Ground Beef Freezer Meals // Freezer Meals 101

 Tater Tot Casserole with Beef and Veggies

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: tater tot casserole
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 569 kcal
Ingredients
  • 750 g bag frozen tater tots
  • 1 lb. lean ground beef browned
  • 1 cup diced onion
  • 2 cups 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 cheddar cheese shredded
Instructions
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.
Crock pot 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.
Oven cooking instructions:
  1. Thaw.

  2. Place contents of the large bag in a 9x13 casserole dish. Top with cheese. Bake at 400° for 30 minutes.

  3. Serve.

Beefy Rice Slow Cooker Casserole
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: beef, rice, slow cooker
Servings: 6
Calories: 367 kcal
Ingredients
  • 1.5 lbs cooked ground beef
  • 28 oz can diced tomatoes
  • 1 chopped onion
  • 1/4 cup chopped green pepper
  • 1 cup uncooked long-grain converted rice
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp chili powder
Instructions

  1. Place the uncooked rice in a medium-sized resealable bag and seal.

  2. Chop the onion and green pepper.

  3. Add the browned ground beef that you cooked the night before, tomatoes, onion, green pepper, and seasonings to a large resealable bag. Squish everything in that bag together.

  4. Remove the excess air from the bag and seal.

  5. Staple the medium bag of uncooked rice to the large bag above the seal.

Cooking Instrucitons:

  1. On the day of cooking, take the meal out of the freezer and thaw it.

  2. Carefully take out the staples and add the contents of both bags to the slow cooker. Add 1 cup of water and stir.

  3. Cook on low for 4-5 hours or on high for 2-3 hours.


Spanish Rice
Prep Time
25 mins
Cook Time
35 mins
 
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Keyword: casserole, rice, Spanish
Servings: 6
Calories: 570 kcal
Ingredients
  • 1 lb. ground beef cooked
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 4 cups pasta sauce
  • 2 cups (cooked) 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
Instructions
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°.

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.



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