Week 3 of our Freezer to Crockpot Cooking Series brings us 4 wonderful beef recipes that can be used for a weeknight dinner, or doubled for a big Sunday family dinner. Less than an hour of prep can give you 4 yummy, and hearty dinners on busy nights, instead of a quick sandwich.
The following recipes I suggest thawing out the night before in your refrigerator before cooking in the crockpot. These recipes take a little more prep in advance than our previous recipes did, but the end result will be well worth it. Buy double the ingredients and you will have 8 fantastic meals to toss in the crockpot for easy dinners.
This week we will be making:
- Crockpot Bacon Cheeseburger Meatloaf
- Crockpot Pepper Steak
- Crockpot Beef and Broccoli
- Crockpot Beef Stew and Root Vegetables
Week 3 - Beef Ingredients
Gather all your ingredients first to begin with food prep, here is the shopping list you will need this week for these meals
- 2 lb skirt steak or whatever your preferred cut is for beef strips
- 1 lb. cubed beef stew meat
- 1 ½ to 2 lbs. ground beef
- 3 bell peppers
- 3 large onions
- 2 small to medium white potatoes
- 1 sweet potato
- Bag of frozen broccoli florets
- Bacon pieces
- Shredded cheddar cheese
Pantry items you will need to have on hand, or add to your grocery list
- Brown sugar
- Breadcrumbs
- Garlic
- Salt
- Pepper
- Worcestershire
- Soy sauce
- Beef broth
- Eggs
- Cornstarch
Be sure to come back on Friday to see how to put it all together!
Need more slow cooker recipes that are great for freezer cooking? See all of the other weeks in this series:
