GROUND BEEF Freezer Meals // Misc

 Freezer Meals 101

One Pot Taco Spaghetti
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
 
Course: Main Course
Keyword: one pot, pasta
Servings: 4
Ingredients
  • 1 lb. ground beef browned
  • 1/2 cup onion finely minced
  • 4 Tbsp. taco seasoning
  • 10 oz. Rotel
  • 1/2 cup cheddar cheese shredded
For day of cooking:
  • 8 ounces spaghetti noodles uncooked
  • 3 cups water
Instructions
Assembly Instructions:

  1. Add the browned ground beef, chopped onions, taco seasoning, and can of Rotel to a large resealable freezer bag. Seal and remove excess air.

  2. Put the shredded cheese in a medium freezer bag and seal the bag. Staple the two bags together above the seal.

  3. Freeze.

Cooking Instructions:

  1. Thaw.

  2. When you’re ready to start cooking, place the contents of the large bag, water, and uncooked spaghetti noodles into a very large flat-bottomed skillet. Cook over high heat until the mixture comes to a boil.

  3. Once boiling, reduce the heat to low, and cover the pan. Allow the ingredients to simmer for 15 minutes, until the pasta is tender and the liquid has reduced.

  4. When the pasta is cooked through, remove the lid and sprinkle with cheese. Stir to melt the cheese into the pasta and serve immediately.


Sloppy Joes
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
 
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: sloppy Joes
Servings: 6
Calories: 284 kcal
Ingredients
  • 1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
  • 1 cup onion chopped finely
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 1/4 cup green pepper chopped finely
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 tsp. pepper
  • 1 tsp. dry mustard powder
  • 1/2 cup chili sauce
  • 14 oz. can tomato sauce
  • 2 Tbsp. ketchup
  • 1 Tbsp. brown sugar
  • 2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tsp. lemon juice
For the day of serving:
  • buns
Instructions
Assembly instructions:
  1. Brown the ground beef.

  2. Place the ground beef in a large resealable freezer bag.

  3. Dump in all the other ingredients.

  4. Squish to combine.

  5. Remove the excess air and seal. Lay flat and freeze.

Slow Cooker Cooking Instructions:
  1. Thaw.

  2. Cook in a crockpot for 2-3 hours on low or cook in a pot on the stovetop until heated through.

  3. Serve on regular or gluten-free sliced buns.

Stovetop Cooking Instructions:
  1. Thaw.

  2. Cook in a stovetop pot over medium-low until heated through.

  3. Serve on regular or gluten-free sliced buns.


Taco Sloppy Joes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Mexican
Keyword: sloppy Joes, taco
Servings: 6
Calories: 174 kcal
Ingredients
  • 1 lb. lean ground beef
  • 1 cup onion chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 Tbsp. taco seasoning
  • 1 cup salsa your favorite variety
  • 1/4 cup water
For serving:
  • buns
  • optional toppings such as shredded cheese lettuce, tomatoes, etc.
Instructions
Assembly instructions:

  1. Brown the ground beef. Allow it to cool slightly.

  2. Place cooked ground beef, chopped onions, minced garlic, taco seasoning, salsa, and water in a large resealable freezer bag.

  3. Remove excess air, seal, and freeze.
Stovetop cooking instructions:
  1. Thaw.
  2. Heat in a pot or skillet over medium heat until cooked through.
  3. Serve on bun halves with taco toppings.
Slow cooker cooking instructions:
  1. Thaw.

  2. Cook in Crock-Pot on low for 2-3 hours.

  3. Serve on bun halves with taco toppings.
Recipe Notes

I prefer the texture of this dish better if I toast the buns, but it's completely up to you.


Ground Beef Stroganoff Freezer Meal

As with most freezer meals, it's just as quick and easy once you've browned the beef and chopped the onions for this to make four of these recipes at once than it is to make one. When you open your freezer and see four meals made, you will feel so accomplished and glad that you quadrupled this recipe!

Course: Main Course
Keyword: beef, stroganoff
Servings: 6
Calories: 255 kcal
Ingredients
  • 1 lb. ground beef browned
  • 1/2 cup onion chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 3/4 cup mushrooms sliced
  • 1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
  • 10 oz. can cream of mushroom soup
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 tsp. parsley
  • dash pepper
Instructions

  1. To assemble this meal, add the ground beef to a large resealable bag.

  2. Add all the other ingredients to the bag and squish them around to combine.

  3. Remove excess air and seal.
  4. Lay flat and freeze.

  5. On the day of cooking, thaw and then cook in the slow cooker on low for 2-5 hours. If you prefer, you can instead heat the beef stroganoff in a skillet on medium until heated through.

  6. Before serving, stir in another 1/4-1/2 cup of sour cream. This adds a bit of zip and freshness and livens the recipe up.

Recipe Notes

I want to mention something about the mushrooms in this recipe. You can substitute a can of mushrooms for the fresh mushrooms, particularly if you're making this as a freezer meal, but please don't. Fresh mushrooms taste so much better in this recipe than canned does. Trust me on this!

Whenever I make this, I cook up a package of egg noodles and stir the stroganoff through the drained noodles. If I'm heating this in a skillet on the stovetop, I add the noodles into the skillet towards the end of cooking the mixture.

If I'm making this in the Crock-Pot, I stir the cooked egg noodles right into the Crock-Pot towards the end of the Beef Stroganoff cooking time.


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Taco Chili

Ingredients:
1 lb. cooked ground beef
1 medium onion chopped
1 can corn drained
1 can black beans drained
1 can navy beans drained
1 8 oz can tomato sauce
2 14 oz. cans diced tomatoes
1 small can diced green chiles
1 package taco seasoning

Directions: Place all ingredients in freezer bag and freeze until ready. 

Write on bag: 1 can diced green onions, shredded cheese
   1. Thaw slightly, place in crock pot and cook on low for 4-6 hours. 
   2. Serve with shredded cheese, chopped green onions and fritos.


Crock Pot Cheeseburger Soup
Ingredients:
1 pound ground beef, browned
½ cup chopped onion
½ cup chopped pepper
1 can diced tomatoes (14.5 ounce)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon oregano
½ teaspoon pepper
3 cups beef broth
4 cups diced potatoes (skip for Paleo)
8 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded

Directions:
Combine the beef, onion, pepper, spices, tomatoes, broth and potatoes in bag.

Write on bag: ¼ cup flour (almond flour=Paleo), 1 cup milk (almond milk for Paleo)
   1. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.
   2. About 30 minutes before it is time to eat, combine the flour and milk. Whisk until no   
       lumps remain. Stir into soup. Add cheese and stir again. Cover and cook until soup is 
       thickened…about 30 minutes.









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