easy make meals i can freeze?

Question

i cant stand ready frozen meals, and i'm currently 38 weeks pregnant, hav the whole nesting buzz and REALLY in the mood to cook! so i thought i'd try taking advantage of it and cook some meals i can just plonk in the oven/mircowave once babys born, but that actually hav sum nutritional value! so far i've done lots of bog standard pasta sause, and abt 18 pizzas (yes, its THAT bad, house is spotless tho). but i've run out of ideas!! nooooooooooo,

so, any1 got any ideas of what i can make now, freeze, n re-heat in a few weeks? just want enuf 2 tide me over the next month n a half really.

oh, cant hav nuts in! allergic to em...bugger, worst of it is i've been craving them so much!!

u can freeze soup!?!?

Answer 1

Check out about.com for lots and lots of easy recipe ideas. Off the top of my head, things that freeze easily are chili, lasagna, soup, cookies, muffins, banana bread, things like that. It would be best to freeze them in individual serving sizes. Remember to leave head space--the food will swell as it freezes, and will swell more the more water it has in it. After the baby comes, have lots of fresh veggies ready-to-eat in the fridge, yogurt, sliced cheese, etc. My husband used to pack me a lunch and put it in the fridge before he left for work every day when I was first staying home with the baby. Other tip: line up as many friends as you can to come and visit you after the first week or so. If they offer to help--say YES! They can do laundry, shop for groceries, hold the baby--if you're really good friends, they can even cook dinner or clean the bathroom!

Answer 2

Stews would be good, as would anything with mince - chili, spag bol, lasagne etc. and also curries (that don't have a cream base). Sauces for pasta with a tomato base. Soups, bread, cakes, pies (sweet or savoury)... You can freeze lots of fruit and veg - cook it up in advance from fresh and then freeze - how about roasting the veg and using batches when you want it? There's lots of stuff. It might be a good idea to freeze individual portions and two or more people portions too - that way perhaps you husband/boyfriend could feed himself while you're in hospital. I also find if you freeze enough for two and only one of you wants it, it's a pain so individual portions are good that way. Good luck with the cooking, freezing and, of course, the baby!

Answer 3

My sister was pregnant and on full bed rest so I spent a week with her and prepared enough meals for a month for when she got home with the baby. You could throw together some homemade macaroni and cheese, this is cheap and easy and tastes good even after it's frozen. Lasagna is another one that is still delicious after being frozen. I premix meatloafs and use half to make meatballs, bake them off, freeze them on a cookie sheet and throw them in a freezer bag, use however many you want at a time the other half of the mix I preform two meatloaves and freeze them wrapped in plastic wrap and foil, take it out the night before, unwrap and place in the pan you will be baking it on, cover and thaw overnight in the fridge. I've also frozen a chicken primavera with penne pasta. I even made a pot of chili and froze that! Black beans and rice with smoked sausage, too. The only food that I question is ones made with potatoes, their texture changes and could affect the dishes outcome after freezing. Good luck with your baby! It's a very exciting time! :o)

Answer 4

Fish Pie.

Get some firm smoked fish fillets (Hoki or similar)
Poach softly in milk, whilst you carefully wash a couple of leeks.
Remove fish when it is just cooked, and reserve milk.
Wipe out the fry pan and add some butter, marge, or oil and soften.
Sift a couple of teaspoons of white flour ove the leeks and stir for a couple of minutes and then stir in the milk to make a nice sauce.
Flake fish and return to frypan and mix to combine.
Serve into freezer containers and top each with mashed potatoes. Cover and allow to cool and then freeze.

I would normally add quartered eggs to a meal, but they would go rubbery when m/w'ed.
Plain fish could be used if you don't like smoked fish.
Green peas or beans would also work.

Bon Appetite!

Answer 5

Just about anything you normally make you can freeze... and just to add to that get a bunch of microwave meals too so that way if you run out of your premades and still aren't feeling up to cooking there is more for hubby to eat without having to go shopping with baby

Answer 6

You can also take and preseason meats for meat loaf, or make up taco meat and then freeze it. You can cook up waffles or pancakes and put them into ziplock serving bags. You can pre-dice(slice) potatoes and season them place in freezer. You can freeze up your steaks in a marinate. You can even bake up cakes and freeze them. Cook up sloppy joe (from scratch it's really simple especially if you have a crock pot) freeze it. Lasagna is also great for prepping and freezing, you just get it up ready to bake then freeze it, when you are ready for lasagna for supper just pull it out of the freezer and bake it up. (not sure if this works with precooked noodles I always let the cooking bake them up never boiled them before hand). You can also pre marinate chicken and put in freezer. Pre season some hamburger patties and then freeze them up. The list is endless.
Snack packs of fruits are also good to freeze, berries are the best type to freeze.
I personally pre prep meals for 2 weeks at a time that way I can make sure that my family has a nutritional meal even when we are rushed.

Answer 7

In my house we always have Vegitarian Lasgna, Chicken Parmasean, Tuna Noodle Casserlo, here is a quick throw together meal:
1 cup of minute rice
1 Cup of frozen peas
1cup of frozen corn
1cup of pre-sliced carrots
2 chicken breasts diced
1 jar of gravy
1 roll of pillsbury cresent rolls
Directions:
1.) Take a skillet and cook the diced chicken in a little olive oil
2.) In a saucepan boil 1 cup of water add the minute rice
3.) After the chicken is cooked add the veggies and gravy.
4.) After the rice is done cooking throw it into the skillet and let simmer for 7 minutes.
5.) ( Optional) Make cresent rolls follow instructions on package and serve with chicken and rice

Answer 8

Well, it sounds like you've got soups, casseroles & pastas covered so I would suggest marinating meal size packets of meat such as boneless pork chops, chicken breasts, steaks, hamburger patties, etc in your favorite marinades such as italian dressing, teriaki sauce, bbq sauce, or other type marinades.....These can be tossed on the George Foreman & cooked in under 15 minutes when you're tired of the frozen merry-go-round........Congrats & get some sleep NOW!!

Answer 9

Why not make pans of soup, macaroni cheese. Why not make some scones, rock cakes, etc freeze them and they will be handy for when you get visitors after the baby is born.

Answer 10

Lasagna