Freezer Crockpot Sweet and Sour Meatballs

In my quest to make my life run a little smoother I decided to try my hand at preparing some freezer crock-pot meals.  I have currently prepared about 15 of them for the month but I have only tried 2 of them so far.  I will let you know how the others turn out.  Tonight we will be having beef and barley soup.  Hopefully tomorrow I will find the time to share that one with you.

Sweet and Sour Meatballs

Ingredients:

1 (16 oz) pkg frozen fully cooked meatballs
1 onion diced
1 green pepper diced
1 red pepper diced
1 (16-18 oz) bottle sweet & sour sauce
1 cup of pineapple tidbits, drained








Instructions:
Place the frozen meatballs, peppers, onion, and sweet and sour sauce into a gallon-sized freezer bag.  Tightly close bag and place in freezer.
When ready to use thaw in fridge overnight.  Empty contents into crock-pot and cook on low for 3 hours.  Add the pineapple and continue to cook for an additional hour (4 hours total).  Serve over rice.
Now for the extra little tips that I found useful...  The very first thing I did was label the gallon size bag with the name of the food, the date, and any cooking instructions (such as how long to cook it).  Since I was making multiple crock-pot meals at the same time I used only 1/2 of the red pepper and added a little yellow pepper as well.  With the pineapple, I used chunk pineapple and cut it into smaller pieces because I already had that in my pantry.   If you are already going out to buy the ingredients you might as well buy the tidbits to make life a little simpler.  If you bought a larger bag of meatballs you can divide it up into multiple meals.  I used about 32 meatballs per meal.  You can use more or less depending on how much you want.  I found the rice to be very filling so 32 was perfect for us.  One other thing that you could do is experiment with the different types of rice.  I tend to use the quick instant rice because that is something that I keep in my pantry at all times.  This recipe serves about 6 people so I used 3 cups of instant rice and 3 cups of water.  I brought the water to a boil and added the rice.  I removed it from the heat and let it sit for 5 minutes.  Turned out perfect...