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Prepare the raw food for your slow cooker in advance this week! This selection of Fridge Dump Bag recipes show you how to get ahead for the next few days.
You might have heard and used my Slow Cooker Dump Bags plan before, which involves putting ingredients into a bag and freezing for another day.
Well here’s a new series that you may find even more convenient – Fridge Dump Bags!
Ingredients stay fresh for a few days when refrigerated, so here we’re giving you a choice of slow cooker meals that can be prepped for the next 3 days and stored in the fridge instead of the freezer.
Why? So we can take out the steps of having to remember to defrost them or give them time to thaw, making midweek meal times even more streamlined.
This is the first in our new series – we hope you find it useful!
What is a ‘Fridge dump bag’?
A dump bag is where you prepare all (or most) of the ingredients for a slow cooker meal and put them into a container together in the fridge.
When it’s time to cook, simply take your made-up mixed raw ingredients and ‘dump’ them into a slow cooker and switch it on.
It makes dinner prep SO much easier on busy days!
What’s the benefit of meal prepping like this?
⭐️ Use days when you do have a tiny bit of spare time to help you on days that you don’t.
⭐️ Less thinking time. We’re taking out the step where you have to remember to take your ingredients out of the freezer and wait for them to thaw, making the next few days’ dinners instantly ticked off your list.
⭐️ You can go on to freeze leftovers knowing they haven’t already been frozen, OR make a double batch and freeze a portion for another week.
❗️Important ❗️
If we call ‘marinating’ where the ingredients are sitting with anything else that’s ‘wet’ touching it, it’s better not to marinate meat for more than 24 hours if possible (and chicken, with acidic marinades, less than 2 hours!).
I have added instructions with best practice on each recipe below, but if in doubt, add the meat to the dump bag just before you’re ready to cook.
Questions about Slow Cooker Fridge Dump Bags:
Some final tips
⭐️ Before you set aside time to prepare your dump bags, make sure you have space in the fridge.
⭐️ Have containers and labels ready.
⭐️ If you need a shopping list, you can adjust the recipe ingredients needed for portion sizes on every recipe here:
The Fridge Dump Bag Recipes
1. Slow Cooker Marry Me Chicken
2. Slow Cooker Beef Curry
3. Slow Cooker Veggie Enchiladas
4. Slow Cooker Chicken Casserole
5. Slow Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala
6. Slow Cooker Campfire Stew
Let me know how you got on and what you thought of these recipes. Please rate the recipe using the ⭐️ below.
Also I’d LOVE to see your cooking creations. If you’d like to share yours with me, you can tag me on Instagram (@tamingtwins).
Hi Sarah,
Are the slow cooker dump bag instructions in your book. Sorry if I’m asking a question that is already answered 🙂
Sorry for mistakes. My iPad and I have not wakened yet😀🏴
These recipe Look great. I have been looking for recipe Like These, as I am often short of time. Could you also do dump Balgs for the freezer/Slow cooler? Is that a possibility? Anyway I love your recipes. Thanks for the amount of time and energy you put into this.🏴
What about if you are using frozen ingredients such as butternut squash or chopped onions?