Just wanted to share this for those who like to do make-ahead freezer prep for later use in the slow cooker -this lady assembled a meal plan that for about $150 or so, can buy ingredients to make 20 freezer packs (each feeding family of 4) that you just assemble into bags and freeze. Then you just thaw it and the morning of, just toss it in the slow cooker, cook for 8-10 hrs and it is ready by dinnertime.
http://www.5dollardinners.com/gluten...tco-meal-plan/
Last week DH went shopping for all the ingredients at Costco and then one day this weekend we both assembled the 20 packs. It took us much longer than two hours, probably bc it was the first time we did it and we were figuring things out. We put everything in gallon ziploc bags...all of them took up the entire freezer section of our garage fridge/freezer!!
ANyway, we ate the first meal (BBQ chicken & potatoes) for dinner today and it was actually pretty decent. The kids ate it, so that is definitely a plus It was so nice to be able to just dump a bag in the Crockpot in the morning and then by dinner have hot meal. in the past I had always been a fan of Once-A-Month Cooking and make-ahead freezer prep, but hadn't done it in a while...seeing this just gave me the motivation to get started on it again. Each meal only comes out to be a few dollars per meal, and the fact that it was gluten free was pretty nice too. I like how these were all for 8-10 hours which is nice when DH & I are both out of the house all day.