Meals which you can freeze

Recipe: Curried Chicken Pot Pie. Chicken pot pie is a Southern favorite. Be sure to let this dish thaw in the refrigerator before baking. Recipe: Green Chile-Chicken Stew. Packed with tasty ingredients like ground cumin, dried thyme, and poblano chiles, this soup is sure to keep you coming back for more.

Recipe: Eggplant Rollups. This tasty lasagna-like dish is an excellent low-carb option for satisfying your Italian food craving. Recipe: Southern Pimiento Mac and Cheese. Pimiento cheese takes this Southern mac and cheese recipe to the next level. It's easy to fix and perfect for a make-ahead meal. Recipe: Slow-Cooker Corn Chowder.

Let the slow cooker do the work. Freezing creamy corn chowder is a great way to preserve summer's fresh corn. Recipe: Easy Chicken and Dumplings. Chicken and dumplings are a Southern classic. Make an extra batch ahead of time and freeze it for a ready-to-eat weeknight meal. This recipe takes a modern twist on a classic tamale pie. Have it ready to go in your freezer for an impromptu fiesta night. Recipe: Tomato, Cheddar, and Bacon Pie. Taco Tuesday just got an upgrade with this pork-filled Mexican dish.

We recommend serving them with fresh avocado and a margarita. Recipe: Greek Baked Ziti. This classic pasta dish creates one well-rounded meal complete with two cheeses, flavorful seasoning, and grocery-store favorite ground beef. Recipe: Classic Chicken Tetrazzini. This praiseworthy casserole has some of our favorite Southern ingredients: pasta, chicken, and Parmesan cheese. It doesn't get better than that. Recipe: New Tuna Casserole. Recipe: Old-Fashioned Meatloaf. Double this recipe so your family can enjoy one loaf now and one later with little additional effort.

These zesty meatballs are a true taste of the Southwest, with poblano peppers, corn chips, lime juice, and red chile enchilada sauce. Recipe: Lasagna Roll Ups. These lasagna rolls are the perfect meal to freeze individually and thaw according to your dinnertime head count. Recipe: Sausage-and-Grits Quiche. Thaw food in the refrigerator. The science behind a slow, even thaw preserves flavor and texture. You'll be impressed by this clever, simple spin on a traditional quiche. Recipe: Meatball Pasta Bake.

Recipe: Extra Easy Lasagna. Recipe: Baked Ziti with Sausage. Combine homemade meat sauce with ricotta, mozzarella, and Parmesan for the cheesy casserole of your dreams.

Keep this quiche in the freezer for an easy breakfast or dinner in the future. All you'll have to do is thaw it in the fridge and reheat before serving. Recipe: Quick Beef Chili. Recipe: Turkey Meatballs Keep meatballs on hand to serve over pasta, on a sandwich, or alongside a Caesar salad. Recipe: Pasta-Chicken-Broccoli Bake.

This casserole has all of the components of a full meal—protein, veggies, and carbs—all in one freezable dish. Reserve the cheese, crackers, and pecans until just before serving.

Recipe: Heavenly Chicken Lasagna. Recipe: Chili Cheese Enchiladas. Although the original recipe doesn't call for meat, you can easily add ground beef or shredded chicken to the cheese filling to make a heartier meal. Recipe: Vegetable Beef Soup. Recipe: Buffalo Chicken Casserole. Prepare this casserole for your freezer so you can instantly enjoy the flavor of buffalo wings when you're craving them.

Recipe: Creamy Chicken Alfredo Casserole. After reheating this creamy casserole, top with paprika and basil for a comforting dish the whole family will love. Recipe: Chicken-and-Wild Rice Casserole.

Save time and dirty dishes with lidded bakeware that goes from oven to freezer to fridge with ease. This recipe is all about how to take premium ground beef, flavor it with subtle herbs and spices, and create a delicious dish.

These Spiced Beef Kabobs are delicately seasoned with cumin, coriander, allspice, parsley, and cilantro, then hand-formed on skewers.

Recipe: Chicken-Andouille Gumbo. Stock your freezer with this classic Southern dish. Use empty cereal boxes to save space. Lettuce, cucumbers, bean sprouts, and raw potatoes will turn mushy when thawed. Hard-boiled eggs will go rubbery so I avoid freezing those as well.

Egg-based sauces like mayonnaise will separate and curdle when thawed. And many dairy products such as cream, yogurt, cream cheese, sour cream and cottage cheese will sometimes go watery when thawed. However, if I am using sour cream or cottage cheese in a dish that will be baked I usually have no issues. Other than those main items you should be able to freeze most items and have your meal turn out.

Gallon or quart-sized plastic or re-usable freezer safe bags. Just make sure and get out as much air as possible by squishing the food around and flattening the bag as much as possible. Seal it tightly to avoid any spills or freezer burn as well. I have heard of people using reusable gallon sized bags as well to save even more money. Ziploc freezer meal recipes are my most used freezer meals for a month. Aluminum foil pans or your own baking dishes.

Look for these at the dollar stores where you can often get a 3 pack for a dollar. However, if you are freezer meal cooking for two you can buy the smaller sized ones. Also check your local restaurant supply stores for multiple containers as well.

You could also use your own metal pans, but you want to make sure you have enough of them before you get started. For those of you who want to take your Instant Pot freezer meals out of the freezer, and pop the frozen meal right into your Instant Pot without defrosting or thawing, these 64 oz freezable plastic containers with lids are awesome. Just make sure you also get a pack of these Sharpie peel-off markers so you can write on the bucket lids over and over again.

Here is a list of my favorite freezer meal supplies that are perfect for beginners or even those who have been doing it for a while! The majority of freezer meals will last anywhere from 3 to 9 months, depending on the ingredients used. This is probably the question I get asked the most.

Here are some of my freezer meals for beginners posts and videos. Love your book. Question you partially answered above. Do you have to defrost the freezer meal before you put it in the crockpot or can it go straight from the freezer to the crockpot? If there is raw meat in it, you should thaw first before adding to a slow cooker.

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So I know this post of easy freezer meals can help you new moms out there too! Now, there are some freezer meals that take a long time to make but can be worth it , for example, most lasagnas. And there are some easy freezer meals are super fast to make, that you can prep in 15 minutes flat or less. The easy ones. And in order to be considered easy freezer meals they had to meet a certain bunch of my requirements. So I decided to look through some of my own freezer meal recipes on Happymoneysaver , to figure out which ones would work great for this easy freezer meals list, and found some awesome ones.

Then I decided to create some new recipes as well! Oh you guys are going to love these. Shake bag until all sides of steak pieces are coated. Seal bag, removing air. In a small bowl or place directly into quart sized freezer bag combine tamari or soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, ginger, sesame seeds, sesame oil and red pepper flakes.

Add steak into wok and stir-fry, separating pieces and stirring constantly until the majority of the pieces have some golden or crispy edges on them, about minutes. Add broccoli, cook minutes until crisp-tender. Add sauce, and cook, stirring constantly for about 1 minute until sauce slightly thickens. Add to labeled bag the sealed steak with cornstarch bag, sealed sauce bag, and add in broccoli florets on top.

Seal bags together and freeze. Or place the whole kit in the fridge first thing in the morning so the meat will be thawed by dinner time.

Pour steak into wok, stir-fry, separating pieces and stirring constantly until the majority of the pieces have some golden or crispy edges on them, about minutes. On cooking day: 1 head iceberg or butter lettuce. Other optional toppings: shredded carrots, finely sliced cucumber, sliced green onion, crispy rice noodles. Shake bag until all sides of chicken pieces are coated.

In a small bowl or place directly into quart sized freezer bag combine honey, tamari or soy sauce, minced garlic, sesame seeds, and red pepper flakes. Add chicken into wok and stir-fry, separating pieces and stirring constantly until the majority of the pieces have some golden or crispy edges on them, about 4 minutes. Add sauce, and cook, stirring constantly for about minutes until sauce is boiling and slightly thickens. Serve in lettuce cups and top with additional toppings if desired.

Add to labeled bag the sealed chicken with cornstarch bag and sealed sauce bag. In a large bowl combine tortellini, alfredo sauce, chicken if using, pesto, and mozzarella cheese. Pour into baking dish. Top with shredded parmesan cheese. Bake, covered with foil for 30 minutes. Remove foil and let bake an additional 10 minutes until golden and bubbly all over.

Label and freeze. Break up frozen spinach into a small bowl, mix in ricotta and garlic. Lay down your first layer of raviolis. Repeat this layer again. Top with remaining ravioli, then red sauce, then mozzarella. Bake for 1 hour.