What are good dishes that I can freeze ahead and defrost for company that come over?

[Anonymous]

Brisket for dummies

Trim the excess fat (or most of it) off the meat

season with salt and pepper

sear (very brown) on all sides in vegetable/canola oil

place meat to rest on something with a lip (to catch juice)

cut up a sweet onion into rings and sautee (scraping the bits of browned meat) once they soften

place meat back on top of onions

add 1 can of campbells tomato soup, half can of water

cover tightly and cook at 350 until fork tender

take out meat to cool, slice against the grain when cooled

[Anonymous]

spaghetti sauce, meatballs, lasagna, chili all freeze and re-heat nicely, even homemade mac/cheese, but I'd make it and not bake it, just freeze it and then bake it when you want to serve it.