 school is officially in, things are crazy so I thought I would share some back to school freezer meals. So this last weekend we decided to go camping as a family and being 18 weeks pregnant camping was a little harder than I expected especially in the nighttime but we found an amazing cave right next to us and we had a ton of fun but before we left camping I decided to prep all these freezer meals so next week we'll be a breeze. Okay if you're ready let's just jump right in. All right guys the first recipe I'm making is barbacoa tacos. Now you're gonna start with a chuck roast it's like three to four pounds that I cut up into about six to eight pieces then we're gonna add a lot of spices right on top of the meat I'm gonna put them down below in the directions for you so I don't have to name them all off but Sarah go ahead and dump all the spices okay next you're gonna add one can of diced chilies about three teaspoons of minced garlic then I'm gonna have the juice of two limes and two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar. All right Sarah's gonna dump in one onion you go ahead and dump it in these are chipotle's chipotle peppers in adobo sauce so I'm gonna get three of these and put them in there there we go so just three of them okay and then about three-fourths cup of beef broth kids are at school and Sarah is home and she likes to help me cook come Sarah yeah yeah all right and that's it we're gonna zip it up right um sure all right you know how to do it all right now we're gonna show you how to cook it now if you're gonna cook it in an instant pot if you've cut it up into chunks like this you only have to cook it for about 60 minutes and then I would let it release on its own for about an hour or two now if you're in a slow cooker you're gonna go to seven to eight hours slow slow um you don't have to change the recipe this will work slow cooker or instant pot we are ready to cook this works best if it is thawed if you're gonna cook it from frozen but they're using the inspire slow cooker at an hour okay we're just dumping this whole thing in because it's thought there's some liquid in there already so we don't even have to worry about it go ahead and put your lid on make sure if you have a little knob it's turned to ceiling there we go ceiling not venting okay so we're gonna push pressure cook and then we're gonna go up to 60 minutes just because we like it nice and tender once you set it on this one I can just walk away when it's done I let it sit here for a little bit just to get really tender then I'm gonna pull it out and shred it up then I just threw it back in because we want to get it all nice and saucy oh man so you can do so many things of this but I like mine nice and basic because there's so much flavor in this meat so I'm gonna make two little street tacos whoops and then I love adding a little bit of fresh onions I know that sounds weird but man if you've had some good street tacos fresh onions are my favorite and then just a little bit of cilantro that's it that is all you need for these awesome awesome tacos now as I'm going through footage I realized I forgot to rake them so I am raking these a five the next recipe I'm making is called hobo dinners this was originally a slow cooker but I'm changing it into an instant pot so down below in the description you'll have both slow cooker and instant pot first I am just prepping everything so I'm cooking up one and a half pounds of meat and then chopping up all the vegetables all right now it's time to just dump everything in so we're gonna start with the ground beef and this was a little harder than I thought so I'm actually just going to scoop it right in now I do like using these little freezer mill holders I'll put a link down below for you they're my favorite just they hold everything open so I can make a freezer mill by myself next it calls for six russet potatoes but my potatoes were big so I'm just putting four in today next I'm gonna add all the spices I'll put them down below in the description for you just because yeah it's a little easier that way next up is one pound of carrots I like to get the big carrots chop them up into small pieces we're gonna fit them all in here once the carrots are in it you're gonna get some beans wash them first trim the edges yeah half pound of those and last but not least an onion no I like to cut it like slice it up a little bit so you can still have a little bit of a taste of an onion okay this is all we're gonna put in there right now because this these things are safe to cook in the instant pot also if you are going to do it in the slow cooker I suggest doing it this way too all right so I am using the instant pot go ahead and just dump everything out of your freezer mill and do your pot now because it is an instant pot we need a little bit of water so I'm just gonna add half a cup to a cup of water we need it to pressurize okay go ahead and put your lid on there we go if you have a little knock make sure it's turned to ceiling not venting then we're gonna go down to pressure cook and cook it just for 10 minutes we just need to cook pretty much those potatoes and the vegetables and 10 minutes will get the job done okay once we're at 10 with this instant pot I don't have to push start so I can just walk away now if you're not making this into a freezer mill the recipe down below is for a slow cooker you don't even have to pre cook your meat you just kind of dump everything in the slow cooker and it will cook all day the instant pots a little bit different you have to cook your meat so cook it this way if you're doing freezer mills and either one I would still do it just like I showed you all right while we're waiting for that to finish up cooking we're going to add one can of cream of mushroom soup to a bowl it's a hobo dinner you need some sort of cream of mushrooms something right and then we're gonna do about half a cup of barbecue sauce and then just mix that all together okay when your timer's all done you're gonna release all the pressure all right once all the pressure's out you can go ahead and take off your lid okay now we're gonna add our barbecue sauce and cream of mushroom soup and just mix this all together now there it's a little bit of liquid in there you can dump that out beforehand but you don't have to all right got all my helpers ready to try hobo dinner okay you guys ready all right count of three ready one two three all right thumbs up if it's good thumbs down if it's bad or middle if it's middle for you thumbs up for you what do you think sarah thumbs up you like it nice okay if we're giving it a rating i'm rating it a five and yes even being pregnant it's so good so this recipe that i'm making is called king ranch chicken soup we have a king ranch recipe but this one is a soup and it's so easy to make you're gonna write on your freezer mill bag and then start putting everything in now i have instant pot and sloker slow cooker instructions for you down below in the description but today we're doing instant pot because you guys know it's my favorite you're gonna start by putting three or four chicken breasts into the bottom of your freezer mill bag next i'm gonna throw in the spices all the spices are down below for you because there's quite a bit so the next thing you need is a red pepper and a green pepper and an onion here's the problem pulled out my stuff they were a little moldy my bad so i had a fajita mix that has red peppers green peppers and onions mixed with yeah there's not as many but that's okay so i have my red peppers and green peppers and i cut up a jalapeno not a ton of jalapeno because my kids don't love the heat but i like the flavor so didn't cut it put in any seeds just jalapeno peppers and onions okay next i'm gonna add a can of diced tomatoes and green chillies just pour that right on top and the last thing is four cups of chicken broth you can have this now or you can add it when you're ready to cook but i'm gonna do it now so i don't have to think about it later now you're just gonna go ahead and sip it on up all right pulled out my instant pot now this is obviously thought right now but if it was frozen you would cook it for 25 minutes in your instant pot or you'd go about six to eight hours in your slow cooker so i'm gonna take this because it's all pod my chicken's kind of thick so we're gonna cook it for 20 minutes all right you're gonna put the lid on make sure if you have a little knob turn to ceiling then we're gonna push pressure cook and then go up to 25 minutes nope 20 20 like i said 20 minutes when the timer's all done you're gonna go ahead and release all that pressure while the pressure is releasing i'm gonna go ahead and add four tablespoons of butter and about two teaspoons or so of minced garlic just gonna put that in there mix this around until all the butter is melted and then we're gonna add a little bit of flour butter is all melted garlic smells amazing we're gonna add about a fourth cup of flour now the recipe calls for whole wheat flour i just can't find my whole wheat flour right now so i'm using white flour and it will be just fine too so we're gonna cook this for about a minute all right it's looking good we're gonna go ahead and pull this off now all the pressure should be out of the instant pot so we're just gonna add this to it so i'm gonna hurry and quickly pull out the chicken and we're gonna shred this after the chicken's pulled out then we're gonna add off our little mixture that we picked up we're just going to dump this right in we want to thicken up this soup and add a little garlic too okay now to thicken it up we're gonna go ahead and push cancel and then we're gonna push saute so we're gonna let this saute while we shred up the chicken all right shredded all the chicken threw it back in and we're just gonna let this thicken up a little bit okay it is time to put it into the soup bowl and then on top of this because it is you know king chicken we of course need some cheese and then i'm gonna add a little bit of cilantro too i love cilantro on my king chicken so i added this at the end because my some of my kids don't love cilantro but i could eat it for every meal especially when i'm pregnant okay ansley what do you think this soup thumbs up thumbs down thumbs up definitely you want to give it a star rating um probably a 4.5 okay change your mind you're gonna try it now all right try a little little bite what do you think thumbs down not a fan well they weren't Sarah's favorite but i really liked them so i'm also gonna rank it a four and a half all right guys if you love these freezer meals please comment down below what kind of freezer meals you want to see and i'll see you next time bye