Freezer Meal Recipes: Ham and Scalloped Potatoes
Freezer Meal Recipes save so much time and money! We love freezer meal cooking!
One of my favorite, and probably the easiest Freezer Meal recipe I make, Ham and Scalloped Potatoes, is simple, fast and nutritious! Because this recipe is so simple, it only takes about 5 extra minutes to make 4 meals instead of 2, so I usually prepare 4 at a time.
Keep in mind in the recipe notes below, the ingredients we’ve listed only make one meal! If you’re stocking up on freezer meals, be sure to double, triple, or quadruple the recipe.
Ingredients
Depending on what you like better or what you have on hand, you can use russet potatoes or red potatoes for this recipe. If you’re going to use red, you may want to double the number of potatoes as red ones are typically smaller.
Also, if you don’t have any cream of chicken soup on hand, check out this DIY cream of chicken soup recipe. Comes in handy in a pinch, and it’s actually healthier!
If you’re doing this as a freezer meal, you’ll also want to have a 1-gallon freezer friendly bag for each meal you plan on making. Be sure to write a simple description on the bag too:
Freezer Instructions
The full recipe instructions are below, but it’s as simple as adding all of the ingredients (except the cheese) in order to your freezer bag. This will only take you 10 minutes or less for each meal which is AMAZING!
The end result should look like so:
Be sure to get as much air as possible out of your bag, and lay it as flat as possible for easy freezing!
Cooking it in the Crockpot
Things get even easier at this point. This recipe just keeps getting better! When you’re ready to cook up one of your freezer meals, take a bag out of the freezer to defrost a little bit, and then dump all the ingredients into your crockpot.
Cook on low for 8 hours, and add your shredded cheddar cheese in the last hour of cooking. You can also stir the cheese in at the very end if you forget to add it earlier.
The Secret to Perfectly Sliced Potatoes: V-Slicer!
Shhh, here’s a little secret that will save you time and sanity. Get a v-slicer! You can use it for a lot of different things and it makes slicing potatoes so much faster. Plus, the size will be uniform, which means more even cooking!
If you are worried about the potatoes turning brown when you freeze this meal, then just freeze everything else and slice your potatoes on cooking day! Check out all the options Amazon has and read the reviews when making your choice!
Final Thoughts
This is one of my favorite freezer meals just because of how easy and quick it is to prepare. It literally takes me 10 minutes tops to put together!
I also love how you can just take it out of the freezer, empty it into the crockpot, and you’re pretty much good to go!
Learn more about Freezer Meal Cooking:
- Why you NEED Freezer Meal Cooking in your life!
- How to start doing Freezer Meals (have a party? Start a group? Or do it on your own?
- 24 Lessons I Learned While Making Freezer Meals
- What Foods Don’t Freeze Well
Freezer Meal Recipes: Ham and Scalloped Potatoes
Equipment
- 1 Gallon freezer bag
Ingredients
- 2 cups broccoli chopped
- 1 ¼ pounds cooked ham cubed
- 2 10 3/4 oz cans Cream of Chicken Soup (or any Cream of Soup)
- 1 ⅓ cups water
- 6 potatoes sliced (about 1/4 inch thick)
- salt and pepper
- ½ cup cheddar cheese shredded
- 1 gallon size freezer bag
Instructions
Freezer Meal Prep
- Place 2 cups broccoli in gallon sized bag
- Add soup and 1-1/4 lbs cubed ham to each bag (see note)
- Add 1 1/3 cups water.
- Lastly, immediately after slicing, place potatoes on top
- Seal bag, lay flat, and place in freezer immediately
To Cook from Freezing
- Defrost just enough to get out of freezer bag and place entire contents in slow cooker and cook on low for 6-8 hours (depending on how tender you prefer your potatoes).
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I’m guessing yes but the potatoes do well frozen? I thought they didn’t do well frozen but its good to know they can be. Thanks for the recipe! I totally want to start doing freezer meals.
We make this…with a little variety but try adding thinly sliced yellow onions to it with cream of celery soup! And switch up the cheeses to include smoked or sharp! Yummo! Great recipe to play with! Even canned sliced or diced potatoes work!
Nice!
Didn’t think you could freeze raw potatoes, good to know
To prevent browning of peeled potatoes place the slices in a lemon juice and water bath. Discoloration is the potatoe’s reaction to oxygen and the water keeps the O2 out. The lemon juice has a residual effect and keeps them naturally white while they sit in open air. This also works for apples and just about anything else that tends to change color quickly when exposed to oxygen.
Thanks Mike!
I would like to try this recipe, however my husband has a dairy and a gluten allergy. Is there something to substitute for the canned cream of chicken ?
This recipe is Gluten Free: fabulesslyfrugal.com/sos-mix-diy-cream-of-anything-soup/
It tells you in the notes how to make it Dairy Free!! I’m guessing this is going to be something you LOVE 🙂
Freezing raw potatoes will turn them black. Recommend cooking first or using fresh at cook time.
We have a few hacks in the post that have been successful for freezing potatoes. Let me know if you give it a try and it doesn’t work. The alternative is to put everything else together without the frozen potatoes and prepare those on cooking day. 🙂
So easy and Tasty!! thanks so much
Can this recipe be made in the Instant Pot instead of the crock pot? I am away from home longer than the cooking time, and not sure about it being on warm for 4 hours after cooking ends….