First try at allergen free freezer meals

Ok so FREEZER MEALS have been a big scary unattainable aspect of cooking in my life for a few reasons. 1) I don't have a huge freezer   and 2) Most of the meals you can find online to freeze have some sort of milk or soy ingredient in them so they are out. 3) Spending all that time chopping  sorting, cutting and bagging with the thought of my children having run of the house was just plain petrifying.

However, the past couple of weeks we have found some great deals on plain meats and frozen veggies, potatoes and such so, in order to keep those deals from ending up in the trash before we got around to eating them, I decided to take the plunge and FREEZE!

This morning we sorted through the pantry and found  the fixins for 8 different allergen free meals.
Chili
Brown Sugar Pork Roast
Potato Nachoes
Spicy Chicken and Rice
Broccoli Soup
Cranberry Pork
Potato Soup
Herbed Pork Roast
                              Not all of these had to be frozen, only 5 to be exact but it was nice to know I won't have to go to the store for at least the next week if not longer.  All this week, and maybe into next, depending on how quickly we eat! I will post recipes and let you know how they turned out. For today we will start with Chili I have to give a shout out to Aldi, so many of their prepared foods are made without junk and make my life so much easier, as is the case  with this dish. Non of these cans of beans or tomato products have any wheat, soy or corn hidden in them-they are just plain food. 

1 can Dakota's pride mild chili beans
1 can Dakota's pride black beans
1 Can Great Value chickpeas
1 can Happy Harvest Chili Style diced tomatoes (puree before adding if you don't like tomato chunks)
1 can Happy Harvest tomato paste
1tbsp Chili powder
pinch of dried onion
              Combine all beans and there juices in large pot or crockpot, add in tomato paste and stir adding water as needed until desired consistency is reached. Add in the diced tomatoes. Add your spices and simmer for 20-30 min or leave on low for 8hrs.

This is one that you could make ahead and pour in a bag to freeze then defrost and throw in a crockpot. But, since it is just opening cans and adding spices, and I am home all day, I didn't feel the need.

Enjoy!