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Dinner Ideas
Hi Everyone!
I need some good freezer/Crockpot meals. I am working full time and decided to go to school full time. My husband has been fending for himself but I miss cooking and feel like I'm slacking. I have Monday off so I'm hoping to find some good meals so I can cook and freeze so we can eat something good! 
I would love to hear if you guys have anything that would help!
Thanks!!
Re: Dinner Ideas
you don't have to limit yourself to freezer/crockpot.
many times, you can cook various things that will last in the fridge for at least 3-5 days. soups, stews, roasts, veggies, pastas -- pretty much anything!
for example, you could do bbq chicken in the crockpot the first night, and then on night 2 cut up some of the leftover chicken, boil some elbow pasta (throw some peas in there too!) for a bbq chicken/pasta dish. easy dinner #2 in about 20 minutes tops.
if you do lemon/pepper chicken, that can be cut up into salads, sandwiches, etc (which all would go great with soup for dinner!)
my mom used to make a rice/garbanzo bean dish (pretty much just sautee it all with chicken broth) by the fridge-full. makes a great meal with a green salad, and is easy to package for lunches, snacks, or leftovers. day 2 or 3 could be pairing it with meat done in the crockpot.
bottom line - you can get away with cooking big things every few days to get you through your busy days. you could cook on Sunday to last you through monday/tuesday. cook on wednesday to last you through thursday, and then cook again on friday.
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There are so many slow cooker and freezer meal blogs out there too though. You can find many of them on Pinterest. I just posted a lasagna slow cooker recipe on my blog yesterday and it was oh so good.
I agree with the poster that suggested making something one day and repurposing it into a different meal. You could do something in the slowcooker and then repurpose the leftovers (ex: beef or chicken for sandwiches one night, then put it in tacos or on a pizza the next night, etc.) And yes Pinterest is a good place to look as well.
Here are my slowcooker favorites from my blog:
Italian Beef Sandwiches
French Onion Soup
BBQ Pulled Pork
Pizza Chili
I have found a lot of recipes from A Year of Slowcooking.
And here is my Pinterest link. I don't have a slowcooker board but have several slowcooker recipes on my various food boards (beef, chicken, etc).