Frozen Meal Ideas

I've seen the frozen meal idea, for those first few weeks after bub is born, suggested in lots of places. Just after some frozen meal ideas...

Thanks in advance :).

there is a thread in the cooking section...ill try and get the link for you

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...p-freezer.html
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...ou-freeze.html
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...r-dinners.html

Recipes using mince are always good, mince is cheap to buy especially in bulk, and there is so much you can make...meatballs, lasagne, bolognese sauce. I did just have a whole stack of ideas for you...but just forgot what they were. sorry! :rolleyes:

almost anything with a saucy base will freeze nicely - if you have a slow cooker, you can cook heaps in there

braises, curries, soups - the list is endless.

at the moment our freezer has about 75 frozen meals in it - 3 decent days of cooking with three slowcookers on the go! there is vegie soup (pumpkin base, lots of veg), braised lamb, beef and red wine caserole, spag bol (with pasta frozen into it), chicken bolognaise (no pasta), curried chicken, pasta bake (spag bol base with cheesy white sauce - in the tins you can put in the oven), vegie bake (huge amount of vegies, stir fried in garlic butter, then smothered in cheesy white sauce), chow mein (some with, some without rice), curried mince concoction with pasta (no idea if we will ever be able to recreate it, but damn it is nice!).

you can also make up meatloaf (without cooking) - into those small disposable tins (about $1.80 for a six pack of the small ones), sausage rolls (mostly cooked, just reheat), burrito/taco meat mix in meal sized serves (defrost and reheat - ready to go - have it as they're meant to be, or on top of wedges with cheese - delish!), any type of soup (haven't come across one yet that doesn't freeze), lasagne (in trays)

ummm, think that's about all i can think of - definitely look in the other threads for ideas though! with DH's work, we have a LOT of food that gets frozen and then reheated, and so far, so good - no failures!

I made lots of bolognaise, quiche and zucchini slice. I also made some savoury and sweet muffins and banana bead to freeze so if we had visitors over i had something to offer them.

I wasnt going to make ahead any meals but so glad i did. i also filled the freezer with marinated meats as having a bub in summer it was easy for dh to cook dinner on the bbq.

Thanks for all those ideas! Very helpful. I think I'm going to start cooking over the next few days!

i've made up spag bowl sause (pre-protioned & cooked) about 4 lots of lasarnia and some hambugers...and that filled up half of the top shelf of the freezer. so he has about 4 days worth of food. and for myself im stocking up on 2min noodles and i may also cook up some veggies so he can do the rice (gotta LOVELOVELOVE rice cookers!)

MrsB26 - that is a FANTASIC idea to make some sweet stuff as well...i get the feeling our house will become spencer street (the irony being i have a large part of my family with spencer as a last name!) so i think wednesday i shell cook my little heart out! :D

Don't forget some cookie/muffin/cake as you will be getting lots of visitors more than likely so that is a quick and easy fix to morning/afternoon tea if you like.

great idea dan!!!

I did this just before Mason was born (lucky i did the big cook up early cos he was born 3 weeks early!)

And I will most certainly be doing it again with this bub.

apricot chicken is easy and freezes well. if you put some vegies in it, then you only need mash potato or rice to serve.

tuna patties. (tuna + mash potatoes + onion/vegies/herbs. make into patties, roll in egg, breadcrumbs. fry.) just chuck in oven or microwave to reheat

There are some awesome ideas. All I need now is a freezer! Anyone have any ideas where to get a reasonably priced freezer?? xo

Ebay is great for 2nd hand less expensive freezers....but they do hold value so they aren't that cheap!
Check out your local trading post too xx

scope out Freecycle as well - you might find something local that someone is giving away...

Most of these have probably already been said:

Casseroles
Lasange
shepards pie
pasta bake
pies
meatballs
homemade hamburger patties
chicken curries
soup
devilled chicken
taco mince
chicken filo

Thanks for all the ideas girls! I'm going to go on a cooking mission starting next week...:p