Happy New Year friend!

The 6th plan is another ‘Slow Cooker Freezer Pack’ plan with a set of brand new recipes. I have pulled together a fantastic list of recipes for this newest plan and they can all be assembled into packs that you can freeze and quickly thaw and dump into the slow cooker. You’ve got dinner under control when you’ve got these goodies stashed in the freezer!

Welp.

Here’s the ‘twist’ on our 6th meal plan in the 20 Meals from Costco for $150 series. It’s the same set of recipes, reorganized into a format that you can use at your local grocery store! {Plus, there’s an opportunity to win $300…so read on!}

After reading thousands of comments and emails, we thought it would be best to break down the meal plan by type of meat so that you could take advantage of the meat sales at your grocery stores. My hope is that you will spend significantly less than $150 on all the meals when you shop the meat sales.

The recipes & shopping lists have been written by meat type so that when chicken breast is on sale, you take the chicken breast recipes & shopping list to the store to get all that you need to make up the packs that call for chicken. It’s up to you to following the meat sales cycles to really save a ton on these meals!

Another bonus about this plan is that you don’t have to do all 20 meals at once! You get to do 4 to 6 at a time, as the different meal is on sale at your stores.

Because of the way that the printable is set up, there is only one option for this ‘any grocery store’ version of the meal plan. The printable download includes the recipes needed to make each pack, the printable labels for each baggie, 4 different shopping lists broken down by meat type, and the assembly instructions broken down by meat type. (Note: I grouped the Beef Roast and Pasta E Fagioli recipes together in the printable so there would be 4 separate lists rather than 5.)

Here is a taste of how the printable breaks down: ground beef recipes, ground beef shopping list, ground beef cooking and assembly instructions; chicken recipes, chicken shopping list, chicken cooking and assembly instructions, etc.

Recipe List

Each pack in this plan is DOUBLED. So these 10 meals make 20 packs total! Each pack serves a family of 4. Larger families or families with bottomless pits (also known as teenage boys!) can double or use 2 packs for 1 meal! I’ve also included suggested side options given what is on the shopping list!

• Taco Soup
• Chili Mac – side of corn
• Beef & Vegetable Soup
• Chicken with Butternut Squash – side of pasta
• Maple Chicken with Sweet Potatoes & Carrots
• Creamy Ranch Chicken – side of bread & frozen veggies
• Raspberry Chipotle Pork with Sweet Potatoes & Carrots
• Maple & Balsamic Pork Roast – side of bread and frozen veggies
• Beef Roast with Carrots, Mushrooms, Onion – side of bread
• Pasta E Fagioli Soup

Ingredients List

I have removed the prices from the list, but here is the master list of main ingredients you will need.

• 6 lb. pack ground beef
• 6 pack chicken breasts, 1 to 1 ½ lbs. per pack (total of 12-14 lbs.)
• 4 pack pork roasts, 2 lbs. per pack
• 3-4 lb. beef roast
• 5 lb. bag baby carrots or 20 lb. bag whole carrots
• 2 lb. box cubed butternut squash
• 10 lb. bag sweet potatoes
• 2 lb. box whole white mushrooms
• 3 or 5 lb. bag white onions (optional)
• 6 lb. pack pasta noodles, small shells
• 3 dozen dinner rolls
• 6 lb. bag frozen mixed vegetables
• 6 lb. bag frozen green beans
• 12 pack corn, 15 oz. cans OR 5 lb. bag frozen corn
• 8 pack black beans, 15 oz. cans
• 8 pack diced tomatoes, 15 oz. cans
• 1 L  bottle maple syrup bottle
• 40 oz. bottle Raspberry Chipotle Sauce
• 16 oz. jar chicken bouillon OR 8 pack chicken broth, quart size boxes

Total OOP $TBD

I decided to include a quite expensive beef roast meal on this list because…BEEF ROAST. YUM! They are great as slow cooker freezer packs and are a nice treat! You could reduce the total cost by getting a smaller beef roast, or substituting stew beef for the beef roast. Also, keep an eye out for the smaller packages of the meat if you don’t need the full 1-2 lbs. per meal of meat. And please note the few different variations of ingredients included…go with what works best for you and your family. Plus, if you get creative with the leftover ingredients, you might be able to get another meal or two out of them 🙂

{There are a variety of additional items you’ll need to have stocked in your pantry or purchase at the grocery store like spices, butter, milk, etc.  All of these items are too expensive to purchase at Costco or come in way bigger containers than needed for these 20 meals. The shopping list in the printables includes all of the ingredients you’ll need to have on hand and purchase from the store.}

Are You Ready to Take Control of the Dinner Hour?

Let us make the experience of preparing these meals simpler and easier. We have a new store and you can now use Paypal or credit card to purchase your meal plans. There are 2 packages to choose from…

One of the most challenging parts to pulling together a large number of meals like this at once is knowing what to do first, next, then and last. When you do things ‘out of order,’ it really can mess up the assembly process and cause you to waste a.lot of time in the kitchen. I’ve created several new printables and instructional videos that will actually make the assembly as smooth and quick as possible for you. Seriously, I might have done a celebratory dance when I finished the assembly…and you will want to as well!  This package includes…

{Sample of Printable Download}

Any Grocery Store Package – Printable Recipes, Grocery List & Assembly Instructions

• Full Recipes & Grocery List – broken down by type of meat
• Printable Assembly Instructions – step by step guide to pulling all the meals together and into the freezer
• Printable Labels – you can print these out onto Avery #6874 label paper and stick them to your plastic baggies or containers.
• Instructional Assembly Videos – exclusive access to the instructional videos of the assembly process for all the meals together {They are grouped together by meat type and will be easy to follow if you are just packing a few meals at a time!}

You can find the ALL of the Costco Meal Plan Printable Downloads, plus Sam’s Club Meal Plans and my E-Cookbooks in the $5 Dinners E-Store. Once you’ve chosen all the ones you need, you can checkout and get all the printable at once!

NOTE: Please download these files directly to your computer within 72 hours, then you can add to your e-reader/phone/tablet. If you have issues with the download, PLEASE EMAIL ME! I’ll be able to help you out!

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