Making my own frozen meals.

gottagetitoff11

I would like to start making my own frozen meals on sunday for each week. I was going to use frozen veggies and cook then then freeze in my meals. Would that be ok. And also what would be the best way to freeze them. I was thinking containers would have too much air in it so was leaning towards freezer zip loc bags.

Also does anyone cook meat and freeze it for quick access. I know you can buy frozen fully cooked sausage crumble and chicken reasts where i live.

Thanks

lightenup2016

Yes, I've used frozen vegetables in a dish, cooked, and refrozen. For instance, I sometimes use a frozen vegetable mix in my shepherd's pie, then I will freeze a portion. Or I'll use some frozen items in a veg soup or a chili and then freeze it. I've also cooked up a few lbs of ground hamburger and then frozen it for future easy meals. I also cook chicken breasts in enchilada sauce, shred, and freeze for easy tacos or Mexican pizza.

I usually freeze in containers, just trying to fill them pretty full (but leaving some space if liquid, such as soup). I've found the freezer bags to be too messy for a lot of meals, plus I like to be able to reuse my containers.

You've got me thinking--next weekend I need to do some freezer meal cooking!

annacole94

Freezing meals takes a little practice to get good at. This site is excellent for recipes and how-to advice:
https://onceamonthmeals.com/

Don't worry about the subscription, just look at the recipes and methods. Some are fully cooked, while others are just assembled but cooked day-of. Honestly... if you have Sunday to cook, I wouldn't freeze it all. Freeze some portions of a main dish, eat fresh sides (salads, veggies, etc). Then you'll have a variety frozen eventually and can mix it up, rather than eating the same thing until it's gone.

pamfgil

An alternative if you want variety, freeze in components, so you can put some in freezer bags e.g. Meat, and put the more liquid but containers, or if you are using frozen veg, thaw meat and hear, zap veggies in microwave

Queenmunchy

I freeze meals in containers (some are one pot, some are divided).
I also flash freeze things like meatballs, burger patties, sausage patties, etc. and transfer to freezer bags.
Lastly, I freeze sauces in jars or ice cube trays to transfer in bags. It depends on how much of the sauce would be used at a time. For example marinara in jars, enchilada sauce in smaller jars, sofrito in cubes.

Chicken a la criolla with yellow cauliflower rice


White chicken chili


Turkey/zucchini meatballs and zucchini/chicken nuggets flash frozen and bagged


Flash freezing burritos so they can be transferred to a bag after


Buffalo chicken and BBQ chicken stuffed peppers going into the freezer