Easy Slow Cooker Recipes Without Canned Soups

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Today we are going to be sharing with you some freezer to slow cooker meals that don’t rely on canned soups at all as part of the ingredient list because we’ve been asked by a lot of you for more low sodium recipes and if you’re on a low sodium diet canned soups are one

Of those things that you probably want to avoid that’s right it is very convenient to add a canned soup to a recipe because it has the things it does have some salt content but it has you know adds some layers of flavor and there are ways to do a freezer meal

Without adding the canned soup and we’re going to show you how as a matter of fact most of our recipes like 90% at least of our recipes don’t have canned soup in them but we do have some really really good recipes that do rely on that as an ingredient and that’s okay because

You know everything in moderation we’re not going to vilify canned soups here there’s a time and a place for them and they are okay to have on occasion absolutely if you’re tuning in today looking to change up your diet or continue a healthier diet then these are

For you so the first recipe that we’re going to be sharing with you today is a fairly new one to us and it is a slow cooker chicken and peppers super simple to get in the bag and then even simpler on the day of cooking because you just

Dump the bag contents into your slow cooker and turn it on and it is so tender that kind of just falls apart on its own self shredding I like that that should be a new word that we use it’s like a self- flipping Christmas tree it’s self shredding

Chicken into a large resalable freezer bag you’re going to add some boneless skinless chicken thighs some sliced Peppers you want to use red orange or yellow peppers in this sliced onion minced garlic we use our garlic from a jar pre minced to save a bit of time for

Ourselves olive oil some red pepper flakes salt and pepper we just going to squish everything together in the bag to combine it we’re going to get all the air that we can out because air causes your freezer burn when your freezer cooking and then we’re going to seal it

And get it into our freezer on the day you go to make this you take this super easy recipe that was so fast to put together dump the bag contents into your slow cooker and cook that for 3 to 5 hours until your chicken falls apart basically and you can serve this

One on rice or potatoes with a side vegetable or whatever but the main part of your meal is done and if you were in a real hurry and you weren’t able to get your side vegetable done it does have the peppers and onions in it so bonus

One of our more popular recipes is our ground beef stroganoff but in that one we do use cream of mushroom soup we do so today we’re sharing with you our beef stroganov made with beef strips because no canned soup this recipe we’ll make right in the bag we’ll start with our

Beef strips We’re going to add in a chopped onion some sliced mushrooms a bit of beef broth a half block of cream cheese a teaspoon of basil and a bit of parsley we’re going to mix that all around into the bag it’s going to be a little trickier with that cream cheese

So make sure that it’s softened and don’t worry it will soften nicely in the slow cooker we’re going to get all that air out of the bag because air is the enemy when it comes to freezer meals we’re going to freeze it up and on the

Day of cooking we’re going to thaw it we’re going to get it into the crock pot on low low for 3 to 5 hours and then this is something you definitely want to serve over egg noodles or some fetuccini I know that in our ground beef recipe we

Add in a little scoop of sour cream at the end to stir it in and it gives it a little bit of extra zip and Tang it doesn’t call for that in this one but it’s something that I would be tempted to do to make it a little bit creamier

You totally could we have a vegetable chili recipe that goes in the S cooker and it’s nice and healthy the reason that I chose to share it in this video today is because we’re in the middle of a deep freeze we are in a deep freeze if

You weren’t aware we live in Alberta Canada and today it is I took a picture of it on my phone and maybe we can share it in the video uh it’s -40 Celsius which is -40 fenhe as well and I live two doors down from Charlotte we’re besties we’ve been making freezer Meals

Forever and so I had a choice this morning I’d already driven my kids to school cuz buses don’t run at this temperature and well they run the bus companies just say no we’re not going to do that to our buses so a lot of the kids stay home but my kids are older

They’re in that Junior High Senior High phase where it’s like we’re coming up to exams it’s important to go so I did drive them but then I went home and I parked it in my garage and I put on my cold winter Duds and I walked over to

Charlotte’s because I my car would sit here for like 3 or 4 hours while we’re working here today and it is hard to start a cold car and so I just left it in my garage and I put on my toque and my mits my toque we call the Hat the

Knitted cap a here in Canada and my big mitts and my big boots and I just walked over it was 2 minutes and it was cold when I saw her walk in my front door with her you know Duke and and and jacket and actually she didn’t seem to

Be shivering which was surprising I wasn’t shivering at all I was I was walking hard hard because I didn’t want to be out there any longer I should have put a second layer on my bottom half like I didn’t put snow pants on or um my

Daughter has to walk to work today after school and she didn’t want to take snow pants cuz teenagers you know and I’m like okay then at least wear leggings underneath because you need that second layer and she doesn’t have a very far walk to go to work after school but it’s

Like she also five minutes but she also will learn if that’s if leggings aren’t enough I can guarantee you she will take her snow pants next time maybe may maybe four five years from now she will someday someday they grow out of that but I also saw a guy at the mall

Yesterday and it’s minus 30 yesterday and he was wearing shorts and a t-shirt oh they’re out there I’ve been trying to just stay inside and thankfully we’ve got freezer stacked with meals so I don’t really have the need for groceries kind of got everything that I need but I

Actually I have an appointment tomorrow morning and I’m considering making it a virtual appointment it’s a therapy appointment and normally I go in person but I’m going to email her today and maybe she’d prefer for it to be a virtual appointment maybe she would appreciate that too because tomorrow is

Supposed to be considerably colder than today which sounds I don’t know how it can get much colder crazy but that’s the truth it’s supposed to be it minus 44 and feels like- 56 I don’t even know how these numbers are possible but here we are and now you might be able to

Understand why we’re bringing you slow cooker like Hardy recip that’s right well the other reason I left my car at home is my husband works tonight he was on nights but yesterday his car he it’s a 12-hour shift his car sat there for 14 hours and he couldn’t start it at the

End of the day and I don’t know if it was plugged din or not so I need him to also have a vehicle if he needs to but um yeah so we are figuring out vehical situation at our house because it’s just that cold that the cars just say no no

And our daughter didn’t go to school yesterday because and she’s in high school but her well it’s our van that she drives and it to be fair it’s a 19-year-old van so it’s it’s held up really well and it’s done it’s time in these Alberta Winters it’s it’s put in

The work but this year it decided no more you got plug me in it went today though oh yeah you had to plug it in and it was okay so if you aren’t familiar with plugging in your vehicle um in Canada and probably colder parts of the

United States like I think in Minnesota you understand the block heater um there is a plug that goes into a little heater that warms your engine block overnight so that the oil and doesn’t scream at you and they’re still pretty awful sounding when they start but they will

Start and they will keep your block warm so now that we’ve had an education in how actually cold it can get here and what you do when it’s that cold um we’re going to share with you this vegetarian chili that will help you feel warm even

If it’s not warm outside that’s right so into your large freezer B you’re going to add some crushed tomatoes diced tomatoes kidney beans now you don’t need to drain these because this is a chili and you know more liquid is always good some frozen or canned corn then you can

Also add some diced celery but I’m allergic to celery so we skip that part diced red pepper diced yellow pepper minced garlic again just from a jar diced onion some peeled and sliced carrots cumin chili powder salt and if you want you can add some red pepper

Flakes as well going to squish that all together in your bag and then take out as much air as you can seal it and put it in your freezer when you going to make this you thaw it and you can simmer it on the stove top for at least an hour

Or you can cook it in the slow cooker as with all chill it’s going to taste better the longer the flavors meld and the leftovers are going to be even better than the day of that’s right that’s just a universal chili thing it it is and I think same

With soups have you ever gone to restaurants where they say yesterday’s soup instead of soup dour yeah and with chili you can serve it with a bun or pop over a biscuit and and it’s funny because with soups Christy always says you got to serve it with some kind of

Some kind some kind of carb even if it’s just crackers I like to have something with my soup and I like my soups on their own but chili I’m down with a bun or a popover or a biscuit totally or a side salad like a caesar salad goes

Really nice with a chili mhm it totally does so you can totally dress this up or dress it down make it homey however you want but if you’re making this and it’s -400 and you don’t have any buns in the house you can have it on its own you

Don’t have to go to the store or or you can go find those like freezer burnt hot dog buns that are at the bottom of your freezer and you good enough that’ll work I’ve totally done that this TMX chicken is a pretty new recipe to us but it is a total flavor

Powerhouse and it is very slow cooker friendly and it is definitely minus 40 friendly it’s hearty it is really hearty it is good it is like good good good good so in your bag you’re going to have your boneless skinless chicken breasts or you could do this with boneless

Skinless chicken thighs we’re going to add in some diced onion some taco seasoning some minced garlic some cream cheese again softened cubed if you’d like some kernel corn um either Frozen or out of a can that’s been drained some black beans that are drained and rinsed some chunky salsa and some diced green

Chilies we’re going to mix that all around in the bag going to save ourselves the trouble of dirtying up a bowl for this one and then get all that excess air out seal it and freeze it when we go to cook this this is definitely something that is made for

The low cooker cook it on low for 4 to 5 hours or on high for 3 hours this is a really great one to shred and serve in wraps or over rice I find that there is a lot of liquid that comes with this one

So that it is really nice to put that sauce on the rice as well mhm it is not not get much easier than this next recipe because it’s five ingredients or less or six ingredients or less depending of you count salt and pepper as one ingredient like salt and pepper

Or Rachel Ray you know you know I love Rachel Ray she says that if when she counts ingredients she doesn’t count salt pepper or minced garlic as ingredients because they should just be in everything they’re just a give fair so if you’re going by her love project then this is a four ingredient

Recipe that’s right we’ll take it Rachel thanks this is our easy Italian meatballs and it’s right in the name it is so easy into your large freezer bag you’re going to put some frozen precooked meatballs that you bought from the store if you want to get extra bonus

Points only in your own mind you can make your own meatballs and cook them up and add them in here then you’re going to add add some pasta sauce or red sauce some Rosemary lemon juice salt and pepper squish that all together to combine it take out your air get the bag

Sealed get it into your freezer on the day you go to make this you can heat it in a skillet you can cook it in the slow cooker either way you’re going to serve this one on pasta generally spaghetti or you can have meatball subs with it yeah

You totally can and that’s really nice on a cold winry day absolutely either of those like spaghetti and meatballs or a meatball sub would just really hit the spot that is totally true now you are going to find all of these re peas Below in our description and you can find them

At freezer meals 101.com or you can find them in our club and that would make them even easier yes because our club generates your shopping list and prep list for you as well as create your printable labels that have the cooking instructions on them like the ones that

You’ve seen today that’s right and you should take a gander through there and decide if the club is right for you cuz I can guarantee you it is thank you so much for joining us on this blesser day I hope that wherever you are is warmer than we are today I

Can guarantee you wherever you are probably is warmer than where we are today I especially because by the time we get this video edited it will no longer be in the middle of this polar vortex that we’re living in that’s right and we won’t be as cold either

Thankfully you know how in the states they’ll blame Canada for the the polar vortexes this one came from Siberia straight over Russia I’m telling you it isn’t our fault thanks for joining us today happy cooking