Freezer meals...?

[Eileen]

YES to what spideyswifey said! ^^ I just started doubling what I make for dinner and freezing half and it is way less stressful than planning a huge day of cooking/freezing.

[HeatherlovesCDs]

I'm going to start doing this in a couple of weeks. I don't have a ton of experience doing it, but I'm going to learn.

[QTMom]

So far I have made (and froze) Mexi Chicken, and chili, and today I am making taco meat by the gallon. I will probally do another batch of Mexi Chicken, taco 'meat' with lentils, and chili (maybe without the meat?) I also want to bake and then freeze chicken breast chunks. I use the Mexi chicken to make quesodillas and enchiladas.

Mexi chicken is just chicken breasts, tomatoes, salsa, and spices (a lot of papikra and chili, garlic, onion). I cook the chicken in a slow cooker/crock pot and then chunk it up when it is done. It is usually so tender it just falls apart. You can also 'hide' a lot of other vegetables and/or rice in it without anyone (DH) knowing Mexi chicken is also just good with rice in a casserole. (If you can't tell it is one of my favorite staples to have in my freezer along with the taco meat)

[NurseJessie]

Sunday I froze chicken tetrazzini, yesterday I do Shepherd's pie, and today I'm freezing baked ziti. And I made huge casseroles so that should be enough to last DH and I for a while!

[Eileen]

All the meals I planned for this month can easily be doubled and frozen, and I already have 3 in the freezer....putting it in the freezer and knowing that's one less day of cooking is seriously a most amazing feeling

[Blueberries17]

I wish our freezer was big enough to fit meals, all these ideas sound so good

[abunchoflemons]

Do you cook first like lasagna or enchalatas before freezing mor make freeze then when you want it cook it? What are nojn red things to make & freeze...only ideas I know are red sauce type of things besides bean soup or with lots of beans. I ould like ideas besides bean & red sauce meals please.

[ulawolf]

Originally Posted by abunchoflemons Do you cook first like lasagna or enchalatas before freezing mor make freeze then when you want it cook it? What are nojn red things to make & freeze...only ideas I know are red sauce type of things besides bean soup or with lots of beans. I ould like ideas besides bean & red sauce meals please.

I cook the meat for lasagna and enchiladas. I then assemble everything but sauce and cheese and freeze. I put sauce in another bowl to freeze and I don't like how cheese melts after freezing so I don't freeze cheese.