Freezer Beef ONLY Meals! // Freezer Meals 101

 

Tater Tot Casserole with Beef and Veggies

Tater Tot Casserole Ingredients:

• 750 g bag frozen tater tots
• 1 lb. lean ground beef, browned
• 1 cup diced onion
• 2 cups of frozen mixed vegetables
• 10.5 oz. can cream of mushroom soup
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1/4 tsp. dry mustard powder
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 cups of cheddar cheese, shredded

Assembly instructions:

1. Brown ground beef and cool slightly.
2. Place beef in a large resealable freezer bag.
3. Add the chopped onion and mixed vegetables.
4. In a mixing bowl, stir together soup, evaporated milk, garlic, and seasonings. Pour into the bag over the other ingredients.
5. Place the shredded cheese in a medium freezer bag.
6. Remove the excess air from both bags, seal, and staple together above the fold.
7. Freeze.

Crockpot cooking instructions:

1. Thaw.
2. Dump the contents of the large bag into the slow cooker.* Cook on high for 3-4 hours or 6 hours on low.
3. Top with cheese near the end of cooking.
4. Serve.

*This casserole tends to stick to the sides of the slow cooker making it hard to clean afterwards, so I suggest using Crock-Pot liners. They are food safe and can be thrown out after use making clean-up a breeze!

Oven cooking instructions:

1. Thaw.
2. Place contents of the large bag in a 9×13 casserole dish. Top with cheese. Bake at 400° for 30 minutes.

Beefy Rice Slow Cooker Casserole

Beefy Rice Crock Pot Recipe:

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 lbs. ground beef, browned
• 28 oz. can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1/4 cup green pepper, chopped
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. chili powder
• 1 cup uncooked long grain converted rice

Assembly instructions:

1. Place the uncooked rice in a medium sized resealable freezer bag. Seal.
2. Brown the beef.
3. Chop the onion and green pepper.
4. Add the cooled ground beef, tomatoes, onion, green pepper, and seasonings to a large resealable freezer bag. 
5. Squish to combine.
6. Remove the excess air and seal.
7. Staple the bag containing the rice to the larger bag above the seal.
8. Freeze.

Cooking instructions:

1. Thaw.
2. Remove the staples (carefully). 
3. Dump the contents of both bags to the slow cooker. 
4. Add one cup of water and stir. 
5. Cook on low for 4-5 hours or on high for 2-3 hours.

Spanish Rice Casserole 

Spanish Rice Recipe:

• 1 lb. ground beef, cooked
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 4 cups pasta sauce
• 2 cups white or brown rice, cooked and cooled
• 1/2 cup onion, diced
• 1/2 green pepper, diced
• 2 1/4 oz. can sliced black olives (or half the can)
• 2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded

Assembly instructions:

1. Brown the beef.
2. Cook and cool the rice.
3. Chop the vegetables.
4. Place the grated cheddar cheese in a medium resealable bag.
5. Put all the other ingredients in a large resealable bag and squish to mix together. Remove excess air and seal. Staple the bags together above the seal.
6. Freeze.

Cooking instructions:

1. Thaw.
2. Put the contents of the large bag in a large casserole dish and top with cheese.
3. Bake for 30-40 minutes at 350°.

Variations of the Spanish Rice Casserole:

• Use veggie ground round in place of the ground beef to make this meal vegetarian.
• Omit the olives if you’re not a fan of black olives or add the full can if you can’t get enough.
• Use red or orange peppers in place of the green peppers if you want a milder flavour. 
• Serve with hot sauce if you like things spicy.
• You can change up the flavours a bit by trying this recipe with different pasta sauces. Use whichever your favourites are.

Unstuffed Pepper Skillet

Course: Main Course

Keyword: skillet meal, stuffed pepper

Servings: 6

Calories: 550 kcal

Ingredients

• 1 lb. lean ground beef browned*
• 3 tsp. cumin
• 1 tsp. oregano
• 3 tsp. paprika
• 3 tsp. chili powder
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 1 red pepper diced
• 1 yellow pepper diced
• 1 onion diced
• 14 oz. can tomatoes
• 1 tsp. lime juice
• 2 cups cooked rice
• 2 cups shredded cheddar or Tex Mex cheese

Instructions

Assembly instructions:

1. Cook the rice. Brown the beef. Chop the peppers and onion.

2. Place all the ingredients except for the cheese in a large resealable freezer bag.

3. Remove the excess air from the bag, seal.

4. Place the shredded cheese in a medium freezer bag. Seal and staple it to the other bag above the seal. Freeze.

Cooking instructions:

1. Thaw.

2. Place the large bag ingredients in a skillet. Cook over medium heat until cooked through, stirring occasionally.

3. Top with the cheese the last few minutes of cooking.

Recipe Notes

*If you want to make this meal vegetarian, you can substitute the ground beef for veggie ground round. It's especially good with the Mexican flavored one.