Looking for a delicious freezer meal? This Slow Cooker Tex Mex Beef recipe makes 8 servings! Because it is a slow cooker recipe, it is so easy to put together. You literally throw everything in the slow cooker and you will have a hot meal waiting for you by the end of the day! Save 4 portions for the family or for you to eat during the week and freeze the other 4 portions for a later date!
I used these meal prep containers from Amazon to store the other 4 portions. They are freezeable, dishwasher safe and microwave safe but don't put them in the oven! I already made that mistake once!
Planning your meals does not have to be hard. Freezer meals are great to have on hand when you are starving and are just too busy to cook. No straying off plan and grabbing those snacks in the pantry because you are prepared with healthy nutritious options!
I served this beef with mashed cauliflower, but it would be wonderful over riced cauliflower as well. Don't like cauliflower? That's okay! Serve this with your favorite veggies! You will need 2 and 1/2 servings of Greens per serving.
Hope you enjoy and happy cooking!
Slow Cooker Tex Mex Beef
Ingredients:
3 1/2 pounds chuck roast (8 Leans)
1 tsp salt (4 Condiments)
1 tsp ground black pepper (2 Condiments)
2 cups beef broth (2 Condiments)
1 (14.5 oz) Great Value fire-roasted diced tomatoes with garlic (3 1/2 Greens)
1/4 cup green chilies, canned (1/2 Green)
1/2 tsp onion powder (1 Condiment)
1/2 tsp garlic powder (1 Condiment)
1/2 tsp smoked paprika or regular paprika (1 Condiment)
1 tbsp ground cumin (3 Condiments)
1 tsp chili powder (2 Condiments)
Directions:
Sprinkle beef with salt and pepper.
Pour broth, tomatoes, and chilies over beef.
Stir in onion powder, garlic powder, smoked paprika, and cumin.
Cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours.
Shred beef with a fork. Do not discard liquid.
Stir beef with liquid.
It will be kind of soupy, but it goes well with mashed cauliflower or cauliflower rice.
Divide into 8 one cup portions.
Makes 8 Servings (about 1 cup each)
Each serving provides
1 Lean, 1/2 of a Green, and 2 Condiments
To make the mashed cauliflower:
Ingredients:
5 cups of cooked cauliflower florets ~ reserving a little of the cauliflower liquid from cooking (10 Greens)
2 wedges of light garlic and herb laughing cow cheese (2 Condiments)
Directions:
In a medium size bowl, add cauliflower, laughing cow cheese and about a tbsp of the reserved cauliflower liquid.
Blend with an immersion blender or mash with a potato masher.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Makes 4 Servings
Each serving provides
2 and 1/2 Greens and 1/2 Condiment per Serving
Subtract salt and pepper from your Condiments
