Freezing meals

I know this was discussed before but now I forgot...

what are you cooking/freezing ahead of time? and what are you storing them in?

I was planning on making/freezing some meatballs, individual meatloaves, possibly a lasagna, chili, a mac & cheese casserole w/broccoli

how should I freeze these, freezer bags in portions? Or a casserole dish w/lid?

I've never really cooked ahead of time and froze stuff...

Re: Freezing meals

i was going to do this, but got lazy. and bsides, DH does all the cooking anyway and since he's a teacher too, he'll be home for the summer to cook!

also since it's a summer baby for us, we're planning jsut to take advantage of all the fresh fruit and veggies and grilling outside most nights.

but if it was winter, i would make some sheperd's pie, stew, ziti, lasagne and DH would probably make gallons of sauce. you can totally freeze in a casserole dish, or those disposable metal pans (for a ziti for example). I've also taken things like sauce or stew and just poured it into a Ziploc bag. you can freeze it just like that.

good luck!

Re: Freezing meals

I totally wanted to do this but our came too early!!!

Oh well! It has worked out fine. My mom has cooked for us or bought us food every night.

We survived!

Re: Freezing meals

I too am thinking of the trusty sauce and pasta meals

Other than that I plan on putting my crock pot to good use ....

As well as my blender for smoothies (for a quick almost hands free pick me up during the day)
And my panini maker too.

Will also keep our fave pizza place on speed dial