Fridge Dump Bags

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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.

Six dump bag slow cooker recipes suitable for the fridge.

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:

Screenshot to show how to adjust the recipe card on my site for more servings.

The Fridge Dump Bag Recipes

Slow Cooker Marry Me Chicken in a slow cooker pan without the lid on, ready to be served.

4.82 from 173 votes

1. Slow Cooker Marry Me Chicken

✅ Add all of the slow cook ingredients, minus the boiling water, into a container or food bag and store in the fridge. Cook and finish as per the recipe.

✅ This is a dry mix, the chicken is not sitting in a marinade, so should be fine in the fridge for up to 3 days.

Click here for the full recipe

4.94 from 579 votes

2. Slow Cooker Beef Curry

✅ Add all of the slow cook ingredients, into a container or food bag and store in the fridge. Cook and finish as per the recipe.

✅ If you are refrigerating for more than 24 hours, mix everything together except the beef. Instead, add this before cooking.

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Pan full of slow cooker veggie enchiladas.

4.87 from 46 votes

3. Slow Cooker Veggie Enchiladas

✅ Add all of the slow cook ingredients, into a container or food bag and store in the fridge. Cook and finish as per the recipe.

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A chicken casserole in a slow cooker, ready to be served. With carrots, chicken, bacon bits in a creamy sauce, garnished with parsley.

4.95 from 440 votes

4. Slow Cooker Chicken Casserole

✅ Fry off the bacon and when cold and add it in with the rest of the slow cook ingredients – minus the chicken stock. Store in the fridge in a container or food bag. Finish as per the recipe.

✅ This is a dry mix, the chicken is not sitting in a marinade, so should be fine in the fridge for up to 3 days.

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The end product of a Chicken Tikka Masala recipe.

4.98 from 248 votes

5. Slow Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala

✅ Add all of the slow cook ingredients, into a container or food bag and store in the fridge. Cook and finish as per the recipe.

✅ If you are refrigerating for more than 24 hours, mix everything together except the chicken. Instead, add this before cooking.

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A slow cooker pan filled with cooked Campfire Stew and topped with spring onions.

4.99 from 71 votes

6. Slow Cooker Campfire Stew

✅ Add all of the slow cook ingredients, into a container or food bag and store in the fridge. Cook and finish as per the recipe.

✅ If you are refrigerating for more than 24 hours, mix everything together except the gammon. Instead, add this before cooking.

✅ According to the can baked beans should be used within 2 days of opening, so don't store this in the fridge for longer than that.

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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).

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Ginta

March 19, 2025 7:42 pm

Can you freeze the dump bags?

Julie Harris

January 26, 2025 2:26 pm

Hi Sarah,
Are the slow cooker dump bag instructions in your book. Sorry if I’m asking a question that is already answered 🙂

Rosemary

January 26, 2025 9:26 am

Sorry for mistakes. My iPad and I have not wakened yet😀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

January 26, 2025 9:24 am

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.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿