Once a month, I invite my customers to my house for Prep Night. We spend the evening making freezer meals and having a great time. And have those freezer meals come in handy for me and my family. When we had those days of snow and ice, I was able to feed my family delicious meals because I had some Prep Night meals in my freezer. Talk about a lifesaver!!
I have decided to make Wednesday nights my Croc night. Yes, I am one of those crazy people that has their meals planned out on a calendar. But, I have found that this really helps me out because I don't have to try to figure out "What's for dinner??" when I get home from my full-time teaching job. I spend about 10 minutes once every two weeks planning dinners. This takes so much stress off of me. Some people wonder what I do if something comes up and that night's dinner doesn't happen like planned. I simply circle it on my menu so that when I plan for the next two weeks, I know that I have that meal in my freezer and sides to go with it. Super easy!!
So, last night's dinner was the Slow Cooker Barbeque. I placed it frozen in my crock pot at around 6:30 A.M. When I got home, I had totally forgotten that it was cooking.....until I opened my door and smell the delicious aroma - YUM!!
Why, yes, that is a yummy sauce that it made!!
Notice the fork was all I needed to separate it
The thing I love about brisket is that you can serve it so many ways. I ate it kind of shredded (since it was so tender, it was falling apart!)
My 3 1/2 year old son ate his as a sandwich. My husband was going to get home later, so I put his in the fridge. It was delicious!! My son was a bit hesitant to eat it. But once he took a bite, he was sold!
This meal says that it feeds 8 servings. I had enough left over for two meals to go in my freezer, plus lunch for me and my husband for the next day!
This stuff was so good, it needed some protection from invaders!
Recipe link: http://recipes.homemadegourmet.com/recipe.asp?code=6818
One thing that I have found is a must have for crock pots are the liners. Talk about answered prayers!! These things are fantastic! You simply place the bag in the croc pot and fill it with whatever you are cooking. Cleaning is as simple as throwing the used bag in the trash and wipe your crock pot with a rag and done!! No scraping or anything!! I can only find them at Albertson's so far. If you find them at other places, please let me know! I used my last one!
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