Freezer To Crockpot Cooking| Vegetarian Recipes and Instructions

Welcome Back to Freezer to Crockpot Cooking – Vegetarian Week! You have had a few days to get everything on the shopping list for the week, so now it is time to put everything together!

Don't forget the check out all of the other weeks in this series:

• Slow Cooker Chicken Recipes
• Slow Cooker Appetizer Recipes
• Slow Cooker Beef Recipes
• Slow Cooker Sandwich Recipes
• Slow Cooker Pork Recipes
• Slow Cooker Mexican Recipes
• Slow Cooker Soup Recipes
• Slow Cooker Vegetarian Recipes
• Slow Cooker Apple Recipes

Don’t forget: the shopping list for this week was designed to make 4 meals. If you doubled or tripled the shopping list to make even more meals (or larger meals), you will need to adjust these instructions for the increased quantity of food that you are making

Step 1 – Prep Your Ingredients – Just a few steps of prep work for these meals

1. Slice top off green bell peppers, and remove all seeds
2. If you would like to cut down on some of the sodium, rinse kidney beans and black beans at this point
3. Mash kidney beans
4. Combine 2 cups cooked rice, 2 cup shredded cheddar cheese, ¼ cup parmesan cheese, ¼ cup frozen corn, ¾ cup black beans, 1 tsp. oregano, ½ tsp. black pepper, 1 tsp. salt, and ½ tsp. cumin. Fill hollowed green peppers with this mixture. This recipe makes 6 large peppers.

Step 2 – Get Your Bags Ready! - Gather 4 gallon freezer bag, and 1 quart freezer bag. Don’t forget a sharpie, we are going to write our cooking instructions on the bag before filling. Write the following directions on each bag:

Stuffed Peppers

• Spray crockpot with non-stick cooking spray
• Remove peppers and place in crockpot
• Cook on low 4-6 hours

Spinach-Artichoke Casserole

• Spray crockpot with non-stick cooking spray
• Pour contents of bag into crockpot
• Cook on low for 4-5 hours

Mushroom Lentil and Barley Stew

• Spray crockpot with non-stick cooking spray
• Slice mushrooms in to halves or thirds and place in bottom of slow cooker
• Pour contents of bag 1 and 2 into crockpot
• Cook on low for 8-10 hours

Meatless Sloppy Joes

• Spray crockpot with non-stick cooking spray
• Pour contents of bag into crockpot
• Cook on low for 5-6 hours
• Additional Ingredients: Buns

Step 3 – Fill Your Bags! - Ok now you know the drill.. let’s fill those bags for the freezer, but feel free to keep one out and toss it into your crockpot for dinner.

Stuffed Peppers

• Previously stuffed peppers from earlier prep

Spinach-Artichoke Casserole

• Bag of frozen spinach
• 2 cups cottage cheese
• 4 Tbsp. butter
• 1 ½ cups shredded mozzarella or Italian blend cheese
• 3 eggs
• ¼ cup flour
• 1 tsp. salt
• ½ tsp. pepper
• 3 cloves crushed garlic
• Canned artichoke hearts

Mushroom Lentil and Barley Stew

Bag 1- Gallon

• 2 cups vegetable broth
• 1 cup water
• 1 tsp. salt
• ½ tsp. pepper
• 3 cloves crushed garlic
• ½ tsp. cumin
• ½ tsp. oregano
• ½ tsp. parsley flakes

Bag #2-quart

• ¾ cup uncooked barley
• ¾ cup uncooked lentils

Additional ingredients needed: 1 lb fresh mushrooms, sliced in half or thirds

Meatless Sloppy Joe’s

• 2 cans smashed kidney beans
• 1 8 oz. can tomato sauce
• 3 Tbsp. ketchup
• 1 Tbsp. mustard
• 1 tsp. chili powder
• 1 tsp. cumin
• ½ tsp. salt
• ½ tsp. black pepper
• 2 cloves crushed garlic
• 1 Tbsp. apple cider vingar

And that is it! You now have 4 bags for your freezer of easy vegetarian crockpot meals that you can make in a pinch!

Need more slow cooker recipes that are great for freezer cooking? See all of the other weeks in this series:

• Slow Cooker Chicken Recipes
• Slow Cooker Appetizer Recipes
• Slow Cooker Beef Recipes
• Slow Cooker Sandwich Recipes
• Slow Cooker Pork Recipes
• Slow Cooker Mexican Recipes
• Slow Cooker Soup Recipes
• Slow Cooker Vegetarian Recipes
• Slow Cooker Apple Recipes