Freezer Meal Recipe Collections

The Best Freezer Meals for Fall

These are the perfect freezer meals for Fall. You’ll be so glad you made these ahead and have them on hand for those busy weekdays.

Our Best Fall Inspired Freezer Meals:

Apple Pork Chops

Apple Maple Chicken

Beef Curry

Chickpea and Vegetable Curry – The colours in this one scream autumn!

Slow Cooker Beef Stew

Other Freezer Meals for Fall:

Honey Curried Chicken from Simply Stacie – To make this into a freezer meal, just dump the chicken and all of the other ingredients (be sure to melt the honey first) into a freezer bag, seal and freeze. On the day you want to cook it, thaw and cook according to her instructions.

Be sure to also check out our extensive list of make ahead soup recipes for the fall.

The Best Freezer Meals for Fall

Red Lentil Dahl from Veggie Desserts

7 Chicken Marinades for Chicken Breasts from Recipes from a Pantry

Instant Pot Chili also from Recipes from a Pantry

Easy Keto Crab Cakes Recipe with Pork Rinds from Low Carb Yum

Quick & Easy Chicken Noodle Soup with Rotisserie Chicken from Two Healthy Kitchens

Pumpkin Soup over on Goodie Goodie Lunchbox

Make Ahead Southwestern Shepherd’s Pie Recipe at Thrifty Jinxy

Parmesan Meatballs with Garlic at Dancing Through the Rain

Chicken Soup on The Soccer Mom Blog

Healthy Keto Low Carb Breakfast Casserole Recipe with Sausage and Cheese (gluten free) from Wholesome Yum

Easy Chicken Pot Pie Hand Pies from Two Healthy Kitchens

Pizza Pockets on Picklebums

More Freezer Meals for Fall

Low Carb Stuffed Peppers topped with Cheese on Low Carb Yum

Scalloped Potatoes from Recipes from a Pantry

Slow Cooker Three Bean Chili (gluten free and vegan) also from Recipes from a Pantry

Leftover Baked Potato Casserole from Supermom No Cape

Slow Cooker Whiskey Beef Stew from Food Meanderings

Quick & Easy Pork & Beef Stovetop Chili also on Food Meanderings

Eggplant Chickpea Peanut Curry Vegan from Rhian’s Recipes

Easy Hamburger Stew Recipe with Crock Pot Option from Low Carb Yum

Freezer Shrimp Stir Fry from Consumer Queen

Lasagna Roll Ups on Supermom No Cape

Need more ideas? Check out our Pinterest freezer meal boards.

Vegetarian Freezer Meals

By Sharla

I often get asked about vegetarian freezer meals. Sometimes people think of freezer meals as all being made with ground beef or chicken. There are lots of delicious vegetarian recipes out there that are freezer friendly.

In fact, it’s a little known truth that I haven’t eaten beef in over fifteen years. Yes, I’ve written a cookbook of Beef Dump Recipes! That may sound hypocritical, but I have eaten almost all of the recipes in that book and those that I haven’t, I have made for my family and let me tell you; they give honest feedback on what I cook!

The reason I’ve been able to eat most of the meals myself is that I substitute a soy ground round (Yves brand) for the ground beef. I prefer to cook it up first even though it’s already cooked. I find the texture better that way.

My favourite is the Mexican. It goes so well in things like taco meat, Spanish Rice, and the Tex Mex Pasta Bake. The soy ground round freezes beautifully.

If you’re wanting to make vegetarian freezer meals, you can use any of our ground beef freezer meals and substitute the soy ground round or you can find some already vegetarian recipes to freeze in the list below.

Vegetarian Freezer Meals:

Chickpea and Vegetable Curry from here on Freezer Meals 101

Butternut Squash and Chickpea Fajitas from here on Freezer Meals 101

African Thai Stew

Pinto Tortilla Soup from The Chaos and The Clutter

Slow Cooker Mixed Bean Casserole on The Chaos and The Clutter

Spinach Lasagna Rolls from Mavis Butterfield’s One Hundred Dollars a Month

Pesto Minestrone also at The Chaos and The Clutter

Freezer to Oven Enchilada Stuffed Sweet Potatoes from Sweet Peas and Saffron

Hearty Vegetarian Lasagna from Eating on a Dime

“Beefless” Beef Bourguignon in the Slow Cooker from Vegan in the Freezer

Garden Veggie Freezer Burritos from Oh My Veggie – These are great for lunches or after school snacks!

Veggie Burgers from Wholefully – You’ll find recipes for Spicy Black Bean Burgers, Lentil Walnut Burgers, and Roasted Sweet Potato and Chickpea Burgers here. I think the most difficult part might be trying to decide which to try first!

Mushroom and Spinach Lasagna at Life as a Strawberry – This looks so darn good!

Vegan Chili with Mushrooms on Vegan in the Freezer – It says it’s “the best” vegan chili ever, so worth trying for sure!

Crock Pot Tortellini Soup from The Chaos and The Clutter – Sub out the chicken broth for vegetable broth.

Vegan Sloppy Joes from Vegan in the Freezer

Freezer-Friendly Pesto Lasagna RollUps over on Oh My Veggie

Our Vegetarian Freezer Meal Plan takes the guess work out of stocking your freezer. It includes some of our most popular recipes along with shopping lists, prep lists, and printable labels.

Other Vegetarian Freezer Recipes:

Butternut Squash Freezer Meal Side Dish

Freezer Smoothie Bags

Mini Pancake Muffins

Make Ahead Soups for the Fall

By Sharla

As much as we don’t want to admit it, Fall is coming. These make ahead soups for the freezer will warm up your belly and your home.

I’d like to hold onto the warmth of summer as much as the next person, but the change of seasons is inevitable. There is something so cozy about a bowl of nice warm soup on a chilly day.

It is so nice to be able to take a bag of soup out of the freezer and heat it up for lunch or supper. You can serve these as a starter, side dish, or as the main meal with a bun.

I’m sharing our favourites as well as some new recipes I want to try. What are your favourite make ahead soups?

Our make ahead soups:

Corn Chowder with Bacon

Spinach and Sausage White Bean Soup

Italian Wedding Soup

Hearty Sausage and Zucchini Soup

Beef Taco Soup Instant Pot Recipe

Instant Pot Asian Beef Soup

Make Ahead Soups for Fall:

Freezer to Crock Pot Chicken Taco Soup on The Chaos and The Clutter

Pesto Minestrone from The Chaos and The Clutter

Carrot Soup with Ginger and Brown Sugar on The Salty Side Dish – follow the recipe instructions and then freeze. It will reheat well.

Easy Freezer Chicken Soup Base from The Soccer Mom Blog

Homemade Chicken Soup from Deliciously Plated

Tortellini Soup from over on The Chaos and The Clutter

Homemade Creamy Cheesy Broccoli Soup from Happy Money Saver

Zuppa Toscana from Sidetracked Sarah

Carrot Coconut Soup from Macheesmo

Chickpea Tortilla Soup on Sweet Peas and Saffron

Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie Soup from The Magical Slow Cooker

Cheesy Cauliflower Soup at Flour on my Face

Vegetable Beef Soup Recipe from Gimme Some Oven

Tuscan Chicken and White Bean Soup on The Magical Slow Cooker

Black Bean Taco Soup from Six Sisters’ Stuff

These soups are perfect for a blustery fall day. Cozy up under a snuggly blanket and dig in!

Chicken Freezer Meals

By Sharla

It is such a nice feeling to have meals in the freezer. These chicken freezer meals are family friendly with great flavours. Best of all, they are so easy to make.

Chicken is one of those things that a fair number of people like and most kids will actually eat. The best thing to do is to look for sales on chicken and plan your freezer meal sessions around the sales. That way, you can get the most meals made for the least possible amount of money.

Chicken Freezer Meals from Freezer Meals 101:

BBQ Shredded Chicken with Garlic Mayo on Buns – Yum! This is a delicious crock pot recipe.

Chicken and Vegetable Casserole with Crispy Onion Topping – The topping really is the star of this recipe.

Chicken Tikka Masala for the Instant Pot or slow cooker – This dish packs big flavour.

Instant Pot Butter Chicken – This East Indian inspired dish is amazing!

Lemon Garlic Chicken – a fresh tasting chicken dump recipe that can be cooked in the crock pot or oven

Apple Maple Chicken – a chicken dump recipe that can be cooked in the oven or slow cooker

Chicken and Spinach Penne Alfredo – a family friendly make ahead pasta casserole

Mahjong Chicken – deliciously easy!

Chicken Cacciatore – also an oven or slow cooker recipe served on pasta and can be gluten free

Chicken Fried Rice – This was adapted for freezer cooking from my Tante Gisele’s “famous” recipe.

Crockpot Chicken Freezer Meal Recipes:

Slow Cooker Pineapple Chicken from Crystal & Co.

Cashew Chicken Recipe from Eating on a Dime

Freezer to Crock Pot Chicken Taco Soup from The Chaos and The Clutter

Better Than it Sounds Prune and Olive Chicken from The Chaos and The Clutter

Chicken Dump Recipes – includes recipes for:

Chicken Hurry
Caribbean Chicken
Lemon and Garlic Chicken
Sticky Chicken
Cantonese Chicken

More Chicken Dump Recipes – includes these recipes:

Teriyaki Chicken
Lemon Mustard Chicken
French Canadian Chicken
Pepper Lime Chicken
Cindy’s Chicken

Honey Sesame Chicken from Fabulessly Frugal

Lemon Garlic Chicken from Gwen’s Nest

Black Pepper Chicken on The Magical Slow Cooker

Teriyaki Chicken from Thriving Home

For the fastest way to make chicken freezer meals, check out our Chicken Dump Recipes Cookbook. Recipes, shopping lists, printable labels, and plans designed for you to be able to make 10 meals in less than an hour!

Other Chicken Freezer Meals:

Baked Brown Sugar Garlic Chicken from Make Ahead Meals Mom

Chicken and Veggie Freezer Packs from Gimme Delicious

Cilantro Lime Chicken Freezer Meal on A Few Shortcuts

Orange Chicken on Fabulessly Frugal

Chicken and Green Chili Freezer Meal at Joyful Momma’s Kitchen

The only question left is “which ones you’re going to make to fill your freezer?”

Happy cooking!

One Month of Freezer Meals No Repeats

By Sharla

This list of one month of freezer meals provides everything you could want. It gives variety in terms of proteins, cooking methods and tastes. The recipes include meals for the crock pot, the Instant Pot, the skillet and the oven.

The reason I like to make-ahead meals with different cooking methods is that I can then choose which freezer meal to pull out in the morning based on what our day will look like. If we will be out all day, then putting something in the slow cooker may be the best option, whereas if one of the kids has a sports event that evening, we can use a skillet recipe that will be ready to eat in 20 minutes or less.

If you’re new to freezer cooking, you’ll want to read this ESSENTIAL START UP GUIDE. Once you’ve got the basics down, dig in and get started!

These easy freezer meals make meal prep simple.

Of course, I would suggest that you actually double each of these recipes so that you can get two month’s worth of meals in your freezer instead of one month.

I can’t even describe the feeling of standing back and admiring your full freezer, of knowing that you won’t have to think about supper again for at least a month! It’s one of my favourite things. After I finish a freezer meal marathon, I sneak over and open my freezer to take a peek for days. It always puts a smile on my face.

In my Freezer Meals 101 group on Facebook, one of the topics that comes up the most often is about choosing the recipes for freezer meals. People often find it overwhelming to choose recipes and make shopping lists, particularly when they are first starting.

With that in mind, I wanted to provide you with a month’s worth of freezer meals to take the guesswork out of preparing. I’ve included links to each one of the 30 recipes as well as a printable shopping list.

The shopping list includes everything you need to make one of each of the recipes. Remember to double the quantities on the shopping list if you are going to be doubling the recipes to end up with 60 meals.