Freezer Cooking

I have tried my hand at freezer cooking once in the past- I used all recipes I got off different pins from my pinterest boards. I guess you take a chance when you make a large amount of recipes without trying any of them. But I thought pinterest wouldn't steer me wrong. Well, I made 5 recipes that first time and to be honest I only really LOVED two of them. This time around I only made one recipe but it got me four meals for my freezer that our perfect for lazy cold days. I was inspired by Bilo's 99cent sale of chicken breast so I went ahead and made Chicken and black bean chili.

So one thing I didn't like about my pin is that it gave the amount for the entire recipe and not what you put in each bag so I will do my recipe per bag and you all can just multiply by how many bags you want. I would say each bag will get you about 6 hearty bowls.

Step one:

Get your ingredients:

1.5 cans tomato sauce (not the mini can and not the jumbo can)

1 can crushed tomatoes (same size as above)

1 can yellow corn (regular size)

1/2 can white corn (small can)

1 can black beans (regular size can)

2 chicken breast (about 2lbs chicken bone-in) *note- we like a lot of meat

1 package chili seasoning

1/4 package hot chili seasoning (I like it hot but make it mild so the kids can eat too and just add hot sauce to my bowl)

1/2 onion

3 celery stalks

1 freezer gallon ziplock bag

Step two:

Boil chicken. While chicken is boiling dice onion and celery.

Step three: 

Let chicken cool. Remove skin and then shred the meat and place in large bowl. 

Step four:

Add all ingredients to your bag and zip tightly removing as much air as possible.

Step five:

I like to massage the bag to mix the ingredients. (make sure your have zipped it tightly.

You should end up with something like this:

To cook just place in a pot and simmer for 2 hours or I put mine in my crock pot on low for 4 hours or high 2 hours.

Let me know if you try it and also let me know what your favorite freezer meals are. My goal is to have a large variety so on days work gets crazy and I get tired I can still put homemade healthy meals on the table for the girls.