I just happened upon your channel. I’ve been doing this since the early 70’s. You’re teaching this generation to cook smarter not harder. I’ve always pre-planned and did inventory for my family. Thank you for your video
Wow! You are a true expert, that's for sure! It obviously works; as you've demonstrated in having done it for over nearly 40 years! I would love to see your video too! I'm sure you can show us how to do it with, not just one hand, but blindfolded too!
Random tip: For getting the air out of the bags, specially with items that are frozen already and hard to get flat enough to get air out of the bag. Get a big bowl [ or fill up a clean sink full ]of cold water and submerge your bag in it up to the seal, making sure to not get water into the bag. It pushes all the air out, and you can seal it right up with almost no air at all in the bag. Hope it helps!! Loved seeing what food you came up with and am curious to check out more of your videos!
I don't have a bowl big enough, so I take a straw and close the bag around the straw and suck in until the bag is tight, pinch the opening as you pull the straw out and seal it quickly.
Discovered your channel over the summer and so I'd started mass making freezer meals for a "just in case I don't feel like cooking" moment. A few months later, my husband lost his job. He was out of work for three months. I'd thaw a meal at night and during the next day while i was at work, my husband would throw the meal into the slow cooker and id come home to a great meal. This really helped budget-wise as i'd already purchased and prepared the ingredients for full meals! Really a game changer! Spending my morning making a few more meals. Thank you for introducing me to this!!
I'm sorry for the turn of events at your house but I'm so glad you had freezer meals! They are truly budget-friendly and there is some security knowing that you have a fall back plan, even for a short time. I wish your husband luck in his job search! Keep on hitting those sales and making meals. Freezer meals for the win!
@@FreezerMeals101 Oh, he's started working again! I wasn't too worried about him, just happy ro have had this as a back up help in the meantime! Thank you for your kindness!
Now that you have experienced the benefit, do yourself a favor...when you feel like cooking dinner (or when something you like goes on sale) make 2 batches...one for dinner and one preped for the freezer for another day... 26 freezer meals can be rotated through in 6 months using 1 prepped meal a week! 52 for 2 meals a week... customized to your needs...Duplicate to your family's likes
Using your freezer meals has been life changing. I have a large family and they are picky! I also work evening shift. Having freezer meals on hand has helped my husband and I be less stressed over what the family will eat. I love not having to cook/meal prep when I’m tired from work. I also LOVE that I cook and prep over the course of just a day or two. Thank you for providing this service!
Just came across your channel. I've been doing freezer meals for several years. Im now 77 years old and don't always feel like making a meal. It's just the two of us, so when I freeze meals, I divide it up into single portions. That way, if one of us wants one kind of dinner and the other wants a different kind, then it is a win-win. Thank you for teaching this to new cooks.
It's really a great way to do it, isn't it? My mom did it too, when it was just her and my dad. Mostly freezing leftovers, but it was still nice to have. Now I take individual meals to her because she doesn't always feel like cooking (she's in her 80s). Thanks for watching!
I can’t believe you ladies ONLY have 26.6K subscribers!! I am honestly floored to see that. Y’all have such good content. Y’all should Post about the money savings…. Many people are struggling to afford their own food these days. I think it would be very helpful if y’all did a money saving tip video. Also, you can look up what type of food videos people are searching for in RUclips and then plan your videos around that and just add those key words into your video description. That also helps your algorithm.
Thank you! We do have some videos specific to budget meals (ruclips.net/p/PL0HOtnw6h2BljvfnkBwWiDfVcnZtubo4v). We do hope that RUclips starts recommending our videos to more people because we really do want to spread the word and be able to help more people to save money and take the stress out of mealtime. Appreciate your kind words.
This isn't an exaggeration when I say this video is literally LIFE CHANGING. I was struggling to eat due to the need for quick and easy but the high cost that comes along with it. You outdone yourself ladies ❤️👍
I raised my kids on bulk cooking, even had my partner on board once he saw how easy it was. Literally go to freezer turn ctock pot or oven low, go to work, remove, feed 4 ankle biters, go to brownies, guides, scouts, swimming, soccer ect, .... Once ever 2 or 3 months use a weekend to rinse and repeat. My daughters and sons still do the same thing but on a 2 person per home scale
@@johnnyace1300 and I'm by myself now. Last one graduated with masters and gone to government job BUT I'm still bulk cooking for one and make my own home made TV dinners. Nothing like working a 60 hour week and standing in front of freezer with the final decision of the day of what TV dinner to nuke 😄
Oh I feel the similarity! Wow, I never thought about doing home made dinners though, so you do starch vegetable and protein and separate it out into one microwaveable item?! @@MM-ss1sr
I just love watching you 2! Freezer meals definitely changed my life and I'm now making a bunch for a family member whose about to have her first baby. Best baby shower gift ever!
You are SO right! I (Christie) have a friend whose husband is going through chemo treatments right now. She still has to run her house, while tending to him. Dropping off some meals is a great way to show love and to care for others. I'm so glad I can do that for my friends.
I really enjoy these videos!❤ I know yall put in a lot of work, if I could ask if yall could consider to time stamp the recipes? That way they will be easier for us to find when we go back to make it, rather than jumping around skipping the video looking forever lol. Thanks for all the work yall do!
I am starting my second year of the Club. My husband and I are in the older years so I love the option of making only 2 servings. I also make the re ipes for 4 sometimes, then divide them into 2 packages for the freezer. I have looked at other clubs and subscriptions, but, in my opinion, this is the best and worth every penny! 😊😊😊
"Don'tcha wish your freezer looked like mine" Instant sub here based on that line LOL. I have never tried making freezer meals but, circumstances keep arising and are just continuing to get more frequent so I figured why not take a look and see what you've got. I was gonna subscribe anyway but I did laugh and hit subscribe when she said that. Ya'll are very detail-oriented but not crazy with it, I really like that!
You both are SUCH a blessing to my family!! You are so sweet and so fun to watch. We all wish we had neighbors like you. Thank you SO much for all your hard work and instruction. This has changed the way I cook. We are empty nesters so it’s just the hubster and I. It’s so easy to adapt and make your recipes work. I have MS and live in Texas so the sweltering summer heat is my kryptonite. Some days it’s hard to get up and get the wheels going! Knowing I have meals already done and ready to go has sometimes meant that little bit that keeps me from having a sobfest in the corner lol. It takes away the overwhelming feeling that I just cannot do one more thing in my day. So, you have truly changed my life for the better. Thank you!!! 🥹❤️
Michelle, you have no idea what it means to hear that. We so want to help people and it's exactly that overwhelming feeling that we want to take away. I'm so, so glad that this is helping your family. And I don't know if you can hear it all the way down in Texas, but we are up here in Canada cheering you on! I'm so impressed with your tenacity and grit.
OMG Ladies!! Whew! That was so worth the wait! So many great new meals and so many fantastic FM Tips! I don't know where to start my praises! Though we don't all have "helpers" in the kitchen, we also don't have to video record a presentable show for anyone either. I'm sure this would go a heck of a lot faster if they didn't have to worry about Cameras and lighting and batteries (oh my). Then all of the editing later. I would guestimate about half of your time is taken away by Video planning, arranging and shooting. Thank you both so much for the tremendous effort on both of your parts! And a salute to all of your behind the scenes hard working helpers! I think this might be my fav session! Great job!
Thank you so much!!! That is high praise. It really does take so much longer now that we're filming and trying to think of what to include that will be the most helpful and enable people to do this themselves at home. And the editing... these marathons turn into an editing marathon! But reading lovely comments like yours and hearing how this is helping others really does make it so worth it.
I dont meal prep or plan or have meals already prepared but this is what im planning to change. I am going back to school, i homeschool and plan on looking for wfh part time in fall. My youngest is only a few weeks old and I am doing everything that will start to make my life easier. Thank you for the videos!
Wow! You have so much on your plate! Having freezer meals would help so much. We are here to answer any questions you have and cheer you on as you get started.
@FreezerMeals101 thanks! The videos have excellent explanations and instructions. I will give it a shot next week. Our power was out for 4days so I threw my whole fridge away
I'm so glad I found you. In fact, I didn't know that others did the same thing as me with food in the freezer. My friends think I'm silly but I call it Kon-Mari freezing. My zipper freezer bags stand flat vertically like books in 2 layers. The bags with labels on are put in randomly but numbered from 1 upwards with a pen, so that you know where to look for number 29 in the rows. I print an extra set of labels kept in a binder, with the same numbers. When I plan the week's food every Sunday, I start with the binder. I can easily see what is left, find the food in the remote freezer and move it to the daily freezer, remove the label from the binder and put it on a weekly schedule on paper so that everyone can see what is on the menu every day. Then it's super easy to make a shopping list with the fresh things I need this week. PS: I also put a time stamp on each label, because sometimes I refill the freezer with smaller quantities. Then it is easier to use the oldest first. It works for me. And yes, I actually have a fixed day at the end of each week called Leftovers, because there is usually plenty. It's always a fun day with a buffet of smaller amounts of food mixed together. Respect for doing such a great job to make cooking easier for others.
Ok this is taking organization to a whole new level! 😍 I'm super-impressed! Are you in our Facebook group? I'd love it if you could pop by and show us pictures. "KonMari freezing" cracked me up. You're totally right! Keep up the great work!
Awww! 'Kathy's Lazy Roulander' That's so nice of you both thinking of your friend Kathy, that really touched my heart ♥ You ladys really know how to make a gal feel special! 🥰 So glad she recovered and is doing well. I live in London, England btw. Many of your ingredients are inaccessible to me, so I have to Google for alternatives.
I love your recipes so much! You 2 are so sweet! I freeze my bags flat, then line them up like record albums, labels at the bottom for a quick look through.
I just renewed my club membership and I was thrilled to know I have this at my fingertips. I love the red sauce! I have canned this several times, I can it in pints as we are a home of two….but I tell you everyone loves it… my oldest gets 12 jars to take to Chicago a couple times a year. It’s great to have on the shelf beside spaghetti sauce. I do make our meals in smaller portions for fit our family. I’m looking forward to the new recipes
Puree vegetables to add to sauces, casseroles, etc. I learned to puree cream of mushroom soup, sliced mushrooms in any recipe I used them in. Same for green peppers and onions.
I found this on the internet, (of course) and I thought it quite apt. "Who knew that the hardest part of being an adult is figuring out what to cook for dinner, every single night, for the rest of your life." You guys have just proved this WRONG!!
I will NEVER not have freezer meals. They are just a way of life now. I can't go back to the way I lived before! It also means that we have to live next door to each other for the rest of our lives and I think we've both come to accept that. lol Thanks for the laugh!
"Don't drink and freezer meal!" I laughed out loud. You both bring so much joy - thanks for sharing your honesty and wisdom! I've been watching for a long time, but finally getting convinced to join the club so I don't have to build my own grocery/prep lists anymore. :)
I have this week to literally prep at least a few weeks of meals. I'm hoping next week to do the same and keep going from there. I definitely enjoy watching these videos over and over. I'm not planning my HUGE prep yet, but that's because my deep freezer broke so we have to repair that first. But...I'm so excited to try some new meals!
I feel rich when I look at all my meals in the freezer. I do not have a great memory so I made an inventory and then just went crazy. LOL I also inventoried the cheeses in my fridge (no more green Swiss cheese because I forgot it was there). I counted every package of meat in that drawer and another for produce in that drawer. I wasn't done yet...I also made a list of breads and rolls and last but not least is a separate inventory for my pantry. I'm sure some of you can relate to buying something and getting home to find you already had it. Thank you for getting me started saving money on good food!!
Oh my goodness! You'll be so organized, you won't know what to do with your free time. FYI - you can freeze cheese! If you're just going to shred it or cook with it anyway, go right ahead. It gets a bit crumbly, so I wouldn't recommend it for using on sandwiches, but I'm sure some people do.
Your freezer is awesome. I wish I had one just like that. My son and his wife had been looking to buy a house since last fall. My son makes good money but he wanted a large house on an acreage just out of town close to Sherwood Park. Over the long period of time they looked at over 300 house listing online and went to see about 25 of those homes. He finally found one that met and exceeded their requirements. Fortunately he checked out several lending institutions for the best mortgage rate he could get and was able to lock in a very low interest rate before interest rates went way up. The beautiful place he got turns out to be about 10 minutes to town and shopping centers (and our house) that would be at least 20-30 minutes closer to his work, an extra bonus. The house they bought wouldn't be available until the middle of July. In the meantime he's been working a lot of late overtime hours, he says to renovate some things they want to change on the house. When we we found out that our son has not been eating properly and just missing meals because hes to tire to think of something to make and hehas been working 14 hour days plus 1 hr long drive time home and another 45 minutes in the morning, with only 2 days off every 3rd week, the fact he wasn't eating properly really bothered us both. He often just grabbed something from drive-thru and sometimes doesn't even eat because they both are too busy to get groceries. He gets home and if there's something easy to heat and eat, he'll eat otherwise just and go right to bed. When we heard this we were appalled and decided to try and super-sized some of his favorite dishes. I ended up using my on the counter huge plug in turkey roaster and cooked up things like chili, beef stew, sweet and sour ribs. We are on old age pensions so meat is becoming difficult to buy, so we made a deal that I'd buy what we needed, prep (takes forever) and cook up a huge roaster full making him up a lot of meals. The 1st time I cooked up about approximately 30 servings, I divided it up using all our freezer containers. A lot were healthy sized single serve so either of them could take it to work but some were double sized meals for 2. We encountered 4 big problems. The 1st was trying to make room in our freezer for all the containers, 2nd once later spring rolls around we no longer can just leave fridge stuff just set on top of our freezer in the attached garage, an easy step out of the house door and the freezer is just next to the steps down, so perfect height for setting thing on. Our garage is insulated but not heated so stays about fridge temperature for a large portion in fall/winter/spring. Its perfect for an additional fridge if theres a reasonable temperatures out but once it gets to below about -20 it starts to turn into a freezer. It then means I no longer have that extra "fridge" space for large items and things. The 3rd problem encountered was we used up all our freezer containers so was stuck until I decided to use zip lock bags. They take up a lot less room that way. And the last problem is, we often finish cooking such large amounts late in the evening and too tired to portion it out, and with no extra "fridge" to put the huge roasting pan, I wasn't happy think I'd have to stay up a couple hours after midnight packaging. I solved by turning the roaster pan as low as it would go, about 160 to 180 but the chunks of meat turned out a little weird kind of with a falling apart. The deal is our son pays for the ingredients and we get some good meals using a lot of meat, he gets meals we know he used to love when he was growing up and missing.
Oh my goodness! You have gone to great lengths to care for him! I'm sure he appreciates it. I'm so glad you figured out some solutions with your fridge/freezer set up. Hopefully when he gets settled in the new place, he can add a freezer and you can keep going. It sounds like it'll be a good spot for him all around! Thanks so much for watching! ❤️
Thank you for all the recipes, I make meals to freeze dry and it's so nice to have new ideas - all of these will make wonderful freeze dried meals to eat while we're on road trips.
That's so neat! Tell me everything! Do you use a dehydrator? I just realized this week that my air fryer has a dehydrator setting, so I have been thinking about what I can use it for.
@@FreezerMeals101- freeze drying is different from dehydrating. Freeze drying REMOVES all the moisture and makes food shelf stable. Dehydrating actually cook it a bit (think jerky and floppy mango slices). Check out Acre Homestead - she has a freeze drying playlist! 😊. Oh! AND I’m a new subscriber!
Holy mother of God.... This is the most amazing thing I've ever seen. Thank you for the grams (Aussie!). Have been thinking to do more bulk prep rather than daily cook (or the odd left overs meals). You are both such an inspiration! Thank you. Congrats on the massive effort and bonus smashed record. 🎉
Yes!!! I love this video!! I am interested in the carnivore/keto diet but people always complain about the “meal prep”. Even if I did a week of meals at a time for my husband and I to just get started, a keto-vore diet may just seem feasible. Thank you for the inspiration for me to take another step towards my goal!
I'm so glad you and your sister can do this together. It really is so much more fun to have someone to do it with. And you get faster each time so it's fun to watch the progression.
I'm watching again. I don't have TV so as I'm cleaning, cooking, organizing, I am watching You Tube. Love these recipes and all the fun you ladies have. I need to move to Canada, closer to you!
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🌊 The video promises to revolutionize cooking and kitchen habits. 00:14 🏃♀️ The hosts relate to the daily grind of cooking and the challenges of meal planning. 01:08 👭 Introductions of hosts Sharla and Christy, who have been making freezer meals together for over 11 years. 01:49 🛒 The hosts discuss the importance of prep work and provide a link to a prep video in the description. 02:41 📝 Sharla's organization of the cooking process impresses Christy, highlighting the benefits of planning. 03:21 🍲 They emphasize the variety of meals prepared to suit different schedules and cooking methods. 04:17 🥱 The hosts acknowledge the process is tiring but promise tips to make it easier. 04:31 🍢 Description of making Thai chicken satay as a freezer meal, including the preparation of a homemade satay sauce. 07:02 🍳 The hosts share a recipe for a country sausage and hash brown casserole, ideal for large families or gatherings. 08:44 🍝 Introduction of Italian meatballs using homemade red sauce, a simple yet flavorful recipe. 09:52 🌶️ The hosts discuss a new favorite, Cowboy baked beans, perfect for outdoor events or camping. 11:03 🥔 Tater tot casserole is presented as a kid-favorite and a classic go-to recipe. 11:59 ❄️ The hosts answer a viewer question about organizing freezer meals, discussing various methods from chaos to categorization. 14:05 🌈 Sharla shares her preference for organizing freezer meals by color for aesthetic variety. 18:30 🌮 The Zippy shredded chicken tacos recipe is introduced, noted for its simplicity and quick preparation. 19:23 🇲🇽 Chicken tinga is highlighted as a versatile and flavorful dish that can be used in various Mexican meals. 21:36 🍖 Barbecue meatloaf is described as a crowd-pleaser, with a special note on individual serving sizes for convenience. 22:43 🍖 Preparing meatloaf with barbecue sauce requires cooking at 350 degrees for about an hour until it reaches an internal temperature of 160 degrees. 24:06 📝 The prep video linked below provides a guide for meal planning, shopping, and preparation, including a detailed shopping list. 25:02 💡 The Freezer Meals 101 Club offers a system to create meal plans, generate shopping lists, and prepare labels with cooking instructions for freezer meals. 27:32 🍲 A new ground beef recipe is shared, highlighting the use of various vegetables and seasonings, suggesting it pairs well with rice. 28:38 🍝 Ground beef stroganoff is a family favorite, with a note to add extra sour cream on the day of serving. 29:46 ⚖️ For consistent measurements, keeping measuring scoops in ingredients like ground beef helps to accurately portion out the meat for recipes. 30:13 🌯 Spinach artichoke quesadillas are described as restaurant-quality, healthy, and easy to freeze for future meals. 32:32 🥘 The beef and corn casserole is introduced as a new favorite, emphasizing its suitability for large families or groups. 34:15 🍅 Details on preparing spaghetti sauce with both veggie and real beef options, including the use of a special red sauce for added flavor. 35:09 🥕 Tips for incorporating more vegetables into meals are shared, such as adding shredded vegetables to meatballs or sauces. 37:44 🍝 The Sicilian pasta sauce recipe is revisited after years, with a variety of vegetables and unique ingredients like butternut squash soup and salsa. 40:02 🤷♀️ The hosts discuss the challenges they face during meal prep sessions, emphasizing that perfection is not necessary to make progress. 47:37 🥟 The egg roll in a bowl recipe is highlighted as a popular choice, with a focus on ease of preparation and cooking. 48:50 🍲 Kathy's lazy rouladen recipe is a cherished favorite, linked to fond memories of a friend. 49:18 🧅 Substituting chopped for minced onion in recipes is acceptable based on availability. 49:59 🥔 The dish pairs well with potatoes, indicating its hearty nature. 50:13 🍲 Sausage and zucchini soup is a versatile favorite, craved beyond its typical winter season. 50:41 📌 Stapling separate bags for ingredients is a practical tip for organized meal prep. 51:10 😅 Mistakes like accidentally freezing tortillas can happen during meal prep, but they're recoverable. 51:51 🏷️ Forgetting to print labels is a common oversight in the meal prep process. 52:27 🍽️ Despite hiccups, 72 meals were successfully prepped on day one. 53:11 🔄 Transitioning to day two, the presenters express readiness to tackle new recipes. 53:52 🤕 Managing meal prep with a physical injury like a torn rotator cuff is challenging. 54:27 👟 Wearing comfortable shoes and staying hydrated are essential tips for long meal prep sessions. 55:23 🚫 Avoiding alcohol during meal prep is advised to prevent mistakes. 56:29 💻 A new website design enhances functionality and recipe accessibility. 57:13 💳 PayPal integration improves the accessibility of the club for international users. 58:11 🍲 Freezer meals cater to families of all sizes, from large to average. 59:20 🍽️ Freezer meals provide convenient lunch options for shift workers who dislike sandwiches. 01:00:31 🍗 One cup of cubed chicken is roughly equivalent to one chicken breast, a useful metric for meal prep. 01:02:25 🍲 Leftover ingredients at the end of meal prep inspire new recipe creations. 01:03:44 🌿 Overestimating ingredients like spinach can lead to creative adjustments in meal planning. 01:06:03 🍗 Cranberry chicken dump is a new recipe being tried, showing openness to experimenting with flavors. 01:07:08 🥘 Flour can be used in certain freezer meals, contrary to common practice, if it works with the recipe. 01:08:02 🍛 Attempting a chicken Creole recipe indicates a willingness to revisit and improve upon past recipes. 01:12:00 🐔 Sesame mustard chicken is another novel recipe, highlighting the variety in meal prep sessions. 01:12:12 🍺 The inclusion of beer in a recipe suggests the use of diverse ingredients for flavor enhancement. 01:12:27 📝 The speaker often improvises with meal planning, using a flexible approach and making grocery lists based on what is needed for future meals. 01:13:37 🏞️ The family takes freezer meals to the mountains every one to two months, requiring careful planning and list-making for the trips. 01:14:35 🏕️ Similar planning is done for camping trips, considering the type of cooking that will be available, like slow cookers or open fires. 01:15:42 🥔 The speaker prioritizes meat marinades for meals due to a preference for meat and potatoes over rice or pasta. 01:17:05 📊 When the freezer meals dwindle to mostly marinades, more detailed meal planning is required for side dishes. 01:17:48 🍳 For mountain trips, the speaker brings prepared breakfast freezer meals to enjoy as a family, which is different from their usual routine at home. 01:18:30 🥩 Introduces a sesame steak recipe with a rub and sauce, emphasizing the marinade process. 01:19:36 🥗 Discusses the challenge of creating a freezer-friendly pasta salad due to issues with mayonnaise freezing and plans to test variations with different dressings. 01:22:59 🍤 Shares a favorite freezer meal, Seafood Curry pasta, and adapts the recipe based on ingredient availability and cost. 01:24:26 🥬 Introduces a new cabbage stir fry recipe, highlighting the use of leftover ingredients to minimize waste. 01:26:18 ⏱️ Discusses time-saving strategies during meal prep, such as gathering all ingredients before assembly. 01:27:52 🍢 Describes a quick shrimp skewer recipe, noting the efficiency of not pre-skewering before freezing. 01:28:33 🍚 Mentions an Asian Rice Bowl recipe that is ideal for using up extra ingredients towards the end of the meal prep session. 01:30:33 ❄️ Provides tips on preventing freezer bags from sticking together, such as ensuring no moisture is on the outside of the bags and cooling ingredients before bagging. 01:33:06 🍁 Introduces a maple salmon sheet pan meal, highlighting the convenience of baking everything together. 01:34:14 🌿 Presents Thai chili chicken lettuce wraps as a fresh, impressive dish suitable for summer or as a bring-along for gatherings. 01:35:10 🐟 Describes a simple salmon with brown sugar glaze recipe, focusing on the ease of preparation. 01:35:24 🍣 Preparing a Dijon brown sugar spread for salmon that will be baked. 01:35:50 🍝 Mention of making a chicken and spinach penne Alfredo sauce, with a note to undercook pasta if pre-making it. 01:36:18 🌿 Introduction of truffle pesto as a substitute in a recipe to use up spinach. 01:37:10 🍳 Discussing the versatility of Italian sausage in meals and giving some to a friend. 01:37:50 🥘 Description of a beef fajitas freezer meal preparation, highlighting its simplicity and longevity in the freezer. 01:38:41 🛒 Sharing a shopping strategy called "plenty for 20" and the benefits of buying meat in bulk on discount. 01:40:04 🍗 Transitioning to making barbecue chicken sloppy joes with extra ground chicken. 01:41:11 🏕️ Recounting a fond memory of making ham and cheese sliders while camping. 01:42:34 🧊 Discussing the strategy of placing certain meals at the top of the freezer to avoid squishing. 01:43:22 🏅 Announcing a new personal record of preparing 153 freezer meals. 01:45:17 🇨🇦 Mention of being in Canada and a humorous note on always having hockey pucks in the freezer. 01:46:05 👟 Sharing a tip about the relief of taking off shoes after a long day of meal prepping. 01:46:31 🧽 Acknowledging the mess created during the meal prep process and the reality of cleaning up afterwards. 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This was fun. Thank you! I love the variety of meals you prepared, and now can’t wait to try some new recipies. That auto shopping list program looks like a gem to have available. Living at least 1200 miles South of Canada (approximately 2000 km ) it was the first time I have seen hockey pucks in a freezer.😂
I just found your channel! Now that I have a decent freezer (just bought a brand new fridge on Sunday!) I'm so excited to get meals in the freezer. I'm retired so I have time to cook everyday but let's get real who really wants to? Lol my hubs still works. His schedule is 2pm to 10pm sometimes even as late as midnight. So the last thing I want to do is cook full meals every morning. I'll probably cook once a week instead of like 3 months or so at a time but it will still be such a game changer! Thank you for a great channel 💚 I also went over and joined your FB group 😁
I'm so glad you found us! Have a look at our channel, we have a few videos where we make meals for one or two. You may find some inspiration there! Happy cooking!
Congrats to your daughter Christie! An award is an award!! Feel better Sharla! Yes - done is better than perfect. I sometimes I have to space out what I'm doing over a couple days - usually anything that needs precooked (meats, rice, pasta, etc) gets done one day and the easy dump and freeze get done the other day. When I have too much spinach, I just freeze it on it's own and use in smoothies. The sliders are a standard menu item in our house. I was making them almost weekly. Last month was the first time I made them ahead for the freezer though. We love the ham and cheese the most. We actually have Chicken Cordon Bleu for tomorrow night - just a layer of ham and then chicken lunch meat with swiss. I love how you can change up the flavor by what you put on top too. I always do butter but change up what seasonings we use on top. We did a BBQ chicken and Buffalo Chicken also. I'm the only buffalo fan, so I did 6 of the buns with BBQ and 6 with Buffalo.
Her award was in Foods! Neither of us saw that coming. haha. She was scared it would be in fashion because she thought that was nerdy. Oh to be 15 again... Do you ever make Wivesaver? You know the Christmas morning casserole with bread, eggs, milk, ham and cheese? Well, I got tired of it and made Monte Cristo Wifesaver with both ham and turkey, and Swiss and Monterey Jack cheese and it tastes just like a Monte Cristo sandwich. I love changing things up. Those sound like great sliders!!
If anyone seeing this is related to anyone working for ziplock please hook these ladies up!! If I worked for ziplock I would be a super proud sponsor!! 💙 Great job ladies!
One thing I do to ease the prep for me is when I get a sale on say ground beef…I pre cook most of it and put it in the freezer in ziplocks until I do my meals, I do this with chicken also. I will slice some, dice some and thin cut some. I freeze the chicken breast individually and then put in vacuumed sealed bags. It makes it easier for me to do a litter at a time as I don’t have a freezer meal friend and it’s just me marketing them
We do our meat separately as well. I cook it up and divide it up into bags. We get budget boxes of fruit and vegetables rejects so when we get those we look what we have and go from there, and do all the other ingredients in a separate bag from the meat. That way we can buy the veggies in bulk when we can and the meat in bulk when it's on sale. I also have chronic pain so it's better for me to do things in stages.
Does your freezer meal club have a way to find recipes that DONT have certain ingredients for like, allergies? I like a lot of your recipes but so many have common ingredients I just can’t have and it’s time consuming looking at ingredients individually to make sure it’s okay for me to have. Even in stores it take so long for me to shop because of that. Great videos by the way. Long time follower; really helped me change the way I eat. Changed my life once I realized my health problems disappear when I started cooking all my food and freezing it. Then pre-prepping frequently used ingredients like garlic, onion, peppers, chicken stock, etc. to save time for meals I do cook right then.
Did anyone else look at the thumbnail and thought these were clothes folded in a fridge or freezer? Or is it just me? I had a real good laugh about myself because of this and honestly, great idea for meal prep! I'ma try that out too.
I used to do weekly meals one day a week but this is something I will do take all the meat from my freezer in the food saver bags it will make space for sure
I did freezer meals once when I was pregnant for after baby was born. And it really was quite helpful, although I did all crockpot meals and I wouldn’t want only crockpot meals again. I just haven’t had the freezer space to do it now. I just have the top of the fridge freezer, and it’s always got stuff in it I just don’t have room. And I’d rather have a buddy to do it with, when I did it previously some of my siblings came to help me, if I did it now it’d be a solo mission, and I have a lot more back pain and so forth now lol.
Working with a friend makes it so much easier! And way more fun. If you want to try again, can I suggest to split it up so that you do your prep one day and the assembly the next? It will be much easier on your back and feet. Good luck! Can I recommend our Sheet Pan Cooking Class? It comes with a PDF of five recipes, including an ingredients list, prep list and printable labels. You can double it and make 10 meals for and they can all be cooked in the oven on a sheet pan. It couldn't be easier. freezermeals101.com/freezer-to-sheet-pan-cooking-class/ And the best part is that it's free. :)
Yes Todoist helps me keep my chaos organized. It is still chaos though. I know what we have, but finding it is a different story. Mine stacks are not as pretty as yours. My husband often stacks them in the garage freezer for me and they freeze in weird shapes. Also we have not got a plan to organize what is where. But I am better at spotting a meal than my husband. I told him to get Baked Italian chicken one day. He said we don't have a meal named that. I went out and brought it in the house 2 minutes later. 🤣 It does help being the person who prepped the meal and I know what color I'm looking for.
I started making parts of meals. I have fallen off the wagon but i seem to enjoy batch cooking in the summer..weird i know 😂. But id love to see my freezer that full. Ive subscribed already. Ill be watching over the next few days.
Am I ever going to make these meals? Probably not (different country so different foods available), but I happily watched every second of this video! Loved that ye do this together and that you make both healthy and less healthy meals! Sometimes you just want stodgy comfort food and other days you want all the veggies you can get! First time watching but will definitely watch again
Thank you for watching! Where are you from? We have many subscribers from the UK, Aus, and South Africa. They can't always find the same ingredients, but they manage to make what they can. Stay tuned because we'll have a new mega session coming soon!
@@FreezerMeals101 You're very welcome. I found you yesterday and subscribed. You have inspired me, last night I changed my online shop so think of me next Wednesday as I cook 2 month's of freezer meals for 1. Any advice?
Excited to make some new meals. We’re down to 3 meals and need to get to it. Going to the farmers market tomorrow to pick up some fresh produce. We have all the meat. I feel for you Sharla. I have tears in both rotator cuffs but not bad enough for them to do surgery yet. Sleep is hard. Made it to the end with you girls and I am impressed.
The best part about freezer meals IMO is that it doesn't feel like cooking every night when you can batch them up like this. It really takes the pressure off. Glad you found us!
I'm really lucky my sweetie and I split the cooking and he does the grocery shopping I come up with the list. But I definitely definitely want to start more prepping and have freezer meals available cuz we're getting up there in years and cooking a four-course dinner is not on the top of my list at this point LOL
lol..still figuring out the club and I feel you..I binged on yall yesterday when I started my prep and some cooking..bless you all..Im doing it on my own..lol
I absolutely love your videos, I have learned so many new recipes, thanks so much!! I do have a question, and I know it's a strange one, but I noticed your cabinet handles are all centered on your cabinet doors. I had never seen anything like this until I saw a video from RoseRed Homestead this week and then saw your videos! I've never seen this done! Does it make it harder to open your cabinets? What an odd design!
Do you ever talk about the price? It’s interesting to me if you had a loose number. I know cooking in bulk makes things a little more affordable. And planning the meals with a friend would make it a little less as well (I imagine). Great video! Lots of helpful tips!
We don't really talk about cost. It's hard to be accurate because we don't always buy it at the time of our mega session. If there is a caselot sale that happens to fall on 15% off day at the grocery store, we stock up, but that might be a month or two before we use them. Also, we have a lot of things at Sharla's house already. Spices and condiments last a long time, so we just use what's in the house and we don't always have to buy them. Plus we don't show you the times when we are missing something or run out of something and I have to run home and get it or we have someone run to the grocery store for us. And the third thing is we're often buying "other" things while we're at the store. Good sale on pajamas at costco? In the cart they go! lol. Lastly, because we're Canadian and most of our viewers are American, the prices won't mean much. They would be aghast at the cost because we simply pay more here. I will tell you though, over the years, we have done spot checks and our grocery bills have been pretty even between the two of us. Thanks for watching!
@@FreezerMeals101 thanks for explaining your process. Part of the confusion is the Canadian dollar is worth less than the U.S. dollar, so it seems like things cost a lot more than they really do. For instance, currently $100 Canadian is about $75 USD, so if you say something was $200, it was actually equivalent to $150 USD, but it gives the impression that you spent a lot more than you did. It would be a pain to explain the difference all the time.
I have been batch cooking for last few years, using plastic tubs to store the meals in two upright freezers. Your method of storing in BAGS just doubled capacity overnight, so thank you! 👏👏👏 Any tips of cleaning / reusing bags? 😮
You can buy reusable silicone freezer bags. We have tried many brands and haven't found ones we love yet but continue to be on the lookout. But yes, bags is totally the way to go to make the best use of your freezer space. Glad you found us. Thanks for watching!
New sub here! I don't math. It's a different language for me. I always say this is what God made calculators for! You can check on your computer or your phone. There's places there that tell you all the quantities for tsp to Tabl, 1/3 cup for 6 recipes, etc. SO much easier on the brain!!! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your channel!!!!!
I have also suffered with frozen shoulders from roatator cuff injuries. The only thing that gave me any releif was a tens machine I got off Amazon for around £20 UK pounds. Mine had a timer which would only give me an hour at a time before having to restart it. I'm not sure if they all do that? But even 1 hour at a time let me nod off at least for a little while. Well worth the money, especially as it's an injury that can take several years to recover from, even once it's out of that excrutaitingly painful freezing stage. Excercise and physio help massively once its out of the freezing stage. Lots fo videos on RUclips if you do a search, and it's free!
Thank you for the tip. It has now turned into frozen shoulder for me and the pain is (as you know) really awful. I'm doing physio but sleep is the hardest so I will look that up.
To store it in the fridge I would recommend putting the label of what food it is on the side that is showing when you open the fridge. in their case its the side and not the top. Its better to put the label there so that when you want to have some food you can just read out what is in the bags
I just happened upon your channel. I’ve been doing this since the early 70’s. You’re teaching this generation to cook smarter not harder. I’ve always pre-planned and did inventory for my family. Thank you for your video
You should start a channel to teach us what you know!
Wow! You are a true expert, that's for sure! It obviously works; as you've demonstrated in having done it for over nearly 40 years! I would love to see your video too! I'm sure you can show us how to do it with, not just one hand, but blindfolded too!
What are your favorite recipes for the freezer?
@@ashtanga3000 Pastel Azteca. It's like a mexican style lasagna.using corn tortillas and poblano peppers. SO GOOD
Please share your recipe! 🥺 my mom is having wrist surgery in a month and I’m trying to fill her freezer.
Random tip: For getting the air out of the bags, specially with items that are frozen already and hard to get flat enough to get air out of the bag. Get a big bowl [ or fill up a clean sink full ]of cold water and submerge your bag in it up to the seal, making sure to not get water into the bag. It pushes all the air out, and you can seal it right up with almost no air at all in the bag. Hope it helps!! Loved seeing what food you came up with and am curious to check out more of your videos!
Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching!
I saw this before and was wondering the same exact thing!!! 😮
I completely forgot about doing that. Great reminder!
This also helps with any spillage on the bags themselves!
I don't have a bowl big enough, so I take a straw and close the bag around the straw and suck in until the bag is tight, pinch the opening as you pull the straw out and seal it quickly.
You girls need to publish this as a book or e-book! Recipes, ingredient list, directions, etc
Hmmmmmm. That's a great idea!!
Discovered your channel over the summer and so I'd started mass making freezer meals for a "just in case I don't feel like cooking" moment. A few months later, my husband lost his job. He was out of work for three months. I'd thaw a meal at night and during the next day while i was at work, my husband would throw the meal into the slow cooker and id come home to a great meal. This really helped budget-wise as i'd already purchased and prepared the ingredients for full meals! Really a game changer! Spending my morning making a few more meals. Thank you for introducing me to this!!
I'm sorry for the turn of events at your house but I'm so glad you had freezer meals! They are truly budget-friendly and there is some security knowing that you have a fall back plan, even for a short time. I wish your husband luck in his job search! Keep on hitting those sales and making meals. Freezer meals for the win!
@@FreezerMeals101 Oh, he's started working again! I wasn't too worried about him, just happy ro have had this as a back up help in the meantime! Thank you for your kindness!
So thankful you had meals for such a season of life. Glad he’s back at it.
Now that you have experienced the benefit, do yourself a favor...when you feel like cooking dinner (or when something you like goes on sale) make 2 batches...one for dinner and one preped for the freezer for another day... 26 freezer meals can be rotated through in 6 months using 1 prepped meal a week! 52 for 2 meals a week... customized to your needs...Duplicate to your family's likes
@ddean5656 I do! Yesterday we ate a meal prepped in May 2023 LOL
Using your freezer meals has been life changing. I have a large family and they are picky! I also work evening shift. Having freezer meals on hand has helped my husband and I be less stressed over what the family will eat. I love not having to cook/meal prep when I’m tired from work. I also LOVE that I cook and prep over the course of just a day or two. Thank you for providing this service!
This makes our hearts so happy! This is the reason we do this!!!
@@FreezerMeals101 awesome 👌
Just came across your channel. I've been doing freezer meals for several years. Im now 77 years old and don't always feel like making a meal. It's just the two of us, so when I freeze meals, I divide it up into single portions. That way, if one of us wants one kind of dinner and the other wants a different kind, then it is a win-win. Thank you for teaching this to new cooks.
It's really a great way to do it, isn't it? My mom did it too, when it was just her and my dad. Mostly freezing leftovers, but it was still nice to have. Now I take individual meals to her because she doesn't always feel like cooking (she's in her 80s). Thanks for watching!
What a great idea! My husband & I don’t always want the same meal either. ❤
I can’t believe you ladies ONLY have 26.6K subscribers!! I am honestly floored to see that. Y’all have such good content. Y’all should Post about the money savings…. Many people are struggling to afford their own food these days. I think it would be very helpful if y’all did a money saving tip video. Also, you can look up what type of food videos people are searching for in RUclips and then plan your videos around that and just add those key words into your video description. That also helps your algorithm.
Thank you! We do have some videos specific to budget meals (ruclips.net/p/PL0HOtnw6h2BljvfnkBwWiDfVcnZtubo4v). We do hope that RUclips starts recommending our videos to more people because we really do want to spread the word and be able to help more people to save money and take the stress out of mealtime. Appreciate your kind words.
Good advice 👏
Now they have 27.8K subscribers. I just subscribed. ✋🏻 from Northern California and my 1 acre homestead.
2 weeks ago 26.6K 2 days ago 27.6 now 28.3K
@@catherinegrace2366Sonoma County Gal here. Hoping to be able to purchase some land this year 🙏
This isn't an exaggeration when I say this video is literally LIFE CHANGING. I was struggling to eat due to the need for quick and easy but the high cost that comes along with it.
You outdone yourself ladies ❤️👍
Thank you so much!
I raised my kids on bulk cooking, even had my partner on board once he saw how easy it was. Literally go to freezer turn ctock pot or oven low, go to work, remove, feed 4 ankle biters, go to brownies, guides, scouts, swimming, soccer ect, .... Once ever 2 or 3 months use a weekend to rinse and repeat. My daughters and sons still do the same thing but on a 2 person per home scale
Yep! Freezer meals are a life saver! Thanks for watching!
i've taught myself to do this, especially being single and working and going to grad school, it's great!
@@johnnyace1300 and I'm by myself now. Last one graduated with masters and gone to government job BUT I'm still bulk cooking for one and make my own home made TV dinners. Nothing like working a 60 hour week and standing in front of freezer with the final decision of the day of what TV dinner to nuke 😄
Oh I feel the similarity! Wow, I never thought about doing home made dinners though, so you do starch vegetable and protein and separate it out into one microwaveable item?! @@MM-ss1sr
do you put your tv dinners in a bag or some kind of disposable tray? @@MM-ss1sr
I just love watching you 2! Freezer meals definitely changed my life and I'm now making a bunch for a family member whose about to have her first baby. Best baby shower gift ever!
You are SO right! I (Christie) have a friend whose husband is going through chemo treatments right now. She still has to run her house, while tending to him. Dropping off some meals is a great way to show love and to care for others. I'm so glad I can do that for my friends.
I really enjoy these videos!❤ I know yall put in a lot of work, if I could ask if yall could consider to time stamp the recipes? That way they will be easier for us to find when we go back to make it, rather than jumping around skipping the video looking forever lol. Thanks for all the work yall do!
You guys seem soo lovely, and so in sync as friends. It's nice to watch your banter :)
Thanks so much! 😊
I am starting my second year of the Club. My husband and I are in the older years so I love the option of making only 2 servings. I also make the re ipes for 4 sometimes, then divide them into 2 packages for the freezer. I have looked at other clubs and subscriptions, but, in my opinion, this is the best and worth every penny! 😊😊😊
I'm so glad to hear it's working well for you!
"Don'tcha wish your freezer looked like mine" Instant sub here based on that line LOL. I have never tried making freezer meals but, circumstances keep arising and are just continuing to get more frequent so I figured why not take a look and see what you've got. I was gonna subscribe anyway but I did laugh and hit subscribe when she said that. Ya'll are very detail-oriented but not crazy with it, I really like that!
“detail-oriented but not crazy with it” is officially my favourite comment of the day! Thank you and we’re glad you found our channel.
You both are SUCH a blessing to my family!! You are so sweet and so fun to watch. We all wish we had neighbors like you. Thank you SO much for all your hard work and instruction. This has changed the way I cook. We are empty nesters so it’s just the hubster and I. It’s so easy to adapt and make your recipes work. I have MS and live in Texas so the sweltering summer heat is my kryptonite. Some days it’s hard to get up and get the wheels going! Knowing I have meals already done and ready to go has sometimes meant that little bit that keeps me from having a sobfest in the corner lol. It takes away the overwhelming feeling that I just cannot do one more thing in my day.
So, you have truly changed my life for the better. Thank you!!! 🥹❤️
Michelle, you have no idea what it means to hear that. We so want to help people and it's exactly that overwhelming feeling that we want to take away. I'm so, so glad that this is helping your family.
And I don't know if you can hear it all the way down in Texas, but we are up here in Canada cheering you on! I'm so impressed with your tenacity and grit.
OMG Ladies!! Whew! That was so worth the wait! So many great new meals and so many fantastic FM Tips! I don't know where to start my praises! Though we don't all have "helpers" in the kitchen, we also don't have to video record a presentable show for anyone either. I'm sure this would go a heck of a lot faster if they didn't have to worry about Cameras and lighting and batteries (oh my). Then all of the editing later. I would guestimate about half of your time is taken away by Video planning, arranging and shooting. Thank you both so much for the tremendous effort on both of your parts! And a salute to all of your behind the scenes hard working helpers! I think this might be my fav session! Great job!
Thank you so much!!! That is high praise. It really does take so much longer now that we're filming and trying to think of what to include that will be the most helpful and enable people to do this themselves at home. And the editing... these marathons turn into an editing marathon! But reading lovely comments like yours and hearing how this is helping others really does make it so worth it.
Yall are crazy. In the best way. Well done. I'm not up to the marathons but just triple or quadruple 1 recipe at a time.
That's a great way to start! And yes... there could be a bit of crazy going on here. lol Thanks for watching!
OMG this is so random as I’m here prepping my Sunday prep for the rest of the week of recipes you two remind me of Laverne and Shirley. 😊
Oh man. I just know I'm Laverne! LOL (Christie here), although I've loved Cindy Williams since American Graffiti.
I dont meal prep or plan or have meals already prepared but this is what im planning to change. I am going back to school, i homeschool and plan on looking for wfh part time in fall. My youngest is only a few weeks old and I am doing everything that will start to make my life easier. Thank you for the videos!
Wow! You have so much on your plate! Having freezer meals would help so much. We are here to answer any questions you have and cheer you on as you get started.
@FreezerMeals101 thanks! The videos have excellent explanations and instructions. I will give it a shot next week. Our power was out for 4days so I threw my whole fridge away
Wow what a beautiful gift to give away for free! God bless you sisters!!
How am I just now seeing this video??? This was so amazing. So many great recipes and I loved the q&a parts! Great job ladies!
I'm so glad I found you. In fact, I didn't know that others did the same thing as me with food in the freezer. My friends think I'm silly but I call it Kon-Mari freezing. My zipper freezer bags stand flat vertically like books in 2 layers. The bags with labels on are put in randomly but numbered from 1 upwards with a pen, so that you know where to look for number 29 in the rows.
I print an extra set of labels kept in a binder, with the same numbers. When I plan the week's food every Sunday, I start with the binder. I can easily see what is left, find the food in the remote freezer and move it to the daily freezer, remove the label from the binder and put it on a weekly schedule on paper so that everyone can see what is on the menu every day.
Then it's super easy to make a shopping list with the fresh things I need this week. PS: I also put a time stamp on each label, because sometimes I refill the freezer with smaller quantities. Then it is easier to use the oldest first. It works for me. And yes, I actually have a fixed day at the end of each week called Leftovers, because there is usually plenty. It's always a fun day with a buffet of smaller amounts of food mixed together.
Respect for doing such a great job to make cooking easier for others.
Ok this is taking organization to a whole new level! 😍 I'm super-impressed! Are you in our Facebook group? I'd love it if you could pop by and show us pictures.
"KonMari freezing" cracked me up. You're totally right! Keep up the great work!
Coffee ready and I’m sitting down with my blanket, listening to the 🌧️ rain… watching your video here from Denmark 🇩🇰 thanks for sharing
Have a cup for me! Thanks for watching!
@@FreezerMeals101 will do 👍🏻☕️
Awww! 'Kathy's Lazy Roulander' That's so nice of you both thinking of your friend Kathy, that really touched my heart ♥ You ladys really know how to make a gal feel special! 🥰 So glad she recovered and is doing well.
I live in London, England btw. Many of your ingredients are inaccessible to me, so I have to Google for alternatives.
I love your recipes so much! You 2 are so sweet! I freeze my bags flat, then line them up like record albums, labels at the bottom for a quick look through.
a picture will be awesome, my labels always fly off when the meals are frozen
I just renewed my club membership and I was thrilled to know I have this at my fingertips. I love the red sauce! I have canned this several times, I can it in pints as we are a home of two….but I tell you everyone loves it… my oldest gets 12 jars to take to Chicago a couple times a year. It’s great to have on the shelf beside spaghetti sauce. I do make our meals in smaller portions for fit our family. I’m looking forward to the new recipes
I love it! That's such a great idea!
Puree vegetables to add to sauces, casseroles, etc. I learned to puree cream of mushroom soup, sliced mushrooms in any recipe I used them in. Same for green peppers and onions.
Found your channel yesterday July 14 2023. I also live in Canada. Your video is inspiring and FUN
Aw thanks! So glad you found us! Thanks for watching!
I found this on the internet, (of course) and I thought it quite apt.
"Who knew that the hardest part of being an adult is figuring out what to cook for dinner, every single night, for the rest of your life."
You guys have just proved this WRONG!!
I will NEVER not have freezer meals. They are just a way of life now. I can't go back to the way I lived before! It also means that we have to live next door to each other for the rest of our lives and I think we've both come to accept that. lol
Thanks for the laugh!
Love your chemistry! You two remind me of my best friend and I. Such great ideas, tips, and meals. Definitely subbing! Thank you ladies! ❤
Awesome! Thank you!
I really like how you put the label on the bags so you know how to cook and what it is.
Labels were a lifesaver! We couldn't do this many meals without them.
"Don't drink and freezer meal!" I laughed out loud. You both bring so much joy - thanks for sharing your honesty and wisdom! I've been watching for a long time, but finally getting convinced to join the club so I don't have to build my own grocery/prep lists anymore. :)
Thank you so much! Glad to hear we brought you a laugh today 😂
Made it to the end and this just made me so happy. :)
I have this week to literally prep at least a few weeks of meals. I'm hoping next week to do the same and keep going from there. I definitely enjoy watching these videos over and over. I'm not planning my HUGE prep yet, but that's because my deep freezer broke so we have to repair that first. But...I'm so excited to try some new meals!
We are here cheering you on! You've got this.
I feel rich when I look at all my meals in the freezer. I do not have a great memory so I made an inventory and then just went crazy. LOL I also inventoried the cheeses in my fridge (no more green Swiss cheese because I forgot it was there). I counted every package of meat in that drawer and another for produce in that drawer. I wasn't done yet...I also made a list of breads and rolls and last but not least is a separate inventory for my pantry. I'm sure some of you can relate to buying something and getting home to find you already had it. Thank you for getting me started saving money on good food!!
Oh my goodness! You'll be so organized, you won't know what to do with your free time. FYI - you can freeze cheese! If you're just going to shred it or cook with it anyway, go right ahead. It gets a bit crumbly, so I wouldn't recommend it for using on sandwiches, but I'm sure some people do.
First time watching you. Something to help is to get anti fatigue mats to stand on. Fun to see friends do this together.
Thank you for the helpful suggestion!
Brilliant. This is the first one I’ve been able to watch as you’re not interrupting each other every few seconds. So much easier to watch ❤
Wow....🤦♀
Your freezer is awesome. I wish I had one just like that. My son and his wife had been looking to buy a house since last fall. My son makes good money but he wanted a large house on an acreage just out of town close to Sherwood Park. Over the long period of time they looked at over 300 house listing online and went to see about 25 of those homes. He finally found one that met and exceeded their requirements. Fortunately he checked out several lending institutions for the best mortgage rate he could get and was able to lock in a very low interest rate before interest rates went way up. The beautiful place he got turns out to be about 10 minutes to town and shopping centers (and our house) that would be at least 20-30 minutes closer to his work, an extra bonus. The house they bought wouldn't be available until the middle of July. In the meantime he's been working a lot of late overtime hours, he says to renovate some things they want to change on the house. When we we found out that our son has not been eating properly and just missing meals because hes to tire to think of something to make and hehas been working 14 hour days plus 1 hr long drive time home and another 45 minutes in the morning, with only 2 days off every 3rd week, the fact he wasn't eating properly really bothered us both. He often just grabbed something from drive-thru and sometimes doesn't even eat because they both are too busy to get groceries. He gets home and if there's something easy to heat and eat, he'll eat otherwise just and go right to bed. When we heard this we were appalled and decided to try and super-sized some of his favorite dishes. I ended up using my on the counter huge plug in turkey roaster and cooked up things like chili, beef stew, sweet and sour ribs. We are on old age pensions so meat is becoming difficult to buy, so we made a deal that I'd buy what we needed, prep (takes forever) and cook up a huge roaster full making him up a lot of meals. The 1st time I cooked up about approximately 30 servings, I divided it up using all our freezer containers. A lot were healthy sized single serve so either of them could take it to work but some were double sized meals for 2. We encountered 4 big problems. The 1st was trying to make room in our freezer for all the containers, 2nd once later spring rolls around we no longer can just leave fridge stuff just set on top of our freezer in the attached garage, an easy step out of the house door and the freezer is just next to the steps down, so perfect height for setting thing on. Our garage is insulated but not heated so stays about fridge temperature for a large portion in fall/winter/spring. Its perfect for an additional fridge if theres a reasonable temperatures out but once it gets to below about -20 it starts to turn into a freezer. It then means I no longer have that extra "fridge" space for large items and things. The 3rd problem encountered was we used up all our freezer containers so was stuck until I decided to use zip lock bags. They take up a lot less room that way. And the last problem is, we often finish cooking such large amounts late in the evening and too tired to portion it out, and with no extra "fridge" to put the huge roasting pan, I wasn't happy think I'd have to stay up a couple hours after midnight packaging. I solved by turning the roaster pan as low as it would go, about 160 to 180 but the chunks of meat turned out a little weird kind of with a falling apart. The deal is our son pays for the ingredients and we get some good meals using a lot of meat, he gets meals we know he used to love when he was growing up and missing.
Oh my goodness! You have gone to great lengths to care for him! I'm sure he appreciates it. I'm so glad you figured out some solutions with your fridge/freezer set up. Hopefully when he gets settled in the new place, he can add a freezer and you can keep going. It sounds like it'll be a good spot for him all around!
Thanks so much for watching! ❤️
Thank you for all the recipes, I make meals to freeze dry and it's so nice to have new ideas - all of these will make wonderful freeze dried meals to eat while we're on road trips.
That's so neat! Tell me everything! Do you use a dehydrator? I just realized this week that my air fryer has a dehydrator setting, so I have been thinking about what I can use it for.
@@FreezerMeals101- freeze drying is different from dehydrating. Freeze drying REMOVES all the moisture and makes food shelf stable. Dehydrating actually cook it a bit (think jerky and floppy mango slices). Check out Acre Homestead - she has a freeze drying playlist! 😊. Oh! AND I’m a new subscriber!
Holy mother of God.... This is the most amazing thing I've ever seen. Thank you for the grams (Aussie!). Have been thinking to do more bulk prep rather than daily cook (or the odd left overs meals). You are both such an inspiration! Thank you. Congrats on the massive effort and bonus smashed record. 🎉
Thanks so much! Try it. You'll love it. It's very addicting!
Yes!!! I love this video!! I am interested in the carnivore/keto diet but people always complain about the “meal prep”. Even if I did a week of meals at a time for my husband and I to just get started, a keto-vore diet may just seem feasible. Thank you for the inspiration for me to take another step towards my goal!
You're welcome! We do have a few specific low carb/Keto videos if you're interested.
Just joined the club and can’t wait to have a mega meal day with my sister!!!
I'm so glad you and your sister can do this together. It really is so much more fun to have someone to do it with. And you get faster each time so it's fun to watch the progression.
I'm watching again. I don't have TV so as I'm cleaning, cooking, organizing, I am watching You Tube. Love these recipes and all the fun you ladies have. I need to move to Canada, closer to you!
Come on up! ❤️🇨🇦
Lol oooh, I do wish my freezer looked like this. Enjoying the video. Can’t wait to try some of these!!
I love this, I've only just started watching.
And I know things have got to change, but we all know you're reaching out to women and mothers.
It'll hopefully change. I think it is already. We get emails from a lot of dads too, thanking us, and that feels pretty great.
We don’t like curry anything, but everything else sounds good! You put a lot into this project!
Thank you Deborah!
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 🌊 The video promises to revolutionize cooking and kitchen habits.
00:14 🏃♀️ The hosts relate to the daily grind of cooking and the challenges of meal planning.
01:08 👭 Introductions of hosts Sharla and Christy, who have been making freezer meals together for over 11 years.
01:49 🛒 The hosts discuss the importance of prep work and provide a link to a prep video in the description.
02:41 📝 Sharla's organization of the cooking process impresses Christy, highlighting the benefits of planning.
03:21 🍲 They emphasize the variety of meals prepared to suit different schedules and cooking methods.
04:17 🥱 The hosts acknowledge the process is tiring but promise tips to make it easier.
04:31 🍢 Description of making Thai chicken satay as a freezer meal, including the preparation of a homemade satay sauce.
07:02 🍳 The hosts share a recipe for a country sausage and hash brown casserole, ideal for large families or gatherings.
08:44 🍝 Introduction of Italian meatballs using homemade red sauce, a simple yet flavorful recipe.
09:52 🌶️ The hosts discuss a new favorite, Cowboy baked beans, perfect for outdoor events or camping.
11:03 🥔 Tater tot casserole is presented as a kid-favorite and a classic go-to recipe.
11:59 ❄️ The hosts answer a viewer question about organizing freezer meals, discussing various methods from chaos to categorization.
14:05 🌈 Sharla shares her preference for organizing freezer meals by color for aesthetic variety.
18:30 🌮 The Zippy shredded chicken tacos recipe is introduced, noted for its simplicity and quick preparation.
19:23 🇲🇽 Chicken tinga is highlighted as a versatile and flavorful dish that can be used in various Mexican meals.
21:36 🍖 Barbecue meatloaf is described as a crowd-pleaser, with a special note on individual serving sizes for convenience.
22:43 🍖 Preparing meatloaf with barbecue sauce requires cooking at 350 degrees for about an hour until it reaches an internal temperature of 160 degrees.
24:06 📝 The prep video linked below provides a guide for meal planning, shopping, and preparation, including a detailed shopping list.
25:02 💡 The Freezer Meals 101 Club offers a system to create meal plans, generate shopping lists, and prepare labels with cooking instructions for freezer meals.
27:32 🍲 A new ground beef recipe is shared, highlighting the use of various vegetables and seasonings, suggesting it pairs well with rice.
28:38 🍝 Ground beef stroganoff is a family favorite, with a note to add extra sour cream on the day of serving.
29:46 ⚖️ For consistent measurements, keeping measuring scoops in ingredients like ground beef helps to accurately portion out the meat for recipes.
30:13 🌯 Spinach artichoke quesadillas are described as restaurant-quality, healthy, and easy to freeze for future meals.
32:32 🥘 The beef and corn casserole is introduced as a new favorite, emphasizing its suitability for large families or groups.
34:15 🍅 Details on preparing spaghetti sauce with both veggie and real beef options, including the use of a special red sauce for added flavor.
35:09 🥕 Tips for incorporating more vegetables into meals are shared, such as adding shredded vegetables to meatballs or sauces.
37:44 🍝 The Sicilian pasta sauce recipe is revisited after years, with a variety of vegetables and unique ingredients like butternut squash soup and salsa.
40:02 🤷♀️ The hosts discuss the challenges they face during meal prep sessions, emphasizing that perfection is not necessary to make progress.
47:37 🥟 The egg roll in a bowl recipe is highlighted as a popular choice, with a focus on ease of preparation and cooking.
48:50 🍲 Kathy's lazy rouladen recipe is a cherished favorite, linked to fond memories of a friend.
49:18 🧅 Substituting chopped for minced onion in recipes is acceptable based on availability.
49:59 🥔 The dish pairs well with potatoes, indicating its hearty nature.
50:13 🍲 Sausage and zucchini soup is a versatile favorite, craved beyond its typical winter season.
50:41 📌 Stapling separate bags for ingredients is a practical tip for organized meal prep.
51:10 😅 Mistakes like accidentally freezing tortillas can happen during meal prep, but they're recoverable.
51:51 🏷️ Forgetting to print labels is a common oversight in the meal prep process.
52:27 🍽️ Despite hiccups, 72 meals were successfully prepped on day one.
53:11 🔄 Transitioning to day two, the presenters express readiness to tackle new recipes.
53:52 🤕 Managing meal prep with a physical injury like a torn rotator cuff is challenging.
54:27 👟 Wearing comfortable shoes and staying hydrated are essential tips for long meal prep sessions.
55:23 🚫 Avoiding alcohol during meal prep is advised to prevent mistakes.
56:29 💻 A new website design enhances functionality and recipe accessibility.
57:13 💳 PayPal integration improves the accessibility of the club for international users.
58:11 🍲 Freezer meals cater to families of all sizes, from large to average.
59:20 🍽️ Freezer meals provide convenient lunch options for shift workers who dislike sandwiches.
01:00:31 🍗 One cup of cubed chicken is roughly equivalent to one chicken breast, a useful metric for meal prep.
01:02:25 🍲 Leftover ingredients at the end of meal prep inspire new recipe creations.
01:03:44 🌿 Overestimating ingredients like spinach can lead to creative adjustments in meal planning.
01:06:03 🍗 Cranberry chicken dump is a new recipe being tried, showing openness to experimenting with flavors.
01:07:08 🥘 Flour can be used in certain freezer meals, contrary to common practice, if it works with the recipe.
01:08:02 🍛 Attempting a chicken Creole recipe indicates a willingness to revisit and improve upon past recipes.
01:12:00 🐔 Sesame mustard chicken is another novel recipe, highlighting the variety in meal prep sessions.
01:12:12 🍺 The inclusion of beer in a recipe suggests the use of diverse ingredients for flavor enhancement.
01:12:27 📝 The speaker often improvises with meal planning, using a flexible approach and making grocery lists based on what is needed for future meals.
01:13:37 🏞️ The family takes freezer meals to the mountains every one to two months, requiring careful planning and list-making for the trips.
01:14:35 🏕️ Similar planning is done for camping trips, considering the type of cooking that will be available, like slow cookers or open fires.
01:15:42 🥔 The speaker prioritizes meat marinades for meals due to a preference for meat and potatoes over rice or pasta.
01:17:05 📊 When the freezer meals dwindle to mostly marinades, more detailed meal planning is required for side dishes.
01:17:48 🍳 For mountain trips, the speaker brings prepared breakfast freezer meals to enjoy as a family, which is different from their usual routine at home.
01:18:30 🥩 Introduces a sesame steak recipe with a rub and sauce, emphasizing the marinade process.
01:19:36 🥗 Discusses the challenge of creating a freezer-friendly pasta salad due to issues with mayonnaise freezing and plans to test variations with different dressings.
01:22:59 🍤 Shares a favorite freezer meal, Seafood Curry pasta, and adapts the recipe based on ingredient availability and cost.
01:24:26 🥬 Introduces a new cabbage stir fry recipe, highlighting the use of leftover ingredients to minimize waste.
01:26:18 ⏱️ Discusses time-saving strategies during meal prep, such as gathering all ingredients before assembly.
01:27:52 🍢 Describes a quick shrimp skewer recipe, noting the efficiency of not pre-skewering before freezing.
01:28:33 🍚 Mentions an Asian Rice Bowl recipe that is ideal for using up extra ingredients towards the end of the meal prep session.
01:30:33 ❄️ Provides tips on preventing freezer bags from sticking together, such as ensuring no moisture is on the outside of the bags and cooling ingredients before bagging.
01:33:06 🍁 Introduces a maple salmon sheet pan meal, highlighting the convenience of baking everything together.
01:34:14 🌿 Presents Thai chili chicken lettuce wraps as a fresh, impressive dish suitable for summer or as a bring-along for gatherings.
01:35:10 🐟 Describes a simple salmon with brown sugar glaze recipe, focusing on the ease of preparation.
01:35:24 🍣 Preparing a Dijon brown sugar spread for salmon that will be baked.
01:35:50 🍝 Mention of making a chicken and spinach penne Alfredo sauce, with a note to undercook pasta if pre-making it.
01:36:18 🌿 Introduction of truffle pesto as a substitute in a recipe to use up spinach.
01:37:10 🍳 Discussing the versatility of Italian sausage in meals and giving some to a friend.
01:37:50 🥘 Description of a beef fajitas freezer meal preparation, highlighting its simplicity and longevity in the freezer.
01:38:41 🛒 Sharing a shopping strategy called "plenty for 20" and the benefits of buying meat in bulk on discount.
01:40:04 🍗 Transitioning to making barbecue chicken sloppy joes with extra ground chicken.
01:41:11 🏕️ Recounting a fond memory of making ham and cheese sliders while camping.
01:42:34 🧊 Discussing the strategy of placing certain meals at the top of the freezer to avoid squishing.
01:43:22 🏅 Announcing a new personal record of preparing 153 freezer meals.
01:45:17 🇨🇦 Mention of being in Canada and a humorous note on always having hockey pucks in the freezer.
01:46:05 👟 Sharing a tip about the relief of taking off shoes after a long day of meal prepping.
01:46:31 🧽 Acknowledging the mess created during the meal prep process and the reality of cleaning up afterwards.
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This is fascinating! AI, huh?
This was fun. Thank you! I love the variety of meals you prepared, and now can’t wait to try some new recipies. That auto shopping list program looks like a gem to have available. Living at least 1200 miles South of Canada (approximately 2000 km ) it was the first time I have seen hockey pucks in a freezer.😂
I just found your channel! Now that I have a decent freezer (just bought a brand new fridge on Sunday!) I'm so excited to get meals in the freezer. I'm retired so I have time to cook everyday but let's get real who really wants to? Lol my hubs still works. His schedule is 2pm to 10pm sometimes even as late as midnight. So the last thing I want to do is cook full meals every morning. I'll probably cook once a week instead of like 3 months or so at a time but it will still be such a game changer! Thank you for a great channel 💚 I also went over and joined your FB group 😁
I'm so glad you found us! Have a look at our channel, we have a few videos where we make meals for one or two. You may find some inspiration there! Happy cooking!
@@FreezerMeals101 💚
This is so awesome that you guys did all this work to make it easier for everyone else. Thank you this is going to help me out soooo much
Our pleasure!
Merch: "Don't drink and freezer meal!" LOVE IT!
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Congrats to your daughter Christie! An award is an award!! Feel better Sharla! Yes - done is better than perfect. I sometimes I have to space out what I'm doing over a couple days - usually anything that needs precooked (meats, rice, pasta, etc) gets done one day and the easy dump and freeze get done the other day.
When I have too much spinach, I just freeze it on it's own and use in smoothies.
The sliders are a standard menu item in our house. I was making them almost weekly. Last month was the first time I made them ahead for the freezer though. We love the ham and cheese the most. We actually have Chicken Cordon Bleu for tomorrow night - just a layer of ham and then chicken lunch meat with swiss. I love how you can change up the flavor by what you put on top too. I always do butter but change up what seasonings we use on top. We did a BBQ chicken and Buffalo Chicken also. I'm the only buffalo fan, so I did 6 of the buns with BBQ and 6 with Buffalo.
Her award was in Foods! Neither of us saw that coming. haha. She was scared it would be in fashion because she thought that was nerdy. Oh to be 15 again...
Do you ever make Wivesaver? You know the Christmas morning casserole with bread, eggs, milk, ham and cheese? Well, I got tired of it and made Monte Cristo Wifesaver with both ham and turkey, and Swiss and Monterey Jack cheese and it tastes just like a Monte Cristo sandwich. I love changing things up. Those sound like great sliders!!
Ooh that sounds delish!! May have to try!
Some is better than none, done is better than perfect. ✨️
If anyone seeing this is related to anyone working for ziplock please hook these ladies up!! If I worked for ziplock I would be a super proud sponsor!! 💙 Great job ladies!
Tip:Instead of putting the stickers on the side, how about stick them on the bottom where you can actually see the name of them it works better.
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How to make homemade Stir roll?
First time watching. You two are so cute & fun to watch. Thank you for sharing❤
Thanks for watching!
One thing I do to ease the prep for me is when I get a sale on say ground beef…I pre cook most of it and put it in the freezer in ziplocks until I do my meals, I do this with chicken also. I will slice some, dice some and thin cut some. I freeze the chicken breast individually and then put in vacuumed sealed bags. It makes it easier for me to do a litter at a time as I don’t have a freezer meal friend and it’s just me marketing them
We do our meat separately as well. I cook it up and divide it up into bags. We get budget boxes of fruit and vegetables rejects so when we get those we look what we have and go from there, and do all the other ingredients in a separate bag from the meat. That way we can buy the veggies in bulk when we can and the meat in bulk when it's on sale. I also have chronic pain so it's better for me to do things in stages.
I hope some day you have a freezer meal friend! It really makes it better!! In the meantime, this is a great way to capitalize on sales. Great job!
I would sort them based on the cooking method.
Does your freezer meal club have a way to find recipes that DONT have certain ingredients for like, allergies? I like a lot of your recipes but so many have common ingredients I just can’t have and it’s time consuming looking at ingredients individually to make sure it’s okay for me to have. Even in stores it take so long for me to shop because of that. Great videos by the way. Long time follower; really helped me change the way I eat. Changed my life once I realized my health problems disappear when I started cooking all my food and freezing it. Then pre-prepping frequently used ingredients like garlic, onion, peppers, chicken stock, etc. to save time for meals I do cook right then.
If your accents hadn’t already told me you’re Canadian, those hockey pucks sure did. 😂
🤣 yep!
Love the smiles, great camera prescence
Thanks!
must be so nice to live next to your bestie! thank you for the recepies, its a life changer
It really is! And they really are!
Did anyone else look at the thumbnail and thought these were clothes folded in a fridge or freezer? Or is it just me? I had a real good laugh about myself because of this and honestly, great idea for meal prep! I'ma try that out too.
🤣 You're not the first one!
I used to do weekly meals one day a week but this is something I will do take all the meat from my freezer in the food saver bags it will make space for sure
I love what your doing great ideas for the food prep!!
love the recipes :)
Thanks!
i love the q and a breaks
I did freezer meals once when I was pregnant for after baby was born. And it really was quite helpful, although I did all crockpot meals and I wouldn’t want only crockpot meals again. I just haven’t had the freezer space to do it now. I just have the top of the fridge freezer, and it’s always got stuff in it I just don’t have room. And I’d rather have a buddy to do it with, when I did it previously some of my siblings came to help me, if I did it now it’d be a solo mission, and I have a lot more back pain and so forth now lol.
Working with a friend makes it so much easier! And way more fun. If you want to try again, can I suggest to split it up so that you do your prep one day and the assembly the next? It will be much easier on your back and feet. Good luck!
Can I recommend our Sheet Pan Cooking Class? It comes with a PDF of five recipes, including an ingredients list, prep list and printable labels. You can double it and make 10 meals for and they can all be cooked in the oven on a sheet pan. It couldn't be easier.
freezermeals101.com/freezer-to-sheet-pan-cooking-class/
And the best part is that it's free. :)
I hope the best for yall cuz this is goddess work 😂 can’t wait to join the club! Such a beautiful idea omgggggggg THE VALUE
Yes!!!
Yes Todoist helps me keep my chaos organized. It is still chaos though. I know what we have, but finding it is a different story. Mine stacks are not as pretty as yours. My husband often stacks them in the garage freezer for me and they freeze in weird shapes. Also we have not got a plan to organize what is where. But I am better at spotting a meal than my husband. I told him to get Baked Italian chicken one day. He said we don't have a meal named that. I went out and brought it in the house 2 minutes later. 🤣 It does help being the person who prepped the meal and I know what color I'm looking for.
I call that using my "mom eyes!" 🤣
@@christieweins3312 👀🤣
I started making parts of meals. I have fallen off the wagon but i seem to enjoy batch cooking in the summer..weird i know 😂.
But id love to see my freezer that full. Ive subscribed already. Ill be watching over the next few days.
Thanks for watching!!
Am I ever going to make these meals? Probably not (different country so different foods available), but I happily watched every second of this video! Loved that ye do this together and that you make both healthy and less healthy meals! Sometimes you just want stodgy comfort food and other days you want all the veggies you can get! First time watching but will definitely watch again
Thank you for watching! Where are you from? We have many subscribers from the UK, Aus, and South Africa. They can't always find the same ingredients, but they manage to make what they can. Stay tuned because we'll have a new mega session coming soon!
@FreezerMeals101 Watching from Ireland! Might be able to get some stuff online or in specialist shops in Dublin but I got plenty of ideas!
Needed this! I’m trying to plan better for my family!
Yesss!
Loved watching this session...
I ran a lovely salt bath and relaxed for ages.
Felt your pain from standing😂😂😂
Well done🎉😊
Aw. I love that for you! And some soaking was definitely in order for us after all that!!
Recipe Timestamps
4:18 ~ Thai Chicken Satay (in the Club)
6:39 ~ Country Sausage and Hash Brown Casserole
8:07 ~ Red Sauce (in the Club)
8:40 ~ Easy Italian Meatballs (in the Club)
9:42 ~ Cowboy Baked Beans
10:56 ~ Tater Tot Casserole (in the Club)
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18:18 ~ Zippy Shredded Chicken Tacos (in the Club)
19:17 ~ Chicken Tinga (in the Club)
21:31 ~ BBQ Meatloaf
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27:15 ~ Thai Basil Beef Skillet
28:34 ~ Ground Beef Stroganoff
30:09 ~ Spinach and Artichoke Quesadillas (in the Club)
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32:41 ~ Beef and Corn Casserole (in the Club)
34:02 ~ Spaghetti Sauce
37:30 ~ Sicilian Pasta Sauce (in the Club)
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47:42 ~ Egg Roll in a Bowl
48:51 ~ Cathy's Lazy Rouladen (in the Club)
50:04 ~ Zucchini Sausage Soup
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1:05:32 ~ Cranberry Chicken Dump
1:06:13 ~ Chicken in a Mango Cream Sauce
1:07:56 ~ Chicken Creole
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1:09:56 ~ Chicken and Sundried Tomato Pasta Sauce
1:11:49 ~ 😺CAT TIME😺
1:11:53 ~ Sesame Mustard Chicken
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1:18:26 ~ Sesame Steak
1:19:27 ~ Caesar Pasta Salad
1:19:27 ~ Jalapeño Ranch Pasta Salad (in the Club)
1:21:48 ~ Easy Beef Goulash
1:22:48 ~ Seafood Curry
1:24:25 ~ Cabbage Stir Fry
1:27:41 ~ Cajun Shrimp Skewers
1:28:30 ~ Asian Rice Bowl
1:29:21 ~ Corn Chowder
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1:32:53 ~ Maple Salmon Sheet Pan Meal
1:33:56 ~ Thai Chili Chicken Lettuce Wraps
1:35:07 ~ Salmon with Brown Sugar Glaze
1:35:44 ~ Chicken Spinach Alfredo Sauce
1:36:43 ~ Spinach Sausage Pasta Sauce
1:37:52 ~ Beef Fajitas
1:38:17 ~ BBQ Chicken Sloppy Joes
1:41:01 ~ Ham and Cheese Sliders
Oh my goodness you guys made a lot of freezer meals!! What an awesome job!!
Thanks so much! 😊
Such likable women and a great team. Good on you from the uk
Aw thanks! ❤️
@@FreezerMeals101 You're very welcome. I found you yesterday and subscribed. You have inspired me, last night I changed my online shop so think of me next Wednesday as I cook 2 month's of freezer meals for 1. Any advice?
Randomly showed me ur vid and love it
Omg...😂 I just posted about watching my Canadian 'besties' and you totally just said it ❤
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You are going to save me so much time and money. Thank you thank you thank you! This is so dope.
Awesome! Glad you found us.
I have a dehydrator and I dehydrate mixed vegetables and grind them into a powder. 1 Tablespoon equals 1 cup, sneaky way to add them vegetables.
clever!!
Excited to make some new meals. We’re down to 3 meals and need to get to it. Going to the farmers market tomorrow to pick up some fresh produce. We have all the meat. I feel for you Sharla. I have tears in both rotator cuffs but not bad enough for them to do surgery yet. Sleep is hard. Made it to the end with you girls and I am impressed.
Perfect timing!
Karen here :) I hate cooking but I get so encouraged with different cooking channels! I literally just found you on here :)
The best part about freezer meals IMO is that it doesn't feel like cooking every night when you can batch them up like this. It really takes the pressure off.
Glad you found us!
Spectacular! I always look forward to these marathons!👍🏻
Glad you like them!
Pls dont ever delete this vid
I adore everything about your channel but ESPECIALLY the behind the scenes shots! Haha
Haha. That's good to know! We like giving a sneak peek of what it' really like.
With all those extra mushrooms, you guys should have made your own cream of mushroom soup for the next batch of recipes. ❤
Next time!
This is really cool.
I'm really lucky my sweetie and I split the cooking and he does the grocery shopping I come up with the list. But I definitely definitely want to start more prepping and have freezer meals available cuz we're getting up there in years and cooking a four-course dinner is not on the top of my list at this point LOL
I love that you do this as a team! It's so much easier that way.
lol..still figuring out the club and I feel you..I binged on yall yesterday when I started my prep and some cooking..bless you all..Im doing it on my own..lol
You've got this! We are here cheering you on.
Im going back to school in july so im gonna be doing these freezer meals very helpful
I absolutely love your videos, I have learned so many new recipes, thanks so much!! I do have a question, and I know it's a strange one, but I noticed your cabinet handles are all centered on your cabinet doors. I had never seen anything like this until I saw a video from RoseRed Homestead this week and then saw your videos! I've never seen this done! Does it make it harder to open your cabinets? What an odd design!
Do you ever talk about the price? It’s interesting to me if you had a loose number. I know cooking in bulk makes things a little more affordable. And planning the meals with a friend would make it a little less as well (I imagine).
Great video! Lots of helpful tips!
We don't really talk about cost. It's hard to be accurate because we don't always buy it at the time of our mega session. If there is a caselot sale that happens to fall on 15% off day at the grocery store, we stock up, but that might be a month or two before we use them. Also, we have a lot of things at Sharla's house already. Spices and condiments last a long time, so we just use what's in the house and we don't always have to buy them. Plus we don't show you the times when we are missing something or run out of something and I have to run home and get it or we have someone run to the grocery store for us. And the third thing is we're often buying "other" things while we're at the store. Good sale on pajamas at costco? In the cart they go! lol. Lastly, because we're Canadian and most of our viewers are American, the prices won't mean much. They would be aghast at the cost because we simply pay more here.
I will tell you though, over the years, we have done spot checks and our grocery bills have been pretty even between the two of us. Thanks for watching!
@@FreezerMeals101 thanks for explaining your process. Part of the confusion is the Canadian dollar is worth less than the U.S. dollar, so it seems like things cost a lot more than they really do. For instance, currently $100 Canadian is about $75 USD, so if you say something was $200, it was actually equivalent to $150 USD, but it gives the impression that you spent a lot more than you did. It would be a pain to explain the difference all the time.
I have been batch cooking for last few years, using plastic tubs to store the meals in two upright freezers. Your method of storing in BAGS just doubled capacity overnight, so thank you! 👏👏👏
Any tips of cleaning / reusing bags? 😮
You can buy reusable silicone freezer bags. We have tried many brands and haven't found ones we love yet but continue to be on the lookout. But yes, bags is totally the way to go to make the best use of your freezer space. Glad you found us. Thanks for watching!
New sub here! I don't math. It's a different language for me. I always say this is what God made calculators for! You can check on your computer or your phone. There's places there that tell you all the quantities for tsp to Tabl, 1/3 cup for 6 recipes, etc. SO much easier on the brain!!! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your channel!!!!!
I agree! Glad to have you with us. Thanks for subscribing!
I love you girls! So inspiring. Thankyou
Aw, thanks so much! 🫶
Wow I’m so glad I came across your channel and subscribed. You described me to a T within the first 2 minutes of the video 😂
I’m all in 🥰
Welcome aboard! So glad you found us.
I have also suffered with frozen shoulders from roatator cuff injuries. The only thing that gave me any releif was a tens machine I got off Amazon for around £20 UK pounds. Mine had a timer which would only give me an hour at a time before having to restart it. I'm not sure if they all do that? But even 1 hour at a time let me nod off at least for a little while. Well worth the money, especially as it's an injury that can take several years to recover from, even once it's out of that excrutaitingly painful freezing stage. Excercise and physio help massively once its out of the freezing stage. Lots fo videos on RUclips if you do a search, and it's free!
Thank you for the tip. It has now turned into frozen shoulder for me and the pain is (as you know) really awful. I'm doing physio but sleep is the hardest so I will look that up.
What the fuck are you talking about, lady.
To store it in the fridge I would recommend putting the label of what food it is on the side that is showing when you open the fridge. in their case its the side and not the top. Its better to put the label there so that when you want to have some food you can just read out what is in the bags
Some people definitely do this. It doesn't film as nicely when we put the label there, so we're ok with it in the middle. But that's a great tip!
Absolutely amazing! I so look forward to your sessions.
Glad you could join us!
You guys are so amazing Thank you, your videos are teaching me so much. ❤
Our pleasure!