Help me with freezer meals please

[Bernadine]

My most favorite co-worker ever has stage 4 liver cancer.  She starts chemo on Friday.  I'd like to make some meals for her husband.

What are your favorite meals to freeze?  And what's the proper storage?  My mom never froze meals, and I have no idea how to keep them from getting greezer burnt.

Any other ideas you have to help would be great.

[psychmom]

Soups

Anything with pasta: lasagna, spaghetti, chicken alfredo, chili mac

Pot pies

Chicken and rice casserole

[eb777888]

Oh, man. I'm really sorry.

When I was pregnant I made lasagna, enchiladas, chili and spaghetti sauce. I froze them in those small serving size foil pans (they really are like two servin sizes, but they look really small). That way we didn't have to eat a whole pan of lasagna for days. I wrapped the whole thing in plastic wrap then again in foil, I believe. The chilis and sauces I just double wrapped in a large freezer bag.

I also made breakfast burritos, those turned out good too.

[Bernadine]

May 7, 2014 11:05:41 GMT -5 nursecramer said:

lasagna (make in a disposable aluminum pan, they come with covers)
burritos (individually wrapped)
soups/chili (cool, then put in gallon zip-loc bag to freeze flat)

What's the best way to wrap burritos for the freezer?  The aluminum cover is enough to keep the lasagna from getting freezer burn?

[wambam]

I've done this meal for a few of my friend's who have had babies: thedailyrounds.com/beef-bacon-cottage-pie/ (don't read into the name - there's no cottage cheese lol)

It freezes well.

[wowhead]

I like to do things that have a variety of uses like meatballs in a red sauce, shredded chicken in enchilada sauce, taco meat. I also like to light up the grill and cook boneless, skinless chicken breasts until there are 90% done. Cool and slice and portion in snack size ziploc bags. Oh, one more. Cook up a big batch of rice, portion in snack size ziploc bags and freeze. 30 seconds in the microwave and it's ready to eat.

[whitemerlot]

I like taco meat, soups, pasta sauce, and shredded chicken or pork.

[youbetcha]

Not all men are dense about this stuff, but if this were my H, he'd appreciate reheating instructions written right on the foil or bag.

I like to do pulled pork, lasagna and Pioneer Woman's BBQ meatballs.

[nightandday]

Bernadine Here's a blog post I always refer to when freezing meals for friends: joelens.blogspot.com/2010/05/freezer-meals-preparations.html
And here's the post with links to the recipes: joelens.blogspot.com/2010/05/freezer-meals-menu.html My favorites are the chicken parmesan meatloaf, the beef empanadas, the shrimp scampi, and the soutwest breakfast burritos.