We love a good frozen meal, so we’ve compiled a list of 50 easy-to-freeze food recipes that we know you’ll love. One of the things we’re best known for is frozen meals! Once you see this list, you’ll know why.
These are perfect for new moms, busy days, and your neighbor with a new baby. These healthy meals for freezing are the best thing that can happen from the clay pot – you’ll be able to get a delicious meal with healthy ingredients on the table in no time. Whether you’re looking for regular frozen meals, Instant Pot frozen meals, or Crockpot frozen meals, this list has you covered.
After we published our Make 8 Freezer Meals in 1 Hour in 2012, the post went VIRAL! Thousands upon thousands of you had been looking for easy meals to freeze and loved the recipes we shared.
We then went on to share 10 frozen meals they could make in 90 minutes, which everyone loved too. And who doesn’t? They are perfect for the whole family.
Most of those recipes were the ones where you could prepare the ingredients in a resealable bag and then pour them into your slow cooker when you were ready to use them.
Today we wanted to share 50 easy to freeze food recipes: some are for slow cookers, some are for instant pots, some are stews, and some are just our favorite foods that you can prepare ahead of time and keep in the freezer for another day.
What are frozen meals?
Frozen meals are
meals that are prepared in advance and then placed in the freezer to be used at a later date.
This can be done
by simply doubling a recipe and freezing half for later or it can be done in bulk and stocking your freezer with plenty of pre-made meals that only require heating.
Just like you can buy convenient food in the freezing section of the grocery store, home-cooked meals for freezing are the same idea: Pre-made foods that you can take and heat for a home-made, nutritious and healthy meal in a hurry.
What foods can be frozen and reheated?
Here are some of our favorite types of frozen and reheated foods:
- Casseroles (like this Tuscan pasta or baked Ziti
- King Ranch healthy chicken soup
- Stuffed shells (like these stuffed Mexican chicken shells
- Dump and go slow cooker recipes (like this chicken black bean sauce
- Burritos (like these bean and rice burritos
- Enchiladas (our hearty ground beef enchiladas make enough for 2 meals
- Pancakes and waffles (like these baked pancakes)
- Smoothie packs (here are 14 different types to try!)
- bagel sandwiches are so good!)
- cups of baked strawberry oatmeal are our
- Cookies (try these chewy chocolate chip cookies, you can freeze the dough or freeze the cookies
- Scrambled egg muffins (add your favorite mixes to make them your own)
)Soups (like this
)
)
)
)
)
Breakfast sandwiches (these
Muffins and cups of oatmeal (these
favorite)
)
What foods don’t freeze well?
There are some foods that do not freeze or thaw well and we recommend that you avoid them in your frozen meals. Here is the list of foods you shouldn’t try
to freeze:
- Fried foods (soaked when thawed)
- Fully cooked pasta (if you want to freeze pasta, be sure to cook it al dente, otherwise it will be soaked and flaccid when thawed
- Gelatin or gelatin
- Sour cream
- Mayonnaise or mayonnaise-based salads (such as egg salad; thaws lumpy)
- Whole eggs, egg whites or hard-boiled eggs
- Cream-based soups/sauces Fresh tomatoes
- defrost viscous
- If you need to add cheese to a frozen meal, do so after it thaws and just before it warms up)
- thaw
)
(
and soft)Rice (when thawed, becomes soft)Cheese (texture will change after freezing and thawing;
All the foods on our list of 50 easy to freeze food recipes They freeze and
great!
How long will my 50 Easy Freezer Meal last? Do the recipes last
in the freezer?
Most foods are good in the freezer for up to 90 days before they start burning from freezing.
We recommend that you eat your frozen meals within 60 days , just to make sure it still tastes amazing.
Freeze burn is virtually inevitable with all frozen foods, but you have the chance of lasting longer if you get as much air out of the ziploc package or bag as possible.
We prefer to use resealable plastic bags to put our frozen meals (rather than baking sheets or other containers) because it can squeeze or suck in almost all of the air, which will help it last longer in the freezer.
How do I thaw frozen meals?
Defrosting food is one of the most important parts of preparing frozen meals!
Most foods take 24 to 48 hours to thaw in the fridge, so plan accordingly! I usually take my food out of the freezer at least 24 hours before cooking. I put my food in the fridge to let it thaw during that time.
If you don’t have time or forget to take it out of the freezer, you can also use the “defrost” feature on your microwave to quickly defrost it. However, if your frozen food is in an aluminum container, you can’t put it in the microwave.
Can I cook a frozen meal?
I would recommend thawing it first, but if you don’t have time, you can cook your frozen food. For frozen cooking, plan to add about 50% more time than the cooking time indicated in the recipe.
For example, if a recipe made me cook the casserole for 30 minutes, I would plan to cook it for at least 45 minutes (maybe more, you want to make sure the whole dish is heated).
50 Easy Recipes for Frozen Meals:
1. Root beer Shredded pork sandwiches Frozen food
2. BBQ Chicken Chili Freezer Meal
3. Homemade baked chicken nuggets
4. 20 minutes of Tuscan pasta
5. Meat and frozen sauce food tips
6. Meat and black bean taco Soup Freezer Meal
7. Spinach Lasagna and Cheese Freezer
(Freeze before cooking and take out of the freezer when you’re ready to eat!)
8. Mom’s Slow Cooker Chili
(You can freeze it after it’s cooked OR freeze it before browning the beef and then adding all the ingredients to a resealable bag the size of a gallon. When ready to use, pour the contents into a slow cooker or instant cooker and cook
.)
9. Easy Freezer Sauce
10. Stuffed Mexican shells
(Prepare the shells and then place them in a freezeable container. Remove from freezer to thaw when ready to use, then cook as directed.)
11. Black bean slow cooker and chicken corn sauce
12. Ziti baked Freezer Meal
13. Baking Pancakes
14. Green Sauce Chicken
15. Chicken enchiladas with honey and lime
(Freeze before cooking and then when ready to eat, remove from freezer and thaw, then cook as directed.)
16. Slow cooker Bajio Chicken
17. Slow cooker 8 cans of taco soup
18. Cinnamon and apple pancakes
(Cook and then freeze in resealable freezer bags. When you’re ready to eat, you can heat them in the microwave or stick them on the toaster.)
19. Creamy Chicken Taquitos
Assemble the taquitos and then freeze before baking. I like to put them all rolled up in a resealable freezer bag the size of a gallon. They will last up to 90 days. You can cook frozen in the oven; You may need to add a few minutes to the cooking time to make sure they are fully cooked.
20. Ham and pineapple sandwiches
(Pour all ingredients into a gallon-sized freezer bag and freeze. Pour frozen foods into your slow cooker or instant cooker and cook
.)
21. Hawaiian BBQ Tacos
22. Shells filled with easy ricotta
You can freeze them
after assembling them: I like to put them in a foil tray and then freeze them. Take them out and cook frozen. You may need to add a few minutes to the cooking time to make sure they are fully cooked.
23. Bagel breakfast sandwiches
24. Best hashbrown potato casserole with cheese
You can freeze
this casserole after assembling them: I like to put them on a foil tray and then freeze them. Take them out and cook frozen. You may need to add a few minutes to the cooking time to make sure they are fully cooked.
25. Scrambled Egg Breakfast Muffins
These are also great for snacks and any food!
26. Baked meat taquitos
Assemble the taquitos and then freeze before baking. I like to put them all rolled up in a resealable freezer bag the size of a gallon. They will last up to 90 days. You can cook frozen in the oven; You may need to add a few minutes to the cooking time to make sure they are fully cooked.
27. Teriyaki Pork Roast Slow Cooker
(Pour all ingredients into a gallon-sized freezer bag and freeze. Pour frozen foods into your slow cooker or instant cooker and cook
.)
28. Chicken with slow-cooking sesame and honey
(Pour all ingredients into a gallon-sized freezer bag and freeze. Pour frozen foods into your slow cooker or instant cooker and cook
.)
29. Slow Cooker French Dip Sandwiches
(Pour all ingredients into a gallon-sized freezer bag and freeze. Pour frozen foods into your slow cooker or instant cooker and cook
.)
30. Cups of baked strawberry oatmeal
31. Bean and rice burritos
32. Ravioli casserole
33. Greek chicken
34. Spare ribs for rustic style barbecue
35. Freezer Breakfast Burritos
36. Hawaiian BBQ Sandwiches
(Pour all ingredients into a gallon-sized freezer bag and freeze. Pour frozen foods into your slow cooker or instant cooker and cook
.)
37. Hawaiian BBQ Dumplings
(Pour all ingredients into a gallon-sized freezer bag and freeze. Pour frozen foods into your slow cooker or instant cooker and cook
.)
38. Shredded Mexican Chicken
(Pour all ingredients into a gallon-sized freezer bag and freeze. Pour frozen foods into your slow cooker or instant cooker and cook
.)
39. Chicken Bacon Ranch Taquitos
Assemble the taquitos and then freeze before baking. I like to put them all rolled up in a resealable freezer bag the size of a gallon. They will last up to 90 days. You can cook frozen in the oven; You may need to add a few minutes to the cooking time to make sure they are fully cooked.
40. Easy cheeseburger casserole
41. Citrus pork tacos
(Pour all ingredients into a gallon-sized freezer bag and freeze. Pour frozen foods into your slow cooker or instant cooker and cook
.)
42. Three Envelope Pot Roast Sliders
(Pour all ingredients into a gallon-sized freezer bag and freeze. Pour frozen foods into your slow cooker or instant cooker and cook
.)
43. Fall Apart Pot Roast
(Pour all ingredients into a gallon-sized freezer bag and freeze. Pour frozen foods into your slow cooker or instant cooker and cook
.)
44. Boneless BBQ Ribs
Pour all ingredients into a gallon-sized freezer bag and freeze. Pour frozen foods into your slow cooker or instant cooker and cook.
45. Homemade homemade pizzas married from Momables
46. Sweet and spicy slow-cooking meatballs
47. Kalua Pork
Pour all ingredients into a gallon-sized freezer bag and freeze. Pour frozen foods into your slow cooker or instant cooker and cook.
48. Pinch of Yum beef stew
49. Chicken Broccoli Bacon and Baked Potato from Kylee Cooks
50. Damn Delicious Cilantro and Lime Chicken
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