Thank you so much! 😊 I hope you have a wonderful holiday season!
I love watching your videos, you fix things we love to eat.
Love this video! So many great ideas. Thank you!
Love the pre cooked hamburger great ideal. 💖🌸💖
It has been such a lifesaver and so great for throwing into crockpot meals too!
Thank you for all of these recipes and tips, and all of you hard work for putting them together. They're great!
And thank you for watching! 💜💜
I am so looking forward to trying these meals! Looks yummy
These look, absolutely delicious. I cannot wait to try them.
Thank you. I really like how much you shared in this one! And all of it sounds great!
I'm so glad you enjoyed! 😊
I’ve literally been searching TH-cam for WEEKS for good instructions and with recipes! Thank you so much! I’m going to make all of these. I got a deep freeze for Christmas and I’ve been looking for you apparently lol 100% cant thank you enough. My girl just turned one and it’s hard to keep up with her lol.
Awe this comment makes me so happy! I will try to keep sharing more freezer meals and easy recipes 😊And I totally feel you on trying to keep up with kids...its a challenge for sure!
Thank you for sharing great freezer preps ♥️
Your welcome! And thank you for watching them 💜
Outstanding, thank you!
You are amazing thanks for this video !! I’m a mother of five and it’s exhausting sometime when it comes to cooking but this is amazing
Thank you for all your work.
I surely appreciate you writing ingredients and instructions under your video ! 😊😘😍
No problem 😊 Thank you for watching!
Love these ideas! Freezer cooking is my fave! Thanks for sharing ❤
It's such a timesaver! I'm so glad you enjoyed 💕
Delicious and quick freezer meals! Ty for sharing
Your welcome, and thank you for watching! 😊
You have the best video on freezer meals! Thank you so much for sharing!
Thank you so much Lisa! 💕
Can't wait to try these....they all look delish!!!!!
Thank you Mary! 😊
I’m in awe 😅 I can’t imagine making all those meals and you are amazing! But I’m sending this video to my daughters to help them with some ideas!❤
Oh perfect! Thank you for passing on 💜
Everything sounds delicious!
I got mine off of Amazon. Here are the ones that I have:
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Thanks for all these ideas!!!
You are so welcome! 😊
I have a hard time finding freezer meals that sound like something we would enjoy, but girl, you have several in here that I'd like to try. Thanks for this video! God bless!
I'm so happy that these sound good to you! Thank you for watching 😊
For my Sloppy Joe's I add onions, pepper, 1 can of tomato soup and 1 tsp of mustard to 1 lb of hamb.....VERY VERRY GOOD
Sounds delicious! I will have to give that one a try!
Everything looks delicious.
Thank you 💕
great video! love these recipes!
Thanks so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed it 💜
Great recipes. Thank you!
Glad you like them!
Awesome meal preps , thanks for sharing 👍❤️👍🇺🇸👍❤️
Thank you Christeen 💕
Thank you for sharing. ❤😊
And thank you for watching! 😊
Yummy on all the recipes especially the chicken fajita and over rice yummy Thank you for sharing Katelyn have a blessed day stay safe and healthy. Fabulous video Thank 🙏❤🙏❤🙏
Thank you! 💜💜
Hello, really great meal, freezer prep compilation.thank you so much.all wonderful meals, really appreciated.hv a lovely day family 💕🥰😘🤤👍👍👍🤗🦋💛🦋
Thank you Melissa! 😊
New subbie here!😀. Great video! These meals look delicious and easy! Thank you!
These are great meals for me to make for my daughter who is expecting a baby in a couple of months! ❤️
Hello. I just found your fantastic channel today and, wow, fun recipes! I am no youtuber and I have heard the video editing process is extensive, but... if ever in the future you would be so inclined, it would be GREAT to have your recipes NUMBERED! That would be so great for us just learning :). Thanks again and great job!!
I just found your site great recipes.
nice job
Hi,katelyn looks so good you are making me hungry 😊
Thank you for watching! 😊
Tip: Make sure your bags ARE freezer bags so they don't leak.
Hey Kaitlyn just wanted to say thank you for all of you're videos they give me great joy to watch you are an inspiration to me I have learned a lot from you I hope for the new Year you maybe do a video on just budgeting Ideas how to save money I lost my wife 4 yrs ago and half my income is gone so I'm on my own it's been difficult for but through faith in god I'm dong ok now so every bit helps to save money my hope and prayer would get out of debt soon that's my wish for the New Year just wanted to say thank you for everything you're truly a gift from god and I thank you for your channel and just being there I wish you and you're family a very happy new Year god bless
Thank you so much Joel! I hope you have a Happy New Year!
Thank you for making tatortot hotdish the right Minnesotan way! I see everyone make it wrong 🤦♀️ also, why does it always taste better the 2nd or 3rd day?! We buy a whole cow at a time, we are currently waiting for our cow and we will get a whole pig in March.. Maybe it's just a Minnesota thing that we buy our meat from farmers?! So much cheaper and better meat even if it's in bulk! Just make sure you have a big enough freezer for it 🤣
Haha yes, totally have to make it the Minnesotan way. It does seem like more people in this area buy meet in bulk. Maybe because there are more local and smaller farmers??
Yea im from the east coast and never heard of it until i saw it on the Duggers (19 kids and counting) and thought she made it up
Im so ready to be barefoot, pregnant making freezer meals for the fam. I’m trying that tater tot one as soon as I get home! I love anything with potatoes and cheese 😩
I wish I had an extra freezer to do these. I've always done food prep but we are in an rv now with no space. Can't wait to have the room for food prep again.
Thanks for sharing.
That would definitely be a challenge to work with a small freezer. I'm sure you will soon have more room to be able to food prep again. Thanks so much for watching 💜
Look into adding baking soda to your ground beef before browning. It keeps the moisture in the meat so it’s not swimming in juice.
U have some great freeze meal.
Thank you Debra!
I use tape and label the tops of anything in tupperware beats trying to guess what is in there!
Very smart! No one likes the guessing game of what's in the tupperware 😂
How long is the freezer life for these? I’m off during the summer and back to work during the school year.
Hi, I’m only cooking for two, how many are your meals for? Also I’m from England so can you tell me what rotel is as I have never heard of it?. Love your meals by the way
I have made your Sloppy Joes recipe it is delicious. My husband and I like your stir fry also. If u have some more stir fries, I would love to see your videos, with recipe.
I will try to share some more stir fry recipes soon 😊 I'm so glad to hear that you enjoy them. Thanks for watching!
Katelyn, I just finish prepping 2 months worth of meals off of your videos. Thank u so much. My husband and I are trying for our 4th baby and I usually get really sick, so I’m prepping for that.
Such a great idea! I will definitely be doing that if we decide on having a 4th. Good luck on baby #4 😊
I’ve had hyperemesis gravidarum with two of my pregnancies and it usually starts around week 6, and lasts for two months so this is a must for me also!
@@TT-vx2wr I’ve had hyperemesis with all 4 of my babies. It’s no fun. We are pregnant with our 4th and I’m so sick and my husband keeps reminding me everyday how thankful he is that I prepped these meals.
@@angelinavernam1939 I pray for a healthy baby for you. You got this!
I'm trying the Mississippi chicken, and wondering what are good side dishes, please?
I love to serve our mississippi chicken over rice or mashed potatoes with green beans on the side!
I'll have to make the sloppy joes I'll let you know what I think Thanks Katelyn 🥰🥰
I hope you enjoy them!
I think everyone makes tater tot casserole. It's not just a mid west thing😊
Do you have to defrost each meal overnight or can you just throw it into the slow cooker straight from the freezer?
More often than not, I throw mine into the crockpot frozen and then I just make sure to cook it on the high setting
Oh gosh, wait!... I just clicked the more button above. Sorry... and wow, thanks!!
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Thanks for watching!
I think "hot dish" is a regional term but the concept is universal. Could be known as casserole, bake, covered dish, ragout, 9 x 13, etc
We also keep cooked taco meat in the freezer.
Love your freezer meal videos. Those green bag holders have a clip on them. Is there a reason you don't use them when filling your bags? Just curious cuz I want to buy some, but if you don't use them because they don't work or break easily I don't want to waste my money.
I love them and would highly recommend them! The only reason I fold the bags over like that is because I don’t like the edges of my bags to get messy. When I fold the tops over, the top inch or so stays nice and clean so it just makes it easier to seal. But using the bag holders with the clips works well too. I’ve used them both ways. Worth every penny if you make freezer meals often 😊
@@katelynskitchen2689 ok great tip!! Thank you! ❤️ I definitely understand now.
Did you intend to show queso tacos twice?
How do I access the recipes?
It seems you need to thaw the chicken though before you put it in the crockpot-at lease until it is thawed for safety reasons.
These look quite tasty. Thanks for sharing. I do wonder why you (and most other people, it seems) usually use chicken breasts instead of thighs. Do you prefer the flavor of the breast? I find thighs have a much better taste and are usually less expensive. To each his/her own, but I was just curious.
I like both! I just always have these in my freezer and my husband also tends to prefer chicken breasts over thighs. I do prefer dark meat in a lot of recipes though. You could definitely sub thighs in most of these recipes though 😊
Doesn't anyone ever clean chicken prior to cooking?
Chicken Breasts must be alot cheaper where u live then they are here in Ontario Canada 🇨🇦. Couldn't afford to make all these chicken breast recipes...
They have definitely gone up a ton in price. I have been using up a lot of the chicken that I had stocked up in my deep freezer. I'm hoping chicken comes down in price soon since it's so expensive.
Easy and delicious freezer meals while saving money on processed foods. Well, I'm sorry to be a Debbie Downer here but, if you are spending money and using canned cream of mushroom soup, canned beans, taco and ranch seasoning packets, bottled BBQ sauce, bottled Italian dressing, queso among other stuff I'm sure...well sweetie, that's all pretty processed. Where's the savings? Why not make it yourself? For the first 30 mins I watched...some of that stuff is not hard to make from scratch and it's healthier for you and your family. Plus.... using chicken that you didn't trim the fat from? Why? 🤢. I stopped watching after 30 mins.... I just couldn't. I'll stick to watching Becky at Acre Homestead for scratch home cooking freezer meals. If she buys it from a store it's because she couldn't make it herself.
Best of luck to you.
There are so many ways to state your opinion without condescension and judgment. Why not use one of them instead of this?
@@nicolem.7116 How many ways can you give brutal honesty without sounding a bit condescending? It's called BRUTAL for a reason. Here's my brutal honesty for you.
I don't sugar coat my comments with adults....she's not an 8 y/o. I call it as I see it. She prefaced her video by saying how terrible processed foods are and then used a plethora of those items to make her meals. That is not my OPINION, that is FACT. My comment was meant to HELP her grow as a TH-camr. She's gotta walk the walk if she's going to talk the talk. That's why I apologized and wished her luck with her channel. If I was merely trying to insult her, I wouldn't have done either one of those things. So, respectfully, YOU do you....and I'll do me. Thank you.
@@chimimi1969 I don't actually disagree with you, in terms of factual truth about the video. And you're certainly welcome to speak your mind -- I'd be a hypocrite to say otherwise. But if you were on the other side of your first comment, would you think someone using that phrasing was trying in good faith to help you, or trying to cut you down for their own amusement? Because the tone read like the second one, and if that wasn't your intention, I'm trying to give some constructive criticism of my own. Doesn't hurt to tell people what you liked, too, not just what you thought was lacking -- and if you watched for a full half hour and thought it was worth your time to leave feedback, I have to assume you saw something positive to talk about, too. Consider sharing that next time along with the jabs.
Wash your chicken and cut the excess fat off 🤢
I wish u would take a breath. Slow down please
That foil you use is poisoning.
Please clean your chicken first (by cleaning I mean take off all that nasty fat and any veins that the chicken may have). That is a problem I have with crock pot meals people don’t clean their chicken 😩