| Making meals for a friend for a week and looking for ideas that will freeze well! Please share any recipes or ideas you have. |
| Lasagna |
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Soups/Stews
Chili Pulled pork in sauce Burritos tightly wrapped in plastic, then bagged to reheat in the microwave (bean, rice, cheese, etc) Individual egg muffins or breakfast sandwiches |
| Quiche |
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This alfredo/pesto chicken pasta dish freezes well. I use rotisserie chicken.
https://thecarefreekitchen.com/chicken-pesto-pasta-recipe/ |
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Meatloaf
Chicken pot pie Calzones Empanadas |
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Steak pie
Cottage pie Lasagna Bolognese sauce Chili Meatballs Sausage rolls |
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Smitten Kitchen’s Pelmeni
Lamb Kofta Casseroles -I made a Ranch Chicken and Pasta that reheated well, and also a Mexican Rice and Bean one |
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This is my favorite freezer recipe. I’ve been making it for years and it always defrosts and cooks perfectly.
https://www.eatingwell.com/recipe/250136/curried-chicken-thighs-with-buttery-croutons/ |
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Braises — at our house that means cochinita pibil, chile verde, barbacoa, carnitas, pork shoulder ragu (https://food52.com/recipes/39733-andy-ward-jenny-rosenstrach-s-pork-shoulder-ragu), bolognese
Soups - pozole is really the only one I make that is time-consuming enough to be worth freezing. |
| tikka masala or chana masala, rice |