Ugh, I just spent way too much time going through all the packaged food I eat on foodfacts.com. I want to vom.

I want to make my own food freeze it and bring it to work. This stuff is disgusting. I don't buy them that often, except while in a pinch or looking for something that I know is a certain amount of weight watchers points.

Does anyone do this sort of thing? Individual home made freezer meals?

Hi,

I would also love this info so all you creative cooks out there ,please post your best freezer meals. Thanks



Sheridan

omg this is a fantastic idea!! gotta get my thinking cap on!!

I generally don't cook...but I am SO down for premade fresh-frozen foods.

I buy frozen blueberries and raspberries. In the morning I take a 1/2 cup scoop of the following:
Blueberries
Raspberries
Fat free plain yogurt (I don't much care for the taste. will try greek or vanilla next shopping trip)
Kashi GoLean Crunch
to work with me.

~220 calories.
fills me up.
travels well (keep "granola" separate until you eat it).

Salad in a mason Jar is amazing, you even leave the dressing in it.

If you're new to cooking, try making soups! They are remarkably easy and forgiving and they freeze well. A plain veggie-broth soup full of all kinds of good veggies and garlic would be very simple and satisfying. Try adding a can of beans for protein/stick-to-your-ribs factor.

I have also bought the containers with dividers in them and made homemade frozen dinners like you're talking about. It's pretty easy and convenient. I would spend a few hours making a few big batches of things. For example: get a bag of potatoes, ground beef substitute, a bag of frozen green beans, a head of cabbage, tomato sauce, black beans, corn, tortillas, cheese.

-make a big batch of mashed potatoes.
-while those are cooking, bake some of the potatoes to make into stuffed baked potatoes (when cooked, scoop out insides, mix with light laughing cow cheese, salt and pepper, paprika, chives, and re-stuff into skins). Wrap these in plastic wrap and freeze by themselves (serve w a side salad)
-use the veggie ground "beef" to make a meatloaf
-also use it to make cabbage rolls
-while cabbage rolls and meatloaf are baking, make some bean burritos with the tortillas and black beans and cheese. Wrap in plastic wrap and freeze individually.
-mix some of the black beans with corn, chopped tomatoes & cilantro. Freeze in individual containers- this is also its own dish like the baked potatoes.
-place single servings of meatloaf or cabbage roll into tupperware. Also put in a serving of mashed potatoes and a handful of frozen green beans. Top the frozen green beans with a pat/spray of butter/butter substitute and a sprinkle of spices (could just be s&p or use something like Trader Joe's 21 seasoning salute! I also really like a few dried cranberries in my green beans).

Anyway, this is just an example.

Rice freezes exceptionally well, so I frequently make extra of almost all of my recipes that involve rice. My fiance and I are on different diets, so I frequently cook meals and then freeze it in portions.

Beans and curries also freeze well.