 Today we are making three freezer meals perfect for big families or for small families. All right the first recipe we're going to show you today is our copycat Wendy's Chili. If you've ever been to Wendy's this is one of the most popular menu items that's been on their menu for years and now you can make it at home. So the original recipe that we link to does call for two pounds because it's going to feed six to eight people. Since we're cutting in half all we're going to do is divide it between the two freezer bags. So now you have two meals that are going to feed four people each. So one pound cooked ground beef, let it cool. Yes before you put it in. Yeah because we don't want to freeze hot meat so we're going to put them in the bags and then we're just going to start dumping ingredients in. So the recipe calls for two packages of chili seasoning. So we're just going to put one in each bag. All right this is a super easy recipe to split in half and you get two meals out of it. Right and it's one of my favorites. I love this chili recipe. So like if you want to be a domestic goddess in your family this is the recipe. You put this in your soul cooker the whole house smells good. Yes. Okay so we added the seasoning. Now we're going to do three cans of stewed tomatoes. This one's going to be a little bit trickier because we're going to do one can in each bag. Nice. Now we have to divide this can between the two. Um you'll notice too I didn't drain any of it. We're just going to dump it in. I'll let you do the dividing. Okay that's the nice thing about this recipe whether you're asked. They don't have to be perfectly even they'll still turn out and taste delicious. Okay totally. One onion. Perfect. Diced as big or small as you want. Guess here. Yep chopping in half. Perfect. So I knew we'd be doing freezer meals today. I actually diced all my vegetables last night and then put them in bags. If you don't have one of these choppers you can get it on Amazon we'll link to it below. It makes cutting your vegetables so easy. I diced all these vegetables in about a minute and a half. Just throw it in. Chop chop chop. It's the best. Yep so the next thing we're going to add is green pepper. It's just one green bell pepper. Okay. I like how little it can get it. I did it small because then my kids can't pick it up. It's true. And it cooks in with the meat and all the flavorings that has a really good taste. Probably the smaller the better for my kids. And then how many stalks? That is two ribs of celery. Okay. The stalk is the whole celery plant? Ribs. We're not doing two plants of celery. We're just doing ribs. I wouldn't complain about that. I'll be honest. Okay I would complain hardcore. I don't love celery. I love it. In a super stew I do love it. Okay next we're going to do tomato sauce. This is the big can of tomato sauce. It's 14 or 15 ounces so we'll just cut it in half. You could do two small cans and that would be easy. Oh it's true. Dump one in each. But I think you saved money buying the big one. You saved money buying the big one. Yep. Next we're going to do a can of Rotel. It's just diced tomatoes with green chili. So even if you don't have Rotel or can't find it at your store you could do a can of diced tomatoes and a can of green chilies. This just makes it easier. And once again we're not draining any of these. So don't worry about like it just saves you that extra step. Dump and go for sure. Okay pinto beans, can of pinto beans. Did you drain those at all? I did a tiny bit on the top. Okay. But you don't have to. Okay. That's all we're going to mix in. Okay I like it. The last one that we are doing are kidney beans but this is where I like to switch it up a little bit. I get these chili beans and there's kidney beans in there but they come in a mild chili sauce. It just likes the flavor of it. You can use plain kidney beans but for this recipe I like the chili sauce that comes with these kidney beans. Okay and just like that you have two meals prepped ready to go. I feel like this makes quite a bit too. This is going to make a lot like it will comfortably feed for. If it's just you you could cook this and then freeze the individual cooked servings when you're done. Which for some people because you don't want to eat chili four nights in a row. No I'm sorry that's gross. Actually if you love chili. Okay. You could do one night of chili the second night chili dogs. Okay it's true. You can find things to create. But if you want to cook it and then you could refreeze it again and pull it out when you need just a quick bowl of chili. So to cook this you're going to put it in your slow cooker absolutely frozen and it will cook for five to six hours on low. Maybe seven depending on your slow cooker. Yeah. Low and slow is the way to go with freezer meals. The next freezer meal we're making is our sausage and peppers. Now this is perfect if you're looking for like lower carb meal or if you want to eat. I mean I like to eat it with rice. So you're ready. My kids love this over rice too but what I love it for is quick lunches. Whenever this is the beginning of the week and then you can enjoy lunches all week long. This altogether would make six big servings. Okay. We're going to divide it and make two three servings each. Okay. So first thing we have is every color bell pepper. So it's four bell peppers that we chopped up. They're pretty good size because we want them to be bite-sized. We don't want to dice them. We don't want to slice them because then they're not going to cook. They'll just get so willty. Yes. Yes. I don't want to eat them that tough. Yep. So we just divided the two or the four peppers between the two bags. Okay. Okay. The next ingredient we're going to add is just some pre-cooked sausage. And you can use whatever kind you want. This is actually a turkey sausage that we're going to use. One of my favorite is the chicken apple sausage. That's my favorite. You can get it at the deli or the just at your grocery store by the cheeses and sausages. So we've got to divide these between the two bags. Right. Thank you. You might have to have a helper help you. Yeah. Or you might have these all over the counter. It's fine. Give it. So divide those up. Nice. Now we've got a can of tomato sauce. Okay. So we're going to split that in half for two. Okay. The two bags. It's just an eight ounce can. So four of all the best we can here. Yep. And then I have a can of petite diced tomatoes. You can also use diced. You can use stewed. Whatever tomatoes you have on hand. We're not draining it. We're just going to dump half of it and half of it. Nice. Okay. Onion. One diced onion. Yep. One diced onion. If you don't like onion, you can leave it out. You could also slice it if you want some bigger pieces of onion. Oh, that's a good idea. Put it with your peppers. Yep. So however you like it, my kids will eat it if it's small. So okay. As far as seasoning is go. We have one teaspoon of onion powder, one teaspoon of garlic powder and one teaspoon of Italian seasoning. I just mix them all together and I'm going to just eyeball half. That's smart. You can even just do like half a teaspoon of each one too. Yes. I'd already pre-measured. So that's why we're rolling with that. I'm a fan of that. And then we're going to do half a teaspoon of garlic in each one. So one teaspoon total. Perfect. And a little bit of sugar. That's garlic. Okay. And that's it. So to cook this in the slow cooker, I always spray my slow cooker with like non-stick cooking spray for easy cleanup. And then you put this in there completely frozen. Rock solid frozen and you're going to cook it for five to six hours. Because the sausage is pre-cooked, all you got to do is just make sure that the peppers are soft enough to your liking and that the onions are tender. Other than that, you're good to go. So in the instant pot, what would you do? I would do make sure you add like maybe a little bit of half a cup of broth on the bottom. Yeah. You need some sort of liquid in there. I would probably go five minutes. Like you just have to cook peppers and that's it. Yep. Quick and easy. So good. Over rice. Easy lunch. Okay. Our last freezer meal that we're going to be making is the lemon pepper chicken. Now, I've only made this in the slow cooker. So maybe Kristen, you can be thinking of instant pot instructions. I'll tell you what's in it. So we're going to start with chicken. You can use whatever cut of chicken you want. I went with the chicken breast, but you could also use chicken thighs or drumsticks, which are super inexpensive. So I divided up the chicken and put it in the bags already and it's completely frozen, which you can use frozen chicken for this because it's just going to be a freezer meal anyway. The next thing that we're going to add is just some red potatoes. Now, if you use big red potatoes, you're going to want to cut them into some big chunks, but I bought these petite red ones. They're kind of like baby sized. And so you don't even have to cut them. You know what else? These are pre-washed. So as far as prepping freezer meals, this is the way to go with potatoes. The next thing we're going to do is one pound of baby carrots. I'm just going to divide them between the two bags. You can also chop up some regular carrots if you don't want to use baby carrots, just whatever you have. Diced tomatoes. Diced tomatoes. This is a huge can, 28 ounces. It is huge. You can also buy two smaller cans if you're making two. Yeah. Don't drain it. You just dump it in as is. And then one onion. One onion, diced. A small, just divide it between the two. But these are big freezer meals. Yes, but you're getting main dish and side dish in one. So whole meal. Okay, we're going to make this lemon pepper sauce that goes on top of these vegetables and chicken. So in a bowl, you're going to want a bowl. We're going to add four tablespoons of flour. I just have all-purpose flour. Whole wheat flour would work great as well. And then we're going to do a ton of seasoning. So let me tell you what's in here. I have one tablespoon of garlic powder. So it's a lot, but we want the seasoning. We want the flavor. And there's two. There's two and it's huge. Two teaspoons of paprika. Three teaspoons of lemon pepper seasoning. You could get it for like a dollar or two at the grocery store, but that's what makes it have the lemon pepper flavor. So you're going to need that. And then just a little bit of salt to your liking. And we're going to dump that in with the flour. The last thing we're going to add to make this sauce or to make this paste is just three tablespoons of olive oil. I probably ended up adding five tablespoons of olive oil. And then I'm just going to divide it between the two. And what you're going to want to do after this is have a shake party. So it's an air vacuum recipe. Right. Get that seasoning kind of just mixed it all around. You can let your kids have fun with this one. It looks good. This is a new one. I've never made this freezer mill before. This is super good. Okay. Once you see the seasoning has gotten down to the bottom and everything is coated, you're good to go. Throw this in your freezer. Oh, we forgot to say these freezer mills will last in your freezer for 60 to 90 days. So you might want to put the date of when you make it. I use my freezer mills within like a week or two of making them because who wouldn't want to use your freezer mill? Dinner is done. But to cook this in the slow cooker from frozen salad, you'll put it in your slow cooker, just a big chunk of frozen food. You'll cook it for six to seven hours on low. Your house will smell amazing. Right. Serve it with a green salad. Dinner is done. All right, guys, if you saw on our last video, we have come out with six sister seasonings. Well, they're almost here. You just have to get on the wait list. We don't have a ton of them. So get on that wait list so you know when they're coming out. I'm guessing like what three-ish weeks they'll be here. So get on that wait list. If you love this video, make sure to check out our other 15 favorite freezer mills right up there. And we'll see you guys next time. Bye.