We can’t talk enough doubling all freezable meals to save you cooking time in the kitchen. Here we list some of our top-rated freezable meals from the PlanBuyCook app. These are the meals that you cook up to the point of serving, and leave half to cool to room temperature before freezing for later weeks. Some will require a side of rice, pasta or extra veg, but that is a breeze compared with making six or seven dinners a week from scratch.
MEALS TO DOUBLE AND FREEZE
Vegetarian meals
- Baked beans
- Sweet pea dahl
- Bean quesadillas
- Red lentil soup
- Chick pea curry
- Bean & barley braise
- Pesto
- Napolitana pasta sauce
Chicken meals
- Chicken & chorizo braise
- Chicken & veal pasta sauce
- Nepalese chicken curry
- Feelgood chicken soup
- Chicken & lemon tagine
- Chicken & corn soup
Lamb meals
- Lamb kibbeh
- Lamb fricassee
- Lamb tagine
- Lamb curry
Beef / veal /pork meals
- Italian meatballs
- Beef stroganoff
- Chilli con carne
- Osso buco
- Black juha lentil soup
- Bolognese (use the doubled bolognese for a quick lasagne in later weeks)
- Meatloaf
- Lasagne
- Sausage & white bean
- Tacos
- Hamburgers*
*Only buy the burger buns and salad ingredients for one meal, and remember to add them to your shopping list when you serve them a few weeks later.
We add freezable meals to the app regularly.
TIP
Take these meals out of the freezer the night before you plan to eat them, and defrost them in the refrigerator.
The PlanBuyCook meal planning app is available for iPhone and iPad here. It includes 130 great recipes that you can scale to match your household size, or easily double recipes for freezing.
