You younger girls are so much smarter than us older gals. I wished I would of done freezer meals when my kiddos were born 43 & 39 yrs ago!! I do freezer meals now as we are raising grandkids since my daughter passed 3 yrs ago from cancer. I get such great inspiration from freezer meals! Easy meals are what I go to. Freezer meals make for a much happier Gma!😆Thank you Tabitha!
I don’t know if I would have thought of this if it wasn’t for the internet haha!! God bless your family and grandkids. So sorry about your daughter. Eternal Rest Grant unto her o Lord
@@Iamhome365 Thank you Sinead for your kind words! We are thankful to have had my daughter for as long as we did & we are thankful for the opportunity to be able to raise her kids now! 😊
Thank you for stepping in and taking care of those babies. I lost my first husband in 2016 and without both his mom and my mom I wouldn’t have survived. I know this is a 2 year old video but this blessed me today
An easy way to freezer meal prep is also to make 2. What I mean is if your already making, for instance, a lasagna then make a second one for the freezer. You already have all the things out, already making a mess. Bonus if you know it's something your family really likes then make 2 for the freezer and one for dinner that night. It slowly builds a stash of easy meals.
If you put aluminum foil on first and then cover with plastic it works better. When you get ready to cook it you just take off the plastic and leave the foil on. Learned this from Jamerelle Stewart’s channel. 😊
Yep I agree with the other commenter about the foil breaking down. The first time I freezer meal prepped I put the foil down first and found myself picking out little pieces of foil from MANY of the meals I had made. I now wrap in plastic wrap first, then foil and when I go to bake them I just add the foil back over top after taking off the plastic wrap. This method works much better IMO
I'm a little late to this channel but I do have a suggestion. My children, when they were quite young, were picky about what veggies they would eat. So I took to pureeing veggies and adding them in places they wouldn't expect. "Hey kiddo, do you like mama's spaghetti?" Them: "It's so good." (No, seriously they would ask for seconds.) Me: Not telling them that there were bell peppers, zucchini, onion, and carrots in the sauce. So, definitely do that. Gotta get veggies in them whenever we can, you know?
This awesome. Even if I don't get 30 freezer meals, I definitely want to give some of these recipes a try. I'm only 33 weeks, and listening to how out of breath you are is so relatable! Thank you for this video! Hope you are well.☺
I organize my chest frezzer with plastic bins that are freezer friendly and I have six of them in my chest. Basiclly 1. is for vegetables, 2. for meats, 4. And 5. are freezer dinners and nr. 6 is breakfast... I write on each box what is inside so my kids or husband can't say oh I haven't find it 😂
Thank you so much for these recipes. I’m going to be preparing many of them for my daughter who is due in Sept. She is not a very comfortable pregnant lady - having a very small frame has made it a little harder for her. So I will do the cooking for her beforehand so that afterwards she only has to worry about the baby. Thanks and many blessings! 🙏🏻✝️👼🏻🍼👶🏼
You make it look easy, I'm sure you get tired, but your nesting, so I understand. I'm 68 with 2 kids, both grown up and married. Enjoy watching you anyway ♥️
Poor mama is so out of breath just from talking. I remember the end of my pregnancy it got really hard to hold a conversation let alone walk around without running out of air.
You are a rock star. I see this was posted 6 months ago and I hope things went well for you, postpartum. Being prepared with meals is a beautiful gift you gave yourself and your family. Blessings! 🙂
Thank you! i need to do this again and im not even pregnant. I have a stand up deep freezer and i love that things dont get buried. I actually write on the outside with a dry erase marker with the contents.
Can I freeze anything already cooked/fresh? And I just warm it up in microwave, crockpot, or oven? Can it really be this simple?!?! What about taste/texture... Is it still pretty good? I know it won't be like "just cooked" but sometimes I'm so busy I don't stop to cook food and skip meals and that's not good. And I have plenty of time to cook meals ahead... I would love the answers to what I asked. You are so smart. Thank you!
This is amazing, I recommend dating your food, also the tighter the seal the better it will save, pull the plastic wrap out, place the item on top and wrap all the around it, do this in both directions, then you can do the same with tinfoil.
Hi I too make a list of what is in my freezer. My mom many years ago would buy once a month and also do alot of freezing with the summer garden. She would create a map. Just looking in the freezer and creating sections and labeling from top to bottom and also would date it. She would check off and then would always know how far and where to dig for what she needed. Blessings!!
Love these! Going to try one day. Wish I’d done years ago when I had my babies. I remember buying a stouffers lasagna & saving it in my freezer as a treat after I had my 2nd baby. Freezer space back then was very minimal and only a little top spot. Nowadays I buy the tin tops for the aluminum pans - put on & then wrap twice in glad press & seal. Super durable and no freezer burn.
Hi.. I wanted to let you know when you shred your chicken up use a mixer (hand or stand up) it shreds it up in seconds. Just a little kitchen hack for you
I know this is a weird comment, but it’s cute how heavy you are breathing. I’m currently 37 weeks pregnant and that’s how I sound too 😂 This are some great easy recipes. Thanks for the video.
@@ThisMamasHouse I noticed it too but I get that way with all my pregnancies. I’m almost 7 months and I feel it starting again 🙈 my hubby likes to poke fun at me for it lol
I have young babies and we are a family of 6 I am on my way to doing freezer meals and prep I glad I saw this this definitely helps awesome job loving your energy 🦋
Thanks a lot for the video, love it!!! I'm also planning to cook & freeze meals for a month & I have a few questions and would love if you answer them, listing them down below: 1. Should I buy a dedicated deep freezer for it or my refrigerator's freezer compartment would suffice? I have heard that deep freezers (especially chest freezer with manual defrost) might be a better option, would love to hear your take on it? 2. I'm also concerned about potential food poisoning risks if food is kept for too long, or if compressors auto stop and food is melted/thawed a little bit during the day. I think refrigerators might do that instead of manual defrost deep freezers. Again, would appreciate your views on it. 3. Should I use plastic bags/zip-lock bags or have food stored in plastic containers? 4. Have you stored kneaded dough ever? I have heard that it goes bad really fast Thanks in advance, have so much more to ask but these are the top 4 questions!! Would appreciate a reply!
Honestly it's good to know I am not the only one using a bit of water (which helps with hydration) to get the rest of the Alfredo sauce out of the jar! :) Also over 2 years later and this helps me A TON because I meal prepped some today, but didn't know what to do with all thie chicken/turkey breast meat that I have. I have different noodles, but I am going to add broccoli & I got pesto at Costco yesterday so this is perfect! Thank you!!!
I already pre-portion already cooked meals and place in the freezer for my husband to grab a few and take to work on the days I don’t prep a fresh lunch. This would be a huge time saver in the kitchen!
The instapot was a game changer for me to make hard dry legumes like beans (black beans for bowls, pinto as refined and red beans for chili) lentils for side dishes and salads, dried chickpeas to make hummus and snack, hey it even works for my fancy Mexican dishes like pozole and birria for tacos!
This is all so smart!! I love the inventory sheets! I’ve been considering an instant pot, especially since our crock pot STINKS and I kind of broke it while trying to clean it.
Great meals! Love the inventory log. I never remember and know what’s in my freezer so thank you very much. I always said how I love how organize you are and prepare for situations at home. Wonderful video.......lots of work but in the end you’ll be happy just to have meals all set to go. Take care!
If you buy another freezer and know that you want to keep doing freezer meals then an upright freezer might be a good investment. You can freeze things in bags on a sheet pan and then they are so much easier to find and get out because of the shelves. I see some people who do a lot of freezer meal prepping especially with larger families use them. Another good thing to freeze is potatoes. I’ve done it where I peeled, cut, and froze potatoes for mashed potatoes. You do have to do a quick boil of your potatoes for just a few minutes and then put them in cold/ice water to cool them or they will change color and be a bit darker because of the same enzyme that changes the color if you leave the potatoes out of water for too long. There is nothing wrong with the potatoes if they do get that kinda darker color and you can still safely eat them but some people might not care for the look of them. Taste is the same too. The potatoes also cook quicker in my opinion.
What if your raw meat says it expires in a week. Is it fine to put into freezer meal and last a month? Or once raw meat is frozen it's fine past expiration date?
Katherine from "Do it on a Dime" puts her categories of meats and veggies into color grocery bags (pork in one bag, beef, chicken, veggies, pizza, fruits, ice cream). That way you know chicken is in the yellow bag, beef in the brown bag, pork in the pink, veggies in green, ice cream in white, etc...easy to remove and put back.
We have two chest freezers. A small one for all meats and the bigger one (medium size) for vegetables and everything else like pizza, breads, cooked meals... you did a great job with your meals and freezer organization. 🙌🏻👍🏻💖
Finally, at 51, I actually like small amounts of even raw onion. But the biggest part of my life I spent pureeing onion for just about everything that needed the flavor too. Had to giggle when I saw that! It's even how I make salsa to this day...the onion gets pureed and everything else just pulsed. Still do it a lot of the time for soups.
What a small world.... I came upon this video by accident. Never been to your channel before. And you mentioned Kerrie from Happy Money Saver..... who lives local to me and who I follow and have met a few times! Enjoyed your video as well.
Amazing. We just orginized are freezer. N I bought milk crates and separated by meat. Its amazing how easy it to find things now. Love the lists tho. May have to print and redo. You look amazing. The meals look delicious too..will be trying a few or all. Blessings to all 🙏🙏
@cindy Taylor..Onions are bad for people with stomach and digestive problems and they should be avoided completely, it doesn't matter whether it's chopped or pureed it can still make you ill, check out the FODMAP diet online this gives you a guide to what foods are good for people with issues and what to avoid too, if I had onions put in my food without me knowing I'd be soo sick and housebound for days so just giving you a wee heads up so they aren't ill like that as Flare ups are just awful xxxxx
I miss the running out breath feeling ☺️,I also love how my face swelled up when I was pregnant .I loved my pregnancy up until my last month 😒😄i just couldn't do it anymore lol.i was just super tired and frustrated 😂.great great video
Please please please do a review of the meals in a few months! I did those a few years ago and it just didn’t taste good! I am scared to even try again! 🥴🥴
I second this! Please do a review of these meals! I did this to prep for a surgery and fresh the recipes were great, but frozen for more than a week they were just terrible!
That is the best list of freezer meals I've ever seen. Usually they involve lots of gross cans of cream soup and ranch mix and premade frozen meatballs and other processed dead foods like that. but these are healthy and look good
CONGRATS on the baby wish you all many blessings.Great posts awesome.I make a lot of quesadillas, fajitas, enchiladas,tacos, seafood soup/cocktail etc.I made for my little ones lots of chicken noodle and rice n beans/ soft cooked apples with cinnamon , pancakes, ground beef, mashed potatoes , cut up stew etc.Have a blessed week 👶❤😇❤😇
Here's an idea... Label each recipe as "A", "B", "C".... And then on the aluminum cover, put the name (i.e., Ravioli) and just the alpha reference letter to find more easily. I love your meal-in-a-bag!! 🤓
I'm very impressed of how you manage to do all these stuff and how you find out new recepies for your family. I always struggle a lot to think what to cook during the week, I really would like to be as prepared as you :)! Looking at your first recipe, as Italian let me suggest you to do an easy and faster tortellini recipe. It is called "tortellini Panna, prosciutto e piselli" You just have to cook the tortellini in hot boiled and salt water for few minutes, and then dress them with cooking cream, diced ham and pre cooked peas. Everyone has it's own taste, but in my opinion, there's no need to add all this sause to tortellini. Otherwise you can't taste the tortellini, you can only taste the sause :)
One time saving thing is, one person I watch what she does is put onions, peppers, celery, and chops it all up and put it in little freezer bags that way you have it on hand and you don't have to chop all the time.
I've thought about doing some freezer meals each month to have on hand for dinners when things are crazy and busy. Definitely get yourself an instant pot!!! I couldn't live without mine honestly. I have a 8qt. Check Amazon for deals in July!!
Most of us iMovie at the beginning and then after a few years depending on how fast you want to advance then you could move up to Final Cut Pro. Have a great day
Have a off brand instant pot use it several times a week. Was in the $60 range on Amazon. A pressure cooker will only blow up if all the water evaporates. Grew up cooking with one and still do.
This Mama's House my cooker is a Omorc I got off amazon but I can’t find it for sale anywhere. Might be better off going with a insta pot after all. A 6 quart is under $100. 6 quarts fits a whole chicken.
Hey mamma! I was wondering how many servings most of these had, and what was your family size? It's just my fiancé and I, but after birth(planned C-section with twins) I'd like to be able to feed my friends and family who come over to help out as well.
Good idea but please remember to wash the food and for sure the meat soak with vinegar salt water or lemon line juice.. Just cause sometimes meat or food has been sitting for a while exspically that you have kids!
Aw I love how out of breath you are in this video lol ♥️ Such a small thing but if I hadn’t been pregnant recently (well, a year ago - my baby is 1!) I wouldn’t have even noticed. I loved being pregnant and enjoyed your video. First time to your channel.
Love the inventory freezer list pushing print. I will be trying recipes for the trailer for when the grandkids come out. Thanks so much Tabatha. 🥞🍔🥗🥪🌭🥩🍗🍜🥧🍝
I have a food saver now! And an instant pot. I don’t trust stand up freezers with my small children. The chest freezer closes pretty much no matter what. I could see a stand up freezer being left open 😫
@@ThisMamasHouse I have 2 chests and a stand up. I love the stand up because it can be organized so much better than a chest. You can also lock most stand ups.
You’ll love the Instant Pot! In my area it’s easy to find a used one on FB for $50-60 just to give it a try. A friend bought two 8-quart ones for her family of 7.
I have been meaning to make ravioli lasagna for so long now! My partner LOVES pasta and we haven’t had it before, your recipe looks way better than the one I was going to make! 🤤 wish I was this organised after having my baby’s. I was so focused on making my house completely sparkle that I forgot about food 🤦♀️ I suppose on your 5th though that’s something you wouldn’t forget 😂
I might even try it with meat sauce if everyone likes it!! I’m trying! It seems I struggle the most with meal time after having a baby so I made sure to be prepared. I should probably spend more time cleaning the house lol
All the meals sound delicious...I especially want to try the bbq ribs. I want to get an Instant Pot some day. My neighbor moved a couple days ago and gave me her crock pot and rice cooker...I've never owned either before. You've given me some good ideas.🥰🙏🌈
You are so organized, congratulations! I am lucky that my mother lives nearby and she is a very good cook, she helped me out a lot postpartum 😊 No offense, but as a European I am a bit confused, that you use all this aluminum containers. They are not very popular here in Austria, we mostly use reusable plastic containers - less trash (that means also less stuff to bring to recycle) and convenient because you always have them at home when you need them. I assume that is not so popular in the USA right? Just asking out of curiosity.
The aluminum ones can be placed directly in the oven to cook the meal. I’m guessing that’s why they’re popular. Afterwards, they can be discarded. No mess to clean.
Use the camel camel camel website to track the price of the instant pot you want! Usually Black Friday or Cyber Monday you can score a great deal on Amazon. We use ours multiple times a week. We have the 8 quart. 🤗 You did an amazing job prepping food for your family. Prayers for a restful fourth trimester!
You younger girls are so much smarter than us older gals. I wished I would of done freezer meals when my kiddos were born 43 & 39 yrs ago!! I do freezer meals now as we are raising grandkids since my daughter passed 3 yrs ago from cancer. I get such great inspiration from freezer meals! Easy meals are what I go to. Freezer meals make for a much happier Gma!😆Thank you Tabitha!
I don’t know if I would have thought of this if it wasn’t for the internet haha!! God bless your family and grandkids. So sorry about your daughter. Eternal Rest Grant unto her o Lord
This Mama's House -Such kind words. Thank you!
Oh I'm so so sorry to hear about your daughter, I can't even begin to imagine! So wonderful that you now have your grandchildren to raise
@@Iamhome365 Thank you Sinead for your kind words! We are thankful to have had my daughter for as long as we did & we are thankful for the opportunity to be able to raise her kids now! 😊
Thank you for stepping in and taking care of those babies. I lost my first husband in 2016 and without both his mom and my mom I wouldn’t have survived. I know this is a 2 year old video but this blessed me today
An easy way to freezer meal prep is also to make 2. What I mean is if your already making, for instance, a lasagna then make a second one for the freezer. You already have all the things out, already making a mess. Bonus if you know it's something your family really likes then make 2 for the freezer and one for dinner that night. It slowly builds a stash of easy meals.
Yes! That’s such a good way to do it
If you put aluminum foil on first and then cover with plastic it works better. When you get ready to cook it you just take off the plastic and leave the foil on. Learned this from Jamerelle Stewart’s channel. 😊
Oh I love her channel. That’s a really good idea!
Watch out when doing that with acidic recipes like the lasagna. Sometimes it can corrode the metal over time.
I love Jammeril. She has such good ideas and recipes
Yep I agree with the other commenter about the foil breaking down. The first time I freezer meal prepped I put the foil down first and found myself picking out little pieces of foil from MANY of the meals I had made. I now wrap in plastic wrap first, then foil and when I go to bake them I just add the foil back over top after taking off the plastic wrap. This method works much better IMO
I’m always amazed and impressed with the level of organization needed to pull this HUGE task off. Well done!
It was a LOT of work. I really had to push myself to stay committed lol
And energy!!😅
I'm a little late to this channel but I do have a suggestion. My children, when they were quite young, were picky about what veggies they would eat. So I took to pureeing veggies and adding them in places they wouldn't expect. "Hey kiddo, do you like mama's spaghetti?" Them: "It's so good." (No, seriously they would ask for seconds.) Me: Not telling them that there were bell peppers, zucchini, onion, and carrots in the sauce. So, definitely do that. Gotta get veggies in them whenever we can, you know?
This awesome. Even if I don't get 30 freezer meals, I definitely want to give some of these recipes a try. I'm only 33 weeks, and listening to how out of breath you are is so relatable! Thank you for this video! Hope you are well.☺
I organize my chest frezzer with plastic bins that are freezer friendly and I have six of them in my chest. Basiclly 1. is for vegetables, 2. for meats, 4. And 5. are freezer dinners and nr. 6 is breakfast... I write on each box what is inside so my kids or husband can't say oh I haven't find it 😂
That's a really smart idea!
Thank you so much for these recipes. I’m going to be preparing many of them for my daughter who is due in Sept. She is not a very comfortable pregnant lady - having a very small frame has made it a little harder for her. So I will do the cooking for her beforehand so that afterwards she only has to worry about the baby. Thanks and many blessings! 🙏🏻✝️👼🏻🍼👶🏼
You make it look easy, I'm sure you get tired, but your nesting, so I understand. I'm 68 with 2 kids, both grown up and married. Enjoy watching you anyway ♥️
This was a hard series to do. I pushed myself to make these meals but I’m glad I did!!
Poor mama is so out of breath just from talking. I remember the end of my pregnancy it got really hard to hold a conversation let alone walk around without running out of air.
I know. I felt for her too. She did such a great job with these recipes.
Same right now at 37 weeks!!
Write what it is on the side of the foil pan as well for when they're stacked in upright freezers.
You are a rock star. I see this was posted 6 months ago and I hope things went well for you, postpartum. Being prepared with meals is a beautiful gift you gave yourself and your family. Blessings! 🙂
You’re such a great homemaker. I love your channel.
I ways keep inventory of what's in my fridge and freezer. Even though it's just 2 of us. Bc it is easy to forget or duplicate buy.
If you don’t have time to purée your onion, just grate them! I use the finest grate and it’s a pulp, easier clean up, too!
That’s a great idea!
Thank you! i need to do this again and im not even pregnant. I have a stand up deep freezer and i love that things dont get buried. I actually write on the outside with a dry erase marker with the contents.
Love the idea of a dry erase marker. Gonna do that for my stand up freezer. Thank you
My name is Tabitha, too! I’m 35 weeks atm & trying to stock some backup meals for postpartum. Excited to watch the video!
Can I freeze anything already cooked/fresh? And I just warm it up in microwave, crockpot, or oven? Can it really be this simple?!?! What about taste/texture... Is it still pretty good? I know it won't be like "just cooked" but sometimes I'm so busy I don't stop to cook food and skip meals and that's not good. And I have plenty of time to cook meals ahead... I would love the answers to what I asked. You are so smart. Thank you!
This is amazing, I recommend dating your food, also the tighter the seal the better it will save, pull the plastic wrap out, place the item on top and wrap all the around it, do this in both directions, then you can do the same with tinfoil.
Hi I too make a list of what is in my freezer. My mom many years ago would buy once a month and also do alot of freezing with the summer garden. She would create a map. Just looking in the freezer and creating sections and labeling from top to bottom and also would date it. She would check off and then would always know how far and where to dig for what she needed. Blessings!!
ayronsmama05 a map!! That’s such a good idea! I know where everything is, but no one else does haha
Love these! Going to try one day. Wish I’d done years ago when I had my babies. I remember buying a stouffers lasagna & saving it in my freezer as a treat after I had my 2nd baby. Freezer space back then was very minimal and only a little top spot. Nowadays I buy the tin tops for the aluminum pans - put on & then wrap twice in glad press & seal. Super durable and no freezer burn.
Hi.. I wanted to let you know when you shred your chicken up use a mixer (hand or stand up) it shreds it up in seconds. Just a little kitchen hack for you
I totally do that when I make chicken tacos...can’t believe I forgot lol 😅
I know this is a weird comment, but it’s cute how heavy you are breathing. I’m currently 37 weeks pregnant and that’s how I sound too 😂
This are some great easy recipes. Thanks for the video.
Bahaha I was thinking about that while editing.
Omg that's how I sounded when I was that pregnant too! So adorable lol
@@ThisMamasHouse I noticed it too but I get that way with all my pregnancies. I’m almost 7 months and I feel it starting again 🙈 my hubby likes to poke fun at me for it lol
Same here and I’m 28 weeks. That’s how I sound when I read to my daughter 😂
Oh I remember those times!
I have young babies and we are a family of 6 I am on my way to doing freezer meals and prep I glad I saw this this definitely helps awesome job loving your energy 🦋
Thanks a lot for the video, love it!!! I'm also planning to cook & freeze meals for a month & I have a few questions and would love if you answer them, listing them down below:
1. Should I buy a dedicated deep freezer for it or my refrigerator's freezer compartment would suffice? I have heard that deep freezers (especially chest freezer with manual defrost) might be a better option, would love to hear your take on it?
2. I'm also concerned about potential food poisoning risks if food is kept for too long, or if compressors auto stop and food is melted/thawed a little bit during the day. I think refrigerators might do that instead of manual defrost deep freezers. Again, would appreciate your views on it.
3. Should I use plastic bags/zip-lock bags or have food stored in plastic containers?
4. Have you stored kneaded dough ever? I have heard that it goes bad really fast
Thanks in advance, have so much more to ask but these are the top 4 questions!! Would appreciate a reply!
Honestly it's good to know I am not the only one using a bit of water (which helps with hydration) to get the rest of the Alfredo sauce out of the jar! :) Also over 2 years later and this helps me A TON because I meal prepped some today, but didn't know what to do with all thie chicken/turkey breast meat that I have. I have different noodles, but I am going to add broccoli & I got pesto at Costco yesterday so this is perfect! Thank you!!!
I already pre-portion already cooked meals and place in the freezer for my husband to grab a few and take to work on the days I don’t prep a fresh lunch. This would be a huge time saver in the kitchen!
The instapot was a game changer for me to make hard dry legumes like beans (black beans for bowls, pinto as refined and red beans for chili) lentils for side dishes and salads, dried chickpeas to make hummus and snack, hey it even works for my fancy Mexican dishes like pozole and birria for tacos!
Where do you find your instapot recipes for all of those? They sound delicious!
This is all so smart!! I love the inventory sheets! I’ve been considering an instant pot, especially since our crock pot STINKS and I kind of broke it while trying to clean it.
Great meals! Love the inventory log. I never remember and know what’s in my freezer so thank you very much.
I always said how I love how organize you are and prepare for situations at home.
Wonderful video.......lots of work but in the end you’ll be happy just to have meals all set to go.
Take care!
It was SO MUCH work but like you said, I’ll be happy I did it!!
If you buy another freezer and know that you want to keep doing freezer meals then an upright freezer might be a good investment. You can freeze things in bags on a sheet pan and then they are so much easier to find and get out because of the shelves. I see some people who do a lot of freezer meal prepping especially with larger families use them. Another good thing to freeze is potatoes. I’ve done it where I peeled, cut, and froze potatoes for mashed potatoes. You do have to do a quick boil of your potatoes for just a few minutes and then put them in cold/ice water to cool them or they will change color and be a bit darker because of the same enzyme that changes the color if you leave the potatoes out of water for too long. There is nothing wrong with the potatoes if they do get that kinda darker color and you can still safely eat them but some people might not care for the look of them. Taste is the same too. The potatoes also cook quicker in my opinion.
I think so too! Definitely stand up would be next!! I did some twice baked potatoes, and mashed potatoes frozen! I’d like to try fries
What if your raw meat says it expires in a week. Is it fine to put into freezer meal and last a month? Or once raw meat is frozen it's fine past expiration date?
She is sooooo well-organised Im impressed! Good job mama!
Seriously such an awesome idea to take inventory of what is in the freezer. Thanks for the idea! 💡
yes! im really glad I did!
Katherine from "Do it on a Dime" puts her categories of meats and veggies into color grocery bags (pork in one bag, beef, chicken, veggies, pizza, fruits, ice cream). That way you know chicken is in the yellow bag, beef in the brown bag, pork in the pink, veggies in green, ice cream in white, etc...easy to remove and put back.
Amazing. Doing this when my daughter drives back home for the holidays from college. I will send her home with these! I love how u clean as you go!
What a lovely Idea. 😊
Do you have any freezer burn issues? How long do the freezer bag and trays stay good?
I use reusable shopping bags for stuff at the bottom of the freezer. I’m really short and can’t reach the bottom
I love my instant pot- especially for making perfect rice or eggs every time 👌
We have two chest freezers. A small one for all meats and the bigger one (medium size) for vegetables and everything else like pizza, breads, cooked meals... you did a great job with your meals and freezer organization. 🙌🏻👍🏻💖
Finally, at 51, I actually like small amounts of even raw onion. But the biggest part of my life I spent pureeing onion for just about everything that needed the flavor too. Had to giggle when I saw that! It's even how I make salsa to this day...the onion gets pureed and everything else just pulsed. Still do it a lot of the time for soups.
I did this before my surgery it really helped out.
Oh yeah I bet that was great to have things prepped so you could heal
Thanks for posting! I'm 33 weeks pregnant and thinking of doing the same. You're inspiring!
Upright freezers are wonderful. I love mines. There's too much bending for me with the other one. I enjoy your ideas
What a small world.... I came upon this video by accident. Never been to your channel before. And you mentioned Kerrie from Happy Money Saver..... who lives local to me and who I follow and have met a few times! Enjoyed your video as well.
Amazing. We just orginized are freezer. N I bought milk crates and separated by meat. Its amazing how easy it to find things now. Love the lists tho. May have to print and redo. You look amazing. The meals look delicious too..will be trying a few or all. Blessings to all 🙏🙏
Oh that’s a great idea with the milk crates!!!
Onions hurt my husband and mother in law’s stomach so I always purée them. As long as I do that they can digest them easier.
oh wow! thats so interesting!
I am not a fan of onions either.
@cindy Taylor..Onions are bad for people with stomach and digestive problems and they should be avoided completely, it doesn't matter whether it's chopped or pureed it can still make you ill, check out the FODMAP diet online this gives you a guide to what foods are good for people with issues and what to avoid too, if I had onions put in my food without me knowing I'd be soo sick and housebound for days so just giving you a wee heads up so they aren't ill like that as Flare ups are just awful xxxxx
Shared this video with my friend. She’s can deliver anytime now. Very helpful. Keep going mama 👏🏼
Aww thank you so much! Sharing is so helpful!
we love our instapot, so versatile. Good luck with the little one coming soon.
I miss the running out breath feeling ☺️,I also love how my face swelled up when I was pregnant .I loved my pregnancy up until my last month 😒😄i just couldn't do it anymore lol.i was just super tired and frustrated 😂.great great video
Please please please do a review of the meals in a few months! I did those a few years ago and it just didn’t taste good! I am scared to even try again! 🥴🥴
I second this! Please do a review of these meals! I did this to prep for a surgery and fresh the recipes were great, but frozen for more than a week they were just terrible!
Ahhhh u hit 10k!!! 🙌💗 congratulations! Excited to watch this! You are so organised!
Yayy!!! I’m so happy! Thanks for supporting my channel
That is the best list of freezer meals I've ever seen. Usually they involve lots of gross cans of cream soup and ranch mix and premade frozen meatballs and other processed dead foods like that. but these are healthy and look good
CONGRATS on the baby wish you all many blessings.Great posts awesome.I make a lot of quesadillas, fajitas, enchiladas,tacos, seafood soup/cocktail etc.I made for my little ones lots of chicken noodle and rice n beans/ soft cooked apples with cinnamon , pancakes, ground beef, mashed potatoes , cut up stew etc.Have a blessed week 👶❤😇❤😇
You already have your new baby by now?? Congratulations!
Thank you!
You could put the recipe in between the plastic wrap and the tin foil
Here's an idea... Label each recipe as "A", "B", "C".... And then on the aluminum cover, put the name (i.e., Ravioli) and just the alpha reference letter to find more easily. I love your meal-in-a-bag!! 🤓
Good idea
So all these meals can sit in your freezer for 1 month?
Your videos always give me so many good idea! Also you have a beautiful family!
I'm very impressed of how you manage to do all these stuff and how you find out new recepies for your family. I always struggle a lot to think what to cook during the week, I really would like to be as prepared as you :)!
Looking at your first recipe, as Italian let me suggest you to do an easy and faster tortellini recipe. It is called "tortellini Panna, prosciutto e piselli"
You just have to cook the tortellini in hot boiled and salt water for few minutes, and then dress them with cooking cream, diced ham and pre cooked peas.
Everyone has it's own taste, but in my opinion, there's no need to add all this sause to tortellini. Otherwise you can't taste the tortellini, you can only taste the sause :)
If you do freezer meals often, you can order some bag holders. Watching your cilantro lime chicken bag just moving around made me so nervous...
I bought a pack of 4 on Amazon, completely worth it. Totally recommend!!!!!!
Lol you're so out of breath the whole time. Really brought me back to late third trimester 😅
I kept thinking “you poor thing!” And it brought me back as well. 😅
One time saving thing is, one person I watch what she does is put onions, peppers, celery, and chops it all up and put it in little freezer bags that way you have it on hand and you don't have to chop all the time.
I've thought about doing some freezer meals each month to have on hand for dinners when things are crazy and busy. Definitely get yourself an instant pot!!! I couldn't live without mine honestly. I have a 8qt. Check Amazon for deals in July!!
That's a great idea!
Great videos! I'm a new youtuber and I was wondering if u don't mind me asking. What program do u use for editing ur videos?
Most of us iMovie at the beginning and then after a few years depending on how fast you want to advance then you could move up to Final Cut Pro. Have a great day
@@MillennialMamasLife Thanks 😊
Have a off brand instant pot use it several times a week. Was in the $60 range on Amazon. A pressure cooker will only blow up if all the water evaporates. Grew up cooking with one and still do.
What brand is it? I want one!!
This Mama's House my cooker is a Omorc I got off amazon but I can’t find it for sale anywhere. Might be better off going with a insta pot after all. A 6 quart is under $100. 6 quarts fits a whole chicken.
You are so motivated. I always wanted to do this with my pregnancies but I never did lol!
It was sooo much to do this! But glad I did!!
Girl i never did either lol #yournotalone lol
Thank you so much sis share your video. God bless you 🙂.
Should get upright freezer. Easier on your back and things don’t get too buried. Easier to organize with the shelves.
Hey mamma! I was wondering how many servings most of these had, and what was your family size? It's just my fiancé and I, but after birth(planned C-section with twins) I'd like to be able to feed my friends and family who come over to help out as well.
I would say around 4-6
Good idea but please remember to wash the food and for sure the meat soak with vinegar salt water or lemon line juice.. Just cause sometimes meat or food has been sitting for a while exspically that you have kids!
Thats very good idea for simple meal and store them in freezer 👍
But isnt it better to cook them first before you put them in freezer?
You’re wonderful. 🥺💖 that’s my first impression of you.
Great video! I love watching freezer meal preps!
Yay! Glad you enjoyed it
Aw I love how out of breath you are in this video lol ♥️ Such a small thing but if I hadn’t been pregnant recently (well, a year ago - my baby is 1!) I wouldn’t have even noticed. I loved being pregnant and enjoyed your video. First time to your channel.
i need to do this im constantly scrambling for meals last minute
This completely won me over, thank you!
Love the inventory freezer list pushing print. I will be trying recipes for the trailer for when the grandkids come out. Thanks so much Tabatha. 🥞🍔🥗🥪🌭🥩🍗🍜🥧🍝
Yes! I’m excited about having the inventory
I purée things like onion and such because I hate the texture but I love the taste!
Thoroughly enjoyed the meal prep. 🥰
yay! glad you liked it. let me know if you try any of the meals
@@ThisMamasHouse I'll most definitely will let you know! 🤗
Wow! You are super woman. . So organized! 👍❤️
You are amazing! ❤️ love your videos!
New to your channel. You need a food saver, The Pioneer Woman instapot and a stand up freezer.
I have a food saver now! And an instant pot. I don’t trust stand up freezers with my small children. The chest freezer closes pretty much no matter what. I could see a stand up freezer being left open 😫
@@ThisMamasHouse I have 2 chests and a stand up. I love the stand up because it can be organized so much better than a chest. You can also lock most stand ups.
You’ll love the Instant Pot! In my area it’s easy to find a used one on FB for $50-60 just to give it a try. A friend bought two 8-quart ones for her family of 7.
Oh I didn’t think of checking there!!!
You have to be very careful buying used. If someone has bugs they like to get into stuff especially electronics. 🤢
You can get them Brand NEW for 50-60.00! Mine wasn't even that much on sale. Oh gosh please don't buy a Used one for that price!!
Walmart has the pioneer woman instapots on sale $50 off right now. Aka $50 total!
I have been meaning to make ravioli lasagna for so long now! My partner LOVES pasta and we haven’t had it before, your recipe looks way better than the one I was going to make! 🤤 wish I was this organised after having my baby’s. I was so focused on making my house completely sparkle that I forgot about food 🤦♀️ I suppose on your 5th though that’s something you wouldn’t forget 😂
I might even try it with meat sauce if everyone likes it!! I’m trying! It seems I struggle the most with meal time after having a baby so I made sure to be prepared. I should probably spend more time cleaning the house lol
Do you pre boil the tortellini before you mix it in the bowl
These were super helpful, thank you!!
The shortness of breath does not make me miss pregnancy lol, I thought I was the only one
All the meals sound delicious...I especially want to try the bbq ribs. I want to get an Instant Pot some day. My neighbor moved a couple days ago and gave me her crock pot and rice cooker...I've never owned either before. You've given me some good ideas.🥰🙏🌈
Yes! I love my crock pot and rice cooker but I think the instant pot is just so much more convenient and fast!
You are so organized, congratulations! I am lucky that my mother lives nearby and she is a very good cook, she helped me out a lot postpartum 😊 No offense, but as a European I am a bit confused, that you use all this aluminum containers. They are not very popular here in Austria, we mostly use reusable plastic containers - less trash (that means also less stuff to bring to recycle) and convenient because you always have them at home when you need them. I assume that is not so popular in the USA right? Just asking out of curiosity.
The aluminum ones can be placed directly in the oven to cook the meal.
I’m guessing that’s why they’re popular.
Afterwards, they can be discarded. No mess to clean.
Use the camel camel camel website to track the price of the instant pot you want! Usually Black Friday or Cyber Monday you can score a great deal on Amazon. We use ours multiple times a week. We have the 8 quart. 🤗 You did an amazing job prepping food for your family. Prayers for a restful fourth trimester!
Oh that’s a good idea to watch for a deal for the instant pot!
Hi,
How long can uncooked chicken, beef be ok in freezer before cooking weeks,months?Ty
Thanks for the shearing 👍👌🤝
This is dope 🔥
Love it ! I wish my freezer look like that !
Pressure cookers scare me 🤭 It’s more of an if they malfunction especially with releasing pressure type thing.
I’ve heard of that happening 😬
This Mama's House Honestly the only reason I’d personally use a pressure cooker is if I wanted to can something and I couldn’t water bath can it.
Watch six sisters stuff for instant pot instructions
Very well done 👍 you are a model to all mothers
Awesome video! Do you have these recipes in actual printed form?
Congrats on the new baby! I enjoyed your recipes!
WHY HAVE I NEVER THOUGHT TO USE GLOVES!? 😂 I just try to work fast and suffer like a dummy.