The Crock Pot Bandwagon!

Well I have jumped on the crock pot band wagon! Although I am staying at home with Maddie now I am still spending two days a week in Brownwood and don’t feel like cooking when I get home.  If you know me, you know I like to sleep as much as possible so waking up early enough to load up the crock pot does not appeal to me.  I decided to start putting all of my ingredients in a Zip Loc Freezer Bag on Sunday, freezing it and then just dumping it in the crock pot on my mad dash out the door! This week I made Beef Stroganoff and Sweet and Spicy Asian Chicken.  Of course Maddie had to help!

Beef Stroganoff

12 oz Ball Tip Steak (It was on sale) any kind of beef will do

4 Oz button mushrooms, sliced

½ onion diced

1 tablespoon garlic in oil

1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup

1 packet beef stew seasoning –mix in water

1 tablespoon beef base-dilute in water

2 cups water

Combine all ingredients in Ziploc bag and freeze for up to one month.

6-8 hours before serving DUMP all ingredients into crock pot on low.  (you may need to cut the bag to get everything out)

When you get home from work you can boil some rice or noodles or buy the minute rice in the steam bag for the microwave.

I broke up the meat with a fork and then added 1 cup of sour cream. ( I used fat free for WW… much better with full fat) L

When my egg noodles were done the sauce had heated through.

I steamed a bag of broccoli and tossed it with olive oil butter.

I had some wonton wrappers left over from a catering last week so I decided that me and Maddie would make potstickers to go with the Asian meal.  I would have steamed them but my steamer is in storage… (fried in oil also tastes so much better)

Sweet and Spicy Asian Chicken

4 Chicken Legs – Skin off

3 tablespoons Soy Sauce

1 cup Orange Juice

2 tablespoons Sweet Chili Sauce

2 tablespoons garlic in oil

1 tablespoon Agave Nectar or Honey

Combine all liquid ingredients in Ziploc bag and then chicken legs. Freeze for up to one month. 

6-8 hours before serving DUMP all ingredients into crock pot on low.  (you may need to cut the bag to get everything out)

When you get home from work you can boil some rice or noodles or buy the minute rice in the steam bag for the microwave.

Remove the bones from the chicken (it just falls off)

Add ½ a bag of stir fry vegetables and turn on high.

Serve over rice and serve with cut green onions and sesame seeds.

Sausage Wonton

24 wonton wrappers

1 lb. hot breakfast sausage

1 tsp ginger

1 bunch chopped scallions (green onions)

1 Egg

Combine all ingredients until completely incorporated

Keep the wonton wrappers under a damp wash cloth so they don’t dry out

Place one teaspoon of sausage mixture in wonton wrapper and fold over to resemble half moon

Wet one side of the wonton to make sure they stick together

Place one side of wonton in hot oiled pan.  When you can remove the wonton from the pan, add a small amount of water and cover.

Super easy sauce

1 can Mango baby food

3 tablespoons sweet chili sauce

Mix together and serve with wontons

You can freeze these on a sheet pan and then transfer them to a Ziploc bag until you are ready to use them.  Just slack them out in the refrigerator before you are ready to cook .