Back to School Freezer Cooking ~ 40 Freezer Friendly Slow Cooker Meal, Breakfast, Lunch & Snack Ideas

I don’t know about you – but going from the relaxed ‘schedule’ of summer and late nights and quasi-bedtimes to being forced back onto the school routing is just plain daunting. I’m not sure if it’s the ginormous pile of papers that come home that first week of school and 87% of them need to be filled out or signed. And then you have to turn your “but I still just wanna be laying out by the pool” brain onto high gear so that you make sure to get the right papers into the right kids’ folders. And when there are 4 kids…with the mom-paperwork…and the

There is only 1 way that I know how to survive this madness. Freezer meals.

While they are a regular part of our routine and meal plan throughout the year…they become a daily part of the meal plan. Whether it’s a grab n go breakfast, or a slice of frozen zucchini bread that I drop into lunchboxes, or starting a freezer to slow cooker meal before whisking everyone off for a day of learning and work.

Every, single day…for the rest of August (and probably into September)…I will be pulling something out of the freezer.

It’s how I stay sane and “one step ahead” of these 4 bottomless pits that never stop eating. (Or so it seems this way.)

In order to help encourage, inspire and educate you on the benefits and how-tos of freezer cooking, I’ve come up with a list. Because lists help. They just do.

In this case, it’s a list of my favorite goodies to have stashed in the freezer!

Also, check out our crazy popular “31 Days of School Lunchbox Ideas” page! (Better yet, get your kids to check it out so they can tell you what they want in their lunch boxes!)

Now, on with the freezer cooking lists…

Facebook Live Freezer Cooking Session

Here’s what I’m made on the Back to School Freezer Cooking on Facebook Live (<– click there to watch on Facebook)

• Zucchini Pineapple Bread (4 loaves)

• Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins (2 batches)

• Bacon & Egg Breakfast Tacos

• Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Dough

• Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough  {How to Freeze Cookie Dough}

And here are the links to the products that were causing “muffin pan envy” or being called the MAGIC WAND…

• Long Handled Wooden Spoons from Utensi

• Whisk-Spatula “Better Batter” Gadget (also known as the “magic wand”)

• Mini Loaf Muffin Pan

• Square Muffin Pan

Now, for the list of my favorite back to school freezer meals…

Freezer to Slow Cooker Meals

• Slow Cooker Taco Soup
• Slow Cooker Chili Mac
• Slow Cooker Beef & Vegetable Soup
• Slow Cooker Bacon Cheeseburger Chili
• Slow Cooker Creamy Ranch Chicken
• Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup
• Slow Cooker Sweet Potato & Chicken Curry
• Slow Cooker Ranchero Chicken
• Slow Cooker Shredded Hawaiian Chicken Sandwiches
• Slow Cooker Mississippi Beef Roast

Did you know that you can now pick your own recipes for your BTS freezer cooking session?

Here’s how it works: You choose what your family will enjoy from the recipes in the MyFreezEasy database, and I give you a printout, complete with recipes, shopping lists, step by step meal assembly instructions and labels for your freezer meals! {Learn more here.}

Breakfasts

• Sweet n Savory Breakfast Muffins
• Bacon/Chorizo/Sausage & Egg Breakfast Tacos
• Breakfast Sandwiches
• Cheesy Sausage Breakfast Muffins
• Blueberry Muffins with Chex Streusel 
• Blueberry Lemon Pancakes
• Whole Wheat Carrot Cake Pancakes
• Multi-Grain & Nut Pancakes
• Make Ahead Freezer Smoothies
• Sausage Potato Breakfast Taquitos
• Strawberry Rhubarb Baked Oatmeal

Lunches

• Freezer PB&J – DIY Uncrustables
• Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins
• Whole Wheat Strawberry Crumb Muffins
• Corndog Muffins
• Pepperoni Calzones
• Rolled Pizza Bread
• Southwest Macaroni ‘n Cheese
• Slopp-Cheesy Joe Sliders

Snacks

• Bean & Cheese Tacos
• Homemade Granola (store in the freezer)
• Yogurt Blueberry Bites
• Berry Yogurt Bark
• Oatmeal Cinnamon Chip Cookies
• Orange Julius Ice Pops
• Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal
• Pumpkin Chai Snickerdoodle Cookies
• Pumpkin Muffins with Cinnamon-Pecan Streusel
• Coconut Key Lime Bread
• Double Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Now, get thee into the kitchen and get a few of these goodies loaded into your freezer!

Happy BTS Freezer Cooking! *fist bump*

Erin

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