We do follow up videos. You can find them in our What’s for Dinner playlist. Of course, I don’t have a video for these recipes yet since we just made them.
When I make my freezer quiches, I freeze the filling in the bag and when I go to cook it I just thaw it out and fill the shell. It stores so much better in the freezer.
My husband bought me some standing mats from Cornwell Tools for when I'm canning. They are AMAZING to stand on. I just did a freezer meal session, only 10 lol but I feel so accomplished when I have ready-made home made meals on hand.
I make a lot of meals for my husband and my dad and what I do with a make a big batch of chili spaghetti and homemade soups and put it in two cup individual containers and freeze them that way and then when I go to give them to people I pop them out of that container keep my container and put them in a ziplock baggie and write down what it is and what to cook it for and it's so easy and efficient and I've been helping a lot of older people with that over the last 25-30 years just thought I'd give you guys a little tip thank you❤
That's awesome! We do individual meals quite a bit for our families either in a quart sized bag or in small containers. It's wonderful for singles or couples to have a variety of meals. It just goes to show that freezer meals are for everybody!
You, two, are just precious to watch. How nice to have a neighbor/friend that is so well synchronised. I know all about the sore feet, hips and back, but it is SO worth the pain and effort when you’re able to, “Stack your freezer and relax.” 😆 May I ask what size your family is or how many you are able to feed with the 1 gallon size bags?
Thank you so much! Our family is large (we have 7 kids but only 5 still live at home) and Christie's family is 4. The meals in general feed 6. They do feed our family but without leftovers and they feed Christie's with enough left for her husband to take to work for lunch the next day.
I use red sauce for - spaghetti, chili, lasagna, cover noodles for goulash, pizza, soups, cover tortellini/ ravioli etc., cover breaded eggplant or zucchini…. Luv it with hamburger n Italian sausage. Here in Germany we have hamburger mixed with pork- I add the Italian sausage to my red sauce. To make KILLER red sauce use canned tomatoes from your home grown tomatoes. AND I add tomato soup- if the sauce it too watery I’ll add the powdered tomato soup s and dried onions.
My can opener is a vintage wall mounted Dazey one. It swings out to use and swings back against the wall when not in use. Mine is red and it's from the 40s/50s. Best can opener ever!
I prep quiches for freezer meals all the time. I cook them then cool them and wrap them for the freezer. I cook them at 350 degrees for an hour from the freezer. They reheat well.
Love the meals! Tip: When opening tomato paste, if you make a whole in the bottom of the can (I use the manual can opener), it will slide out. It is a huge time saver. You can do the same with cream of soups.
Hi ladies! Ive been looking forward to this video. These meals all sound delicious. I'm watching this while eating a freezer meal (sliced kielbasa & pierogies covered with Alfredo sauce) what a great kitchen you have too! So spacious, lots of cabinet space and that island with the outlet is great.
You girls are hilarious and these meals all look so delicious!!! I've started doing batch freezer meals just for myself, but will be moving in with my boyfriend soon and will have much more space and now one more person to cook for! So exciting!! I can't wait to try some of these out!! I'm so glad I found this channel!!
I'm only 3 mins in and I've subscribed. Obviously I'm going to binge watch because not only is what your doing going to make my life easier but just listening to your banter and seeing those infectious smiles and laughs is just the ticket for anyone with the whole world issues at the mom thanks ladies ❤️
I’m just beginning to research the freezer meal process in preparation for my next surgery coming in September. My husband cannot cook, and I don’t want to gain a ton of weight by him ordering him pizza every night. It looks like you ladies will be a lot of help.
so many awesome ideas! love it all! thank you for the inspiration you guys! we've gotten a little busier with activities lately so I have been stressing about dinner ideas! i l will be making lots of these to help with the busy nights. xoxo
I’m so amazed by you ladies!! Awesome. Our family is much smaller but I will try it because I am menopausal, old and over all tired and it’s an excellent set up. Peace in your hearts. Thanks for sharing with all of us.
I just meal prepped for the 1st time, made 8 burritos and froze them a few days ago and they have been so convenient and healthy! I will be be checking some of y'all's ideas I can't wait to really start this up because I really really need to reduce my grocery bill.
It's good that you have an I'm tired giggles in the middle. 😂 And it's especially good that you have help from your families. When we were in military, the wives were always doing something like this. I can remember the bases that were the most fur from these kinds of memories.
Love how y'all got real about the condition of your freezers. My husband deshovels my freezer on a regular basis when I ask him what he would like for dinner.😥
@@FreezerMeals101 it went awesome! We ended up with about 40-50 meals each plus several large meals for the church AND some stuff ready to cook for upcoming holidays and events
Oh my gosh it is so funny when you two get slap happy 🤣. I have made quiche before, but I cooked it and froze slices of it. I just thawed a slice and microwaved it. They were soooo good!
I love these videos! A friend and I had our first joint freezer cooking day recently and it was SO much fun. Nowhere near your productivity but we will definitely be doing it again.
Hahaha you know you're a quilter when at first you see fabric in the picture while scrolling RUclips That's your funny for the day lol And now I'm going to watch video because food prep...great info Have a beautiful day ladies
What a fun cooking duo! I am hooked and this is the first video I have ever watched, as I just found you. Love you guys, and you have the food freeze prep down!!!
Found you just today and need to subscribe :D You're both so sympathic and funny :) And the meals look (and sound) awesome! Gets me motivated to get back into freezer meals, again :) Lots of love from Germany ^^
Started watching your videos a couple of weeks ago and I’m hooked. I haven’t done a big haul like you ladies but I have been doubling or tripling my recipes so I can put a couple in the freezer. Will be joining your freezer 101 club. Love to have full meals down ahead and still taste good.
Myla, I'm so happy to hear that you've gotten started getting some meals in your freezer. Doubling or tripling your favourite recipes is one of the best ways to start because it's not as overwhelming. You're off to a great start!
I eat very simple... Not sure why I keep watching these 🤔... I eat seasoned meat, and a cooked vegetable. Sometimes a lil bit of fruit as a snack... Oatmeal for breakfast. (My food addiction recovery program) 😓
WOW! This is truly amazing. Keep up the great work and I cannot wait to try some of these recipes. Hope those shells were good. That is a lot of work for a meal.
Hi Jeannie - this comment has been here for awhile but I wanted to get back to you. I didn't forget you!! We use our printers and Avery labels here: amzn.to/3rWnh9F And if you didn't know, we just added the feature of printable labels to our Membership Club! mealplan.freezermeals101.com/join-the-club/ I hope that helps!
This was so much fun! I used to always do investment cooking, freezer meals, however you call it. But I havn't done it in years. When you mentioned your son, and can opening it made me smile, my son was the same! He is now off at university, I miss him being around. Anyway You seem to have a lot of fun recipes. Keep us updated on the seafood shells was it worth it?
I like making nacho potatoe bakes. You'll cut potatoes into chucks then boil them and drain put them in a casserole dish let the potatoes cool. Then put nacho cheese ontop,meat of your choice, dices onions and a can of Rotel then top with shredded cheese put aluminum foil ontop preferably the heavy duty grill kind is better. Then defrost the day before then bake at 350 for an hour.
Didn't read through all the comments but regardless, this was a phenominal example of teamwork!! You rocked it!! For the seafood shells that sucked your time, couldn't you layer ravioli like a lasagna and still come up with the same flavors??
Thanks Amy! It was the filling for the seafood shells that took most of the time - chopping spinach, cooking and chopping the shrimp, chopping the crab, etc., but maybe we can find ways to streamline it for next time or even buy cooked shrimp instead.
Tortellini soup- with the left overs from tortellini dinner - add 1 cup chicken broth and 1 cup milk (or cream/ evaporated milk). Throw all together in one soup pan !
Quiche - make them often and freeze 1/2. I make mini versions in muffin tins!! Great to pop in micro wave n eat on the run!! Use spinach, Italian sausage, bacon bits… use up the tiny amounts of left over cheeses you have- mixing cheeses is yummy! Great for children’s tea parties.
I use ground chicken several times a month though ground turkey more often than chicken. I add 1/4lb of ground sausage when making ground turkey or chicken, adds.so much flavor without all the fat. I also mix 2:1 ground beef to turkey for most things.
Gettin my Lisa fix while getting ready for work lol. I remember a “few” years back lol when all of my friends turned 50 that year and we had 50th birthday parties to go to constantly. So fun! Nothing better than leftover potato salad! 👅👅 Have a good day!
Kitchen Mama has the BEST one touch electric can open. You plop it on the can, push a button, walk away. I've had mine for over a year & only changed the battery once. It's the style that doesn't leave a rough edge, which is great when I'm at the end of prepping & I'm a little punchy.
The Sriracha Fried Rice looks so good! I have searched your videos and website and cannot find the recipe. Where might I find the details? Thank you so much!!! Love you gals!!!
I make breakfast pie all the time . I always cook my meat first. I bake them the same day and then freeze them. When we want one I just put in the oven with foil on 350 for 40 minutes . Then remove foil bake until completely warm.
@@FreezerMeals101 I noticed you don't make burritos (e.i. breakfast or any other kind) as freezer meals. I'd be interested in a good homemade version of those elmonteray burritos for the freezer 😋
I attended an Indian cooking class and every time the instructor said chickpeas, someone would ask “garbanzo beans?”, because it means something different in Indian cooking (a kind of lentil). This went on all day. The instructor refused to call them something else, or clarify that they did not mean garbanzo beans, and the students never understood why there were no garbanzo beans!
I keep listening to the part about taco spaghetti. Are you sure you only want 8 spaghetti noodles? The million dollar stuffed shells I have a couple of hints. Thaw chopped spinach instead of chopping your own. To fill the shells or manicotti put the filling in a gallon size bag and cut off a corner and use like a piping bag. Have the shells open side up and squeeze filling in cut off with a knife and move to the next. Yes I have filled a metric butt ton of shells over the years. I also freeze in a single layer on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper or wax paper. They pop off and go right into a few large bags.
Awesome tips! I used the bag trick to fill manicotti once and will remember it for the next time we do shells! And YES it's only 8 spaghetti noodles. Haha. Kidding. Whoops! Good catch. Haha
In our house, the meals feed 7 (5 of our kids still live at home) and for Christie, they feed 4 with enough leftover for her husband to take to work for lunch the next day.
It would be nice if they would make upright freezers with add and subtract shelving. There is no hope that I can think of for arranging chests freezers. The closest I have come to that is baskets that I can add or subtract as needed.
Chest freezers... get the cheap non woven reusable shopping bags...the ones a little more fabric and less plastic feeling ifnyou know what I mean (the cheap ones) put your like items in bags and then you can lift the bags out...I do chicken meat , beef meat, hotdog/brat, and veggie bags, and lastly complete meals...
@@jujube2407 I use bags too. I like the natural fiber colored ones, so I can use a permanent marker to write on the bag what's inside then I tie the staps together on top, so the contents don't fall out when/if they tip over in the freezer. We also started making a list/inventory & taped it to the top of the freezer lid that tells us where stuff is inside, so we don't have to remember or spend time digging around. Because we discovered the longer your freezer is open, the more ice crystals you'll get on your food.
How were the seafood stuffed shells? Sounds like the creamy “Americanized” Alfredo sauce I make from scratch. Does look like a lot of work but I’m thinking a seafood lasagna would be prefect!
They were amazing! We will never do them during a mega session again but are planning to make them one afternoon next month just on their own because we’ve been craving them.
Diane, since the cost varies greatly depending on the area you live, we don't share our costs anymore. When we used to, some people felt like failures themselves for not being able to get their costs as low as ours (because the cost of groceries where they live is much higher) and many were upset that we were spending too much (because where we are in Canada, the costs are higher than in many of the States) so we now try to avoid specifics about cost other than speaking in percentages.
Yes, those will for sure be for at-home date nights or for when we have guests over. They're not your run of the mill Tuesday with the family type meals!
I use Yves ground round, the regular and the Mexican (depending on the recipe). I prefer the texture when I brown it, so I brown it before adding it to the recipes (just like you would for ground beef). Hope that helps!
I know this must be a stupid question... but I'll ask anyway. I have made several meals that I have frozen and cooked successfully. So here is the stupid question.... I am making a plan for freezer meals to make for my youngest son & daughter-in-law who are expecting my first granddaughter in July. I am soon to be 60 in August and am thrilled to see my first grandchild...all boys I had, so a Granddaughter is especially thrilling. My stupid question is, if you don't cook the freezer meals first (that I plan to make for them), do you thaw them first (like the morning before) and then bake or bake directly from frozen? Need help from anyone who has time to reply! Much thanks!
Congratulations on your granddaughter! How exciting! There is no such thing as a stupid question. For most of our freezer meals, we thaw before cooking. For a few things like lasagna or pasta baked, you can cook from frozen but you need to increase cooking time for that. But the general rule is to thaw first and then cook
@@FreezerMeals101 Thank you so much for your quick response. I had tick-marked several of your meals from this video... Now I know how to tell them how to bake/cook!! As my son (who called me to ask what "browning meat" meant when trying to make Hamburger Helper out of a box! LOL) will be do most of the cooking for a little while, instructions will be most helpful!!
I just found this channel today. We are vegetarians, but I can tell that your recipes would be fantastic! I have a question about the veggie beef you use. Do you cook it before adding it to your bags? Also, do you do any other vegetarian substitutions? I will definitely look at ways to make some of these meals in a vegetarian way! I want to make meal preparation more streamlined because making every meal from scratch each day isn't time effective. Along with being vegetarian, I have one son who has food allergies and another son who is gluten intolerant. I am looking forward to watching more of your fun and inspiring videos!
Hi Lori, I prefer to brown my veggie beef before adding it to the recipes because I like the texture better that way. In our big freezer meal marathons, we always have at least some vegetarian recipes, but I have a few videos that are devoted to just meatless meals. There one here: ruclips.net/video/PU7fQe3y1Fs/видео.html and another here: ruclips.net/video/B8_mqiECiUM/видео.html Hope that helps give you more ideas for vegetarian freezer meals!
i am so happy you girls are back again however i will be cooking some these meals maybe 20 as ill be cooking on my own lol my kitchen is too small to have a friend or hubby we will getting in our faces lol
You can utilize your living room too. Just cover the carpet with plastic drop clothes like painters use & utilize folding tables or coffee tables. Set up cutting stations, can opening stations, or just supply spots... get creative for all the overflow that you need space for. You can even set up crock pots, instapots, or whatever on folding tables if need be to get some things done while utilizing 2 spaces. Also when summer hits you can set up outdoor cooking areas too to beat the indoor heat 😀
Hi Theresa - great question! I guess it's up to you how you want to stack them, but since we do one protein at a time, it's normal for "all the ground beef to be at the bottom" and then "all the chicken is on top" but we still spread it around a little bit so we don't have two beef hashes on top of each other. After awhile, we get to know what they look like from the bit we can see, so it's pretty easy to dig through the stack and find what we want. Other days, we don't care in the slightest and just pick up whatever is on top. The less brain-work the better! There is a lady in our FB group (facebook.com/groups/241144882941938) who not only has it marked down on whiteboards, she collects her weeks' worth of meals and puts them in a totally different bin for easy access, plus it helps her with meal planning/groceries for the week. You can be as organized or as loosey-goosey as you want! I hope that helps!
I’d love to see a compilation video where you show these meals once they’ve been cooked and served!
We do follow up videos. You can find them in our What’s for Dinner playlist. Of course, I don’t have a video for these recipes yet since we just made them.
When I make my freezer quiches, I freeze the filling in the bag and when I go to cook it I just thaw it out and fill the shell. It stores so much better in the freezer.
That is such a great suggestion! I think we may have to try that for next time.
I am going to try this soon!! Thank u!!
Smart!!!!!
how early do you let it thaw before cooking?
So smart!
I'm so glad you guys found each other and can make it better for your family's
My husband bought me some standing mats from Cornwell Tools for when I'm canning. They are AMAZING to stand on.
I just did a freezer meal session, only 10 lol but I feel so accomplished when I have ready-made home made meals on hand.
Those mats are so helpful. I have one in front of the sink for while I'm doing dishes but always forget to stand on it while we're assembling meals.
I love love love watching the two of you together. You are so much fun.
We DO have a lot of fun. Thanks for watching!
I would love getting a bunch of freezer meals like these as a gift !
I make a lot of meals for my husband and my dad and what I do with a make a big batch of chili spaghetti and homemade soups and put it in two cup individual containers and freeze them that way and then when I go to give them to people I pop them out of that container keep my container and put them in a ziplock baggie and write down what it is and what to cook it for and it's so easy and efficient and I've been helping a lot of older people with that over the last 25-30 years just thought I'd give you guys a little tip thank you❤
That's awesome! We do individual meals quite a bit for our families either in a quart sized bag or in small containers. It's wonderful for singles or couples to have a variety of meals. It just goes to show that freezer meals are for everybody!
@@FreezerMeals101 🥳
For the chicken Taco soup you could probably leave out the beer and write on the bag to add it right away after thawing
I cook my quiche and freeze. Warms up beautifully in a 350 degree oven
You, two, are just precious to watch. How nice to have a neighbor/friend that is so well synchronised. I know all about the sore feet, hips and back, but it is SO worth the pain and effort when you’re able to, “Stack your freezer and relax.” 😆 May I ask what size your family is or how many you are able to feed with the 1 gallon size bags?
Thank you so much! Our family is large (we have 7 kids but only 5 still live at home) and Christie's family is 4. The meals in general feed 6. They do feed our family but without leftovers and they feed Christie's with enough left for her husband to take to work for lunch the next day.
I use red sauce for - spaghetti, chili, lasagna, cover noodles for goulash, pizza, soups, cover tortellini/ ravioli etc., cover breaded eggplant or zucchini….
Luv it with hamburger n Italian sausage. Here in Germany we have hamburger mixed with pork- I add the Italian sausage to my red sauce.
To make KILLER red sauce use canned tomatoes from your home grown tomatoes. AND I add tomato soup- if the sauce it too watery I’ll add the powdered tomato soup s and dried onions.
100% use the can tomato soup when my garden tomatoes are to watery!!!
My can opener is a vintage wall mounted Dazey one. It swings out to use and swings back against the wall when not in use. Mine is red and it's from the 40s/50s. Best can opener ever!
Can someone covet someone else's can opener? 🤣 Yes! Yes, they can! I want that!!!
I prep quiches for freezer meals all the time. I cook them then cool them and wrap them for the freezer. I cook them at 350 degrees for an hour from the freezer. They reheat well.
Cannot wait to try the stuffed shells.
Love the meals! Tip: When opening tomato paste, if you make a whole in the bottom of the can (I use the manual can opener), it will slide out. It is a huge time saver. You can do the same with cream of soups.
Great tip!
Who knew!
Same for chill & Cranberry sauce... do that all the time
And jellied cranberry sauce…
I love you two! So many ideas. I have shared your videos like crazy!! You all have got me cooking again! Thank you so much ❤❤❤
Thank you so much! This totally made my day. It’s appreciated.
Great job ladies. I am one of those viewers who look, enjoy and "LIKE' videos even though I won't try them.
Haha. I'm guilty of that too. Glad you "like" them though. :)
Hi ladies! Ive been looking forward to this video. These meals all sound delicious. I'm watching this while eating a freezer meal (sliced kielbasa & pierogies covered with Alfredo sauce) what a great kitchen you have too! So spacious, lots of cabinet space and that island with the outlet is great.
That sliced kielbasa and pierogies sounds so good!
I always listen to you when I'm thinking about supper. This is like grocery shopping when hungry 🤣
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Wonderful, Wonderful, Wonderful! Keep it up, ladies!
You girls are hilarious and these meals all look so delicious!!! I've started doing batch freezer meals just for myself, but will be moving in with my boyfriend soon and will have much more space and now one more person to cook for! So exciting!! I can't wait to try some of these out!! I'm so glad I found this channel!!
Thank you so much! Let us know how it goes for you.
I'm only 3 mins in and I've subscribed. Obviously I'm going to binge watch because not only is what your doing going to make my life easier but just listening to your banter and seeing those infectious smiles and laughs is just the ticket for anyone with the whole world issues at the mom thanks ladies ❤️
Aw, thanks so much Lisa!
I’m just beginning to research the freezer meal process in preparation for my next surgery coming in September. My husband cannot cook, and I don’t want to gain a ton of weight by him ordering him pizza every night. It looks like you ladies will be a lot of help.
Good luck with your prep!
so many awesome ideas! love it all! thank you for the inspiration you guys! we've gotten a little busier with activities lately so I have been stressing about dinner ideas! i l will be making lots of these to help with the busy nights. xoxo
Thanks Molly!
So excited over the quiches! I am a scardy cat and it looked like something I can do. I love y'all!
Julia, you can absolutely do it!
I’m so amazed by you ladies!! Awesome. Our family is much smaller but I will try it because I am menopausal, old and over all tired and it’s an excellent set up. Peace in your hearts. Thanks for sharing with all of us.
I just meal prepped for the 1st time, made 8 burritos and froze them a few days ago and they have been so convenient and healthy! I will be be checking some of y'all's ideas I can't wait to really start this up because I really really need to reduce my grocery bill.
Way to go! That's a great start!
Thank you for your time.
Them helping teaches them to cook
Omg I am so happy that I found your channel!!! I really really needed you girls because I am on a freezer meal mission next week. Fantastic job!!
Good luck on your freezer meal mission! Let us know how it goes.
You are twins today!! You both look so cute! Also thank you for the meals!
We had a good laugh that first morning when we realized we had both worn grey!
I love watching your videos we get so many new recipes to try.
It's good that you have an I'm tired giggles in the middle. 😂 And it's especially good that you have help from your families. When we were in military, the wives were always doing something like this. I can remember the bases that were the most fur from these kinds of memories.
Those make for the best kind of memories.
Love how y'all got real about the condition of your freezers. My husband deshovels my freezer on a regular basis when I ask him what he would like for dinner.😥
I freeze quiches All the time but I bake it first then i find it stores best
I'm getting ready to do a big meal prep day this weekend with a few friends from church in our fellowship hall. I can't wait 🥰 it's so exciting!
That will be so much fun! Let us know how it goes.
@@FreezerMeals101 it went awesome! We ended up with about 40-50 meals each plus several large meals for the church AND some stuff ready to cook for upcoming holidays and events
@@lauranewell3197 I'm so happy to hear that! That is a super successful freezer meal session! Sounds like it was fun too!
These videos inspire me so much!
No cooking yet and You already crack me up. Signed up for future fun, food and freezzss.
Oh my gosh it is so funny when you two get slap happy 🤣. I have made quiche before, but I cooked it and froze slices of it. I just thawed a slice and microwaved it. They were soooo good!
Make mine in muffin tins, or mini muffin tins and freeze !!
Yup! 100% bake and freeze...
Thanks for sharing very nice
I love these videos! A friend and I had our first joint freezer cooking day recently and it was SO much fun. Nowhere near your productivity but we will definitely be doing it again.
That is awesome!
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Hahaha you know you're a quilter when at first you see fabric in the picture while scrolling RUclips
That's your funny for the day lol
And now I'm going to watch video because food prep...great info
Have a beautiful day ladies
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What a fun cooking duo! I am hooked and this is the first video I have ever watched, as I just found you. Love you guys, and you have the food freeze prep down!!!
Thanks Gina! Glad you found us.
Do you have a shopping list for these meals. You guys are fabulous!
Before you zip them close get a large container of water zip them leave a small space it will automatically compress all the air out.
Amazing job!!
You ladies are awesome 👌
Just had this recommended to me
Love your chemistry
Omg I can't even imagine doing this!!!!
Found you just today and need to subscribe :D You're both so sympathic and funny :) And the meals look (and sound) awesome! Gets me motivated to get back into freezer meals, again :)
Lots of love from Germany ^^
Thank you so much!!!
Started watching your videos a couple of weeks ago and I’m hooked. I haven’t done a big haul like you ladies but I have been doubling or tripling my recipes so I can put a couple in the freezer. Will be joining your freezer 101 club. Love to have full meals down ahead and still taste good.
Myla, I'm so happy to hear that you've gotten started getting some meals in your freezer. Doubling or tripling your favourite recipes is one of the best ways to start because it's not as overwhelming. You're off to a great start!
i love your owl cup
Love how you presented the video. Good Job friend. Keep it up
So happy you have a new video!!! Thank you!!!
This looks so good!!!! Adopt me ….
I am just seeing this for the first time I look forward to trying these and joining Facebook
Yay! I'm glad you found us and can discover the freedom of freezer cooking.
I love the realism of going a bit loopy by the end of the days!!
I eat very simple... Not sure why I keep watching these 🤔... I eat seasoned meat, and a cooked vegetable. Sometimes a lil bit of fruit as a snack... Oatmeal for breakfast. (My food addiction recovery program) 😓
WOW! This is truly amazing. Keep up the great work and I cannot wait to try some of these recipes. Hope those shells were good. That is a lot of work for a meal.
I enjoyed your video. Try using products like “Better than bullion” to save space and lots of money. One jar makes 38 cups chicken broth.
I love that product 😍
Where is the basic red sauce recipe? It looks great !
U can cook your pasta to eldente and freeze with 1 tbs of oil. To finish place bag in hot water and its finished. U can do the same with rice.
I love your videos in my case (I live alone) I 1/2 or 1/4 these yummy recipes.
Yes, many things are hard to find these days and I'll be darned if I'm gonna run to the store daily to see if it's back in stock!!
These recipes look delicious!
Love those labels !
Hi Jeannie - this comment has been here for awhile but I wanted to get back to you. I didn't forget you!!
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And if you didn't know, we just added the feature of printable labels to our Membership Club!
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For the ravioli lasagna I've done it similarly with potato/cheddar perogies
Also ground chicken just cooked up and on hand is a good salad topper
Love a good perogy bake!
This was so much fun! I used to always do investment cooking, freezer meals, however you call it. But I havn't done it in years. When you mentioned your son, and can opening it made me smile, my son was the same! He is now off at university, I miss him being around. Anyway You seem to have a lot of fun recipes. Keep us updated on the seafood shells was it worth it?
I like making nacho potatoe bakes. You'll cut potatoes into chucks then boil them and drain put them in a casserole dish let the potatoes cool. Then put nacho cheese ontop,meat of your choice, dices onions and a can of Rotel then top with shredded cheese put aluminum foil ontop preferably the heavy duty grill kind is better. Then defrost the day before then bake at 350 for an hour.
That sounds pretty awesome! We may have to give that a try! Thanks!
I'm recovering from covid fatigue. This will be a godsend!
I hope you recover quickly. I imagine that must be very hard.
I've arranged to have a friend come over and help me compile a few bags. I'm only cooking for one, so a few of these should last me quite a while.
Didn't read through all the comments but regardless, this was a phenominal example of teamwork!! You rocked it!! For the seafood shells that sucked your time, couldn't you layer ravioli like a lasagna and still come up with the same flavors??
Thanks Amy! It was the filling for the seafood shells that took most of the time - chopping spinach, cooking and chopping the shrimp, chopping the crab, etc., but maybe we can find ways to streamline it for next time or even buy cooked shrimp instead.
Tortellini soup- with the left overs from tortellini dinner - add 1 cup chicken broth and 1 cup milk (or cream/ evaporated milk).
Throw all together in one soup pan !
That sounds amazing! We don't often have leftovers in our house, but if ever we do for that meal, I will keep this in mind. It sounds really good.
Quiche - make them often and freeze 1/2. I make mini versions in muffin tins!! Great to pop in micro wave n eat on the run!!
Use spinach, Italian sausage, bacon bits… use up the tiny amounts of left over cheeses you have- mixing cheeses is yummy!
Great for children’s tea parties.
I love the idea of mini quiches in muffin tins! Thank you for sharing that.
I use ground chicken several times a month though ground turkey more often than chicken. I add 1/4lb of ground sausage when making ground turkey or chicken, adds.so much flavor without all the fat. I also mix 2:1 ground beef to turkey for most things.
Adding ground sausage is such a great idea both for flavour and dryness. Thank you for sharing that!
Gettin my Lisa fix while getting ready for work lol. I remember a “few” years back lol when all of my friends turned 50 that year and we had 50th birthday parties to go to constantly. So fun!
Nothing better than leftover potato salad! 👅👅 Have a good day!
The plus side to finding u gals now... i have years of videos to watch 🎉🥳
Kitchen Mama has the BEST one touch electric can open. You plop it on the can, push a button, walk away. I've had mine for over a year & only changed the battery once. It's the style that doesn't leave a rough edge, which is great when I'm at the end of prepping & I'm a little punchy.
Thanks for the tip!
The Sriracha Fried Rice looks so good! I have searched your videos and website and cannot find the recipe. Where might I find the details? Thank you so much!!! Love you gals!!!
I make breakfast pie all the time . I always cook my meat first. I bake them the same day and then freeze them. When we want one I just put in the oven with foil on 350 for 40 minutes . Then remove foil bake until completely warm.
Sounds great!
@@FreezerMeals101 I noticed you don't make burritos (e.i. breakfast or any other kind) as freezer meals. I'd be interested in a good homemade version of those elmonteray burritos for the freezer 😋
I attended an Indian cooking class and every time the instructor said chickpeas, someone would ask “garbanzo beans?”, because it means something different in Indian cooking (a kind of lentil). This went on all day. The instructor refused to call them something else, or clarify that they did not mean garbanzo beans, and the students never understood why there were no garbanzo beans!
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I keep listening to the part about taco spaghetti. Are you sure you only want 8 spaghetti noodles?
The million dollar stuffed shells I have a couple of hints. Thaw chopped spinach instead of chopping your own. To fill the shells or manicotti put the filling in a gallon size bag and cut off a corner and use like a piping bag. Have the shells open side up and squeeze filling in cut off with a knife and move to the next. Yes I have filled a metric butt ton of shells over the years. I also freeze in a single layer on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper or wax paper. They pop off and go right into a few large bags.
Awesome tips! I used the bag trick to fill manicotti once and will remember it for the next time we do shells! And YES it's only 8 spaghetti noodles. Haha. Kidding. Whoops! Good catch. Haha
Try piping the filling in the shells see if that could make it faster
Yes, I ended up doing that another time and I also do it for manicotti. It works much better! We just weren't thinking right when we made these. 🤣
sooo jealous ....good job ladies
Wow. I live on my own, but I can so see this as building a freezer full of prep over time. Thanks girls. 126 meals for how many people by the way?
In our house, the meals feed 7 (5 of our kids still live at home) and for Christie, they feed 4 with enough leftover for her husband to take to work for lunch the next day.
@@FreezerMeals101 and this feeds all of you for how long again?
It would be nice if they would make upright freezers with add and subtract shelving. There is no hope that I can think of for arranging chests freezers. The closest I have come to that is baskets that I can add or subtract as needed.
Chest freezers... get the cheap non woven reusable shopping bags...the ones a little more fabric and less plastic feeling ifnyou know what I mean (the cheap ones) put your like items in bags and then you can lift the bags out...I do chicken meat , beef meat, hotdog/brat, and veggie bags, and lastly complete meals...
@@jujube2407 I use bags too. I like the natural fiber colored ones, so I can use a permanent marker to write on the bag what's inside then I tie the staps together on top, so the contents don't fall out when/if they tip over in the freezer. We also started making a list/inventory & taped it to the top of the freezer lid that tells us where stuff is inside, so we don't have to remember or spend time digging around. Because we discovered the longer your freezer is open, the more ice crystals you'll get on your food.
How were the seafood stuffed shells? Sounds like the creamy “Americanized” Alfredo sauce I make from scratch. Does look like a lot of work but I’m thinking a seafood lasagna would be prefect!
They were amazing! We will never do them during a mega session again but are planning to make them one afternoon next month just on their own because we’ve been craving them.
Gordon Ramsey: “aw Jesus Christ, they say this is fresh???? ITS ALL FROZEEEEEEEEEEN”
Pretty awesome girls!! 👏. It just amazes me !!
How long have you been doing this ? Qbviously you’re very skilled. Thanks so much!!
We’ve both been doing freezer meals for more than ten years but we’ve been making meals like this together for ten years.
Thanks for sharing. I would love to know what the average cost per meal is
Diane, since the cost varies greatly depending on the area you live, we don't share our costs anymore. When we used to, some people felt like failures themselves for not being able to get their costs as low as ours (because the cost of groceries where they live is much higher) and many were upset that we were spending too much (because where we are in Canada, the costs are higher than in many of the States) so we now try to avoid specifics about cost other than speaking in percentages.
Yummy looking recipes. Curious to know how much you topically spend per freezer meal?
Love your recipes. What do you use for your lighting on your videos ? Thank you
Just the overhead pot lights in the kitchen and then ring lights for the overheads of making the meals.
Those seafood shells sound amazing! But to me those would be deluxe date night in type meals... they would not be casual Tuesday dinner meals...lol
Yes, those will for sure be for at-home date nights or for when we have guests over. They're not your run of the mill Tuesday with the family type meals!
@@FreezerMeals101 love that you grasp my sarcastic Tuesday night dinner comment ❤️
What kind of veggie “beef” do you use? Do you brown it up like ground beef before you put it in a freezer meal?
I use Yves ground round, the regular and the Mexican (depending on the recipe). I prefer the texture when I brown it, so I brown it before adding it to the recipes (just like you would for ground beef). Hope that helps!
Is there a recipe for the Thai chicken Satay? That looked wonderful! Thank you.
I know this must be a stupid question... but I'll ask anyway. I have made several meals that I have frozen and cooked successfully. So here is the stupid question.... I am making a plan for freezer meals to make for my youngest son & daughter-in-law who are expecting my first granddaughter in July. I am soon to be 60 in August and am thrilled to see my first grandchild...all boys I had, so a Granddaughter is especially thrilling. My stupid question is, if you don't cook the freezer meals first (that I plan to make for them), do you thaw them first (like the morning before) and then bake or bake directly from frozen? Need help from anyone who has time to reply! Much thanks!
Congratulations on your granddaughter! How exciting! There is no such thing as a stupid question. For most of our freezer meals, we thaw before cooking. For a few things like lasagna or pasta baked, you can cook from frozen but you need to increase cooking time for that. But the general rule is to thaw first and then cook
@@FreezerMeals101 Thank you so much for your quick response. I had tick-marked several of your meals from this video... Now I know how to tell them how to bake/cook!! As my son (who called me to ask what "browning meat" meant when trying to make Hamburger Helper out of a box! LOL) will be do most of the cooking for a little while, instructions will be most helpful!!
I just found this channel today. We are vegetarians, but I can tell that your recipes would be fantastic! I have a question about the veggie beef you use. Do you cook it before adding it to your bags? Also, do you do any other vegetarian substitutions? I will definitely look at ways to make some of these meals in a vegetarian way! I want to make meal preparation more streamlined because making every meal from scratch each day isn't time effective. Along with being vegetarian, I have one son who has food allergies and another son who is gluten intolerant. I am looking forward to watching more of your fun and inspiring videos!
Hi Lori, I prefer to brown my veggie beef before adding it to the recipes because I like the texture better that way. In our big freezer meal marathons, we always have at least some vegetarian recipes, but I have a few videos that are devoted to just meatless meals. There one here: ruclips.net/video/PU7fQe3y1Fs/видео.html and another here: ruclips.net/video/B8_mqiECiUM/видео.html
Hope that helps give you more ideas for vegetarian freezer meals!
@@FreezerMeals101 Great! Thank you!
i am so happy you girls are back again however i will be cooking some these meals maybe 20 as ill be cooking on my own lol my kitchen is too small to have a friend or hubby we will getting in our faces lol
You can utilize your living room too. Just cover the carpet with plastic drop clothes like painters use & utilize folding tables or coffee tables. Set up cutting stations, can opening stations, or just supply spots... get creative for all the overflow that you need space for. You can even set up crock pots, instapots, or whatever on folding tables if need be to get some things done while utilizing 2 spaces. Also when summer hits you can set up outdoor cooking areas too to beat the indoor heat 😀
Since most of your meals are flat and stacked what order do you put them so that you’ll know what is what to pull a meal at a glance?
Hi Theresa - great question! I guess it's up to you how you want to stack them, but since we do one protein at a time, it's normal for "all the ground beef to be at the bottom" and then "all the chicken is on top" but we still spread it around a little bit so we don't have two beef hashes on top of each other. After awhile, we get to know what they look like from the bit we can see, so it's pretty easy to dig through the stack and find what we want. Other days, we don't care in the slightest and just pick up whatever is on top. The less brain-work the better!
There is a lady in our FB group (facebook.com/groups/241144882941938) who not only has it marked down on whiteboards, she collects her weeks' worth of meals and puts them in a totally different bin for easy access, plus it helps her with meal planning/groceries for the week. You can be as organized or as loosey-goosey as you want! I hope that helps!
Awesome