Freezer Skillet Meals

Shrimp Stir Fry Pack for the Freezer

You’ll be so glad you have some of these shrimp stir fry freezer packs on hand for busy weeknights. Just pull one out and heat in a skillet for 8-10 minutes and dinner is served! These are so easy to make and fast to cook. These freezer meal bags make great gifts for expectant moms or those who are suffering an illness or moving.

It is just as fast to whip up two or four of these stir fry packs as it is to make one so I suggest that while you have the ingredients out, you make multiples. You can also experiment with adding different vegetables and find your favourite combination.

This dish is flavourful and colourful. The sauce is inspired by Asian influences and ingredients.

Shrimp Stir Fry Freezer Pack Recipe:

1 1/2 lbs. medium or large shrimp, peeled and deveined
1/2 cup zucchini, diced
1/2 cup sugar snap peas
3/4 cup carrots, peeled and sliced
1/4 cup onion, diced
1/4 cup frozen peas
14 oz. can baby corn, drained
3 Tbsp. soy sauce
2 Tbsp. oyster sauce
2 Tbsp. orange juice
1 Tbsp. rice wine vinegar
1 Tbsp. brown sugar
1 Tbsp. freshly grated ginger
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp. sesame oil
1 tsp. red pepper flakes (optional)

Place the shrimp, zucchini, carrots, onions, snap peas, peas, and baby corn in a large resealable bag. In a medium bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, oyster sauce, orange juice, rice wine vinegar, brown sugar, ginger, minced garlic, sesame oil, and pepper flakes. Pour the sauce into the bag with the shrimp and vegetables.

I use frozen shrimp that is already peeled and deveined. We rinse the shrimp under cold water in the sink to separate the shrimp and wash them. We do this quickly so that they don’t thaw before we get the shrimp stir fry packs into the freezer.

On the day of cooking, take the stir fry freezer bag out to thaw. Heat 1 Tbsp. olive oil in a skillet on the stovetop over medium-high heat. Add the bag of shrimp and veggies to the pan and stir fry for 8-10 minutes until the shrimp is pink and the vegetables are tender.

You can garnish with sliced green onions or cilantro. If you like things spicy, you can also stir in a bit of Sriracha sauce towards the end of cooking. Serve over rice.

Check out these other freezer skillet meals:

Seafood Curry Pasta

Garlic Butter Shrimp

Garlic Butter Shrimp Freezer Meal

By Sharla

This Garlic Butter Shrimp freezer meal is a delicious easy recipe. The flavours are dynamite! This is my daughter Eliana’s favourite lunch dish ever.

This recipe is so versatile. I love it served over pasta with some spicy red chili flakes and grated Parmesan cheese sprinkled over top, but you can also eat it in a rice bowl or on a salad if you prefer.

I got this recipe from my friend Corrine. She had found it in a magazine and discovered that it froze well. The initial recipe had a lot of steps to it and we try to keep our freezer meals as simple to put together as possible, so we experimented and adapted and came up with this recipe. It still has the same great taste as the original, but there are much fewer steps involved in getting it ready.

For this recipe, you really want to use real butter and fresh garlic. You can save time by using jarred minced garlic, but trust me, it is worth the few extra minutes to use the fresh ingredients for this one!

Garlic Butter Shrimp Recipe:

1 lb. medium shrimp, deveined and tails removed
6-8 garlic cloves, minced
1⁄4 cup butter
1 Tbsp. olive oil
1 Tbsp. Italian seasoning
Dash of red pepper flakes
Salt and pepper

Using a fork or an electric beater, blend the butter, garlic, olive oil, and spices until they are thoroughly mixed. Add with shrimp into a large resealable freezer bag. Seal, lay flat and freeze.

*Note – If you use frozen uncooked shrimp, it often has the tail on. Prepare your butter mixture first, then you can remove the tails of the shrimp without them thawing by de-tailing them under cool running water and doing it quickly so that you can get it back in the freezer right away. This also helps clean the shrimp for cooking.

On the cooking day, take the bag out of the freezer and thaw. Sauté shrimp and butter sauce for 6-7 minutes over medium heat just until they turn pink. If you want to turn this into garlic butter shrimp pasta, cook 8-12 oz. of the pasta of your choice and drain, saving 1 cup of the starchy pasta water. Add the shrimp with butter sauce to the pasta. Add some or all of the reserved pasta water. Toss the ingredients together and serve.

You can throw on a bit of parsley if you like. Personally, I like to add red chili flakes and grated Parmesan or asiago cheese on mine.

You can find this garlic butter shrimp recipe along with other quick and easy meals in our Dinner in 20 Freezer Meal Plan. It includes recipes, prep lists, shopping lists, and printable labels making it easy to get dinner on the table on those busy weeknights. Here are some other fast weeknight recipes for you to try:

Best Ever Freezer Spaghetti Sauce

Lemon Garlic Chicken Dump Recipe

The Best Freezer Skillet Meals

By Sharla

The nice thing about having a freezer meal that can be prepared in a skillet is that in 20 minutes or less, supper can be on the table. These meals are perfect for busy days when you need to get out the door to get one of your kids to soccer or gymnastic or piano practise. I’ve compiled a list of delicious freezer skillet meals.

Whether you’re looking for a skillet pasta, a stir fry or something with ground beef, sausage, seafood, or chicken, I’ve got you covered! These super easy meals are all freezer friendly.

Meal prep doesn’t get more simple than dumping the made-ahead meal from a freezer bag into a skillet. Personally, I also love that one pan equals less mess. I’m always a fan of having to do less dishes!

Of course, as with all freezer meals, it’s easier and less expensive per meal to double the recipes and make two of each (or quadruple them and make four of each to save even more time and money). This ensures that you have more meals made ahead and make the best use of your time.

Why choose freezer skillet meals?

one pan to clean
variety of ingredients and textures
quick to cook (supper on the table in 20 minutes or less)
perfect for busy weeknights

The Best Freezer Skillet Meals:

Ground Beef Stroganoff Freezer Meal from here on Freezer Meals 101

Seafood Curry Pasta from here on Freezer Meals 101

Make Ahead Beef Fajitas from right here on Freezer Meals 101

Sausage and Peppers from here on Freezer Meals 101

Our delicious Garlic Butter Shrimp

Sloppy Joes at The Chaos and The Clutter (gluten free instructions available)

Easiest Mongolian Beef on Savory Tooth (doesn’t that look delicious?!)

Cheesy Beef Taco Skillet from Low Carb Yum

Garlic Chicken Pasta from Happy Money Saver

Bourbon Chicken Skillet Freezer Meal on Smart Money Mom

Garlic Pork Stir Fry from Fabulessly Frugal

Chicken and Broccoli Pasta Skillet from Frugal Coupon Living

These skillet meals will have you so thankful you stocked your freezer ahead of time. Dinner is served!

Ground Beef Stroganoff Freezer Meal

By Sharla

Beef Stroganoff is a comfort food in our family. It’s one of the first meals I learned to make after I got married. My husband and I both had moms who cooked this when we were growing up, but they made it very differently. My original version was a blend of their recipes and from that, I later created this ground beef stroganoff freezer meal recipe.

Our family loves this version of beef stroganoff. It’s a quick and easy meal to assemble and has that great hearty comforting taste.

I find it easiest when making freezer meals that call for ground beef to brown it in large batches ahead of time and then make many recipes all at once. This allows me to use time efficiently and get a lot done at once.

As with most freezer meals, it’s just as quick and easy once you’ve browned the beef and chopped the onions for this to make four of these recipes at once than it is to make one. When you open your freezer and see four meals made, you will feel so accomplished and glad that you quadrupled this recipe!

I want to mention something about the mushrooms in this recipe. You can substitute a can of mushrooms for the fresh mushrooms, particularly if you’re making this as a freezer meal, but please don’t. Fresh mushrooms taste so much better in this recipe than canned does. Trust me on this!

Ground Beef Stroganoff Recipe:

1 lb. ground beef, browned
1/2 cup onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 cup mushrooms, sliced
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
10 oz. can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 tsp. parsley
dash pepper

To assemble this meal, add the ground beef to a large resealable bag. Add all the other ingredients to the bag and squish them around to combine. Remove excess air and seal. Lay flat and freeze.

On the day of cooking, thaw and then cook in the slow cooker on low for 2-5 hours. If you prefer, you can instead heat the beef stroganoff in a skillet on medium until heated through. Before serving, stir in another 1/4 cup of sour cream. This adds a bit of zip and freshness and livens the recipe up.

This Ground Beef Stroganoff recipe is included in our Family Favourites Freezer Meal Plan along with other recipes, printable shopping lists, prep lists, and printable labels.

Ground Beef Stroganoff Freezer Meal

As with most freezer meals, it's just as quick and easy once you've browned the beef and chopped the onions for this to make four of these recipes at once than it is to make one. When you open your freezer and see four meals made, you will feel so accomplished and glad that you quadrupled this recipe!

Ingredients

1 lb. ground beef browned
1/2 cup onion chopped
2 garlic cloves minced
1/4 cup mushrooms sliced
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
10 oz. can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 tsp. parsley
dash pepper

Instructions

To assemble this meal, add the ground beef to a large resealable bag.
Add all the other ingredients to the bag and squish them around to combine.
Remove excess air and seal.
Lay flat and freeze.
On the day of cooking, thaw and then cook in the slow cooker on low for 2-5 hours. If you prefer, you can instead heat the beef stroganoff in a skillet on medium until heated through.
Before serving, stir in another 1/4 cup of sour cream. This adds a bit of zip and freshness and livens the recipe up.

Recipe Notes

I want to mention something about the mushrooms in this recipe. You can substitute a can of mushrooms for the fresh mushrooms, particularly if you're making this as a freezer meal, but please don't. Fresh mushrooms taste so much better in this recipe than canned does. Trust me on this!

Whenever I make this, I cook up a package of egg noodles and stir the stroganoff through the drained noodles. If I'm heating this in a skillet on the stovetop, I add the noodles into the skillet towards the end of cooking the mixture.

If I'm making this in the Crock Pot, I stir the cooked egg noodles right into the Crock Pot towards the end of the Beef Stroganoff cooking time.

Seafood Curry Pasta Freezer Meal

By Sharla

This seafood curry pasta recipe is one that I adapted into a freezer meal. It is so delicious. The flavours may not sound like they go together, but they create a beautiful medley.

Seafood Curry Pasta Recipe:

5 oz. (150 g) scallops
7 oz. (200 g) deveined large shrimp
1/2 onion, thinly sliced
6 mushrooms, sliced
3 Tbsp. sun dried tomatoes in oil, drained
1 1/2 tsp. curry powder
1/2 cup pineapple juice
10 oz. can cream of mushroom soup
370 mL can evaporated milk
350 g penne for day of serving

Method #1:

To begin assembling this meal, place the scallops and shrimp into a medium resealable bag and seal. It’s important to have these in a separate bag for two reasons. The first is that they require less cook time than the other ingredients and you don’t want to ruin this beautiful dish by having overcooked seafood in it. The second is because the acidity in the pineapple juice can begin to cook the seafood if it marinates together and that would be a culinary tragedy!

Place all the other ingredients except for the pasta in a large resealable bag and squish together to combine. Remove excess air and seal. Staple both bags together above the seal and freeze.

On the day of cooking, take the bag out of the freezer. Thaw. Cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain and set aside. While the pasta is cooking, heat the large bag of ingredients in a skillet over medium heat for 7 minutes. Add the seafood to the skillet and heat until cooked through. Serve over the pasta.

Method #2:

If you prefer to have less to do on the day of cooking, you can also assemble this meal in a different way. Place the scallops and shrimp in a medium resealable bag and seal. Cook the pasta to slightly under what the package directions suggest. You don’t want it to become too mushy which is why you want the pasta slightly undercooked. Drain.

Mix the pasta and the other ingredients together and add them all to a large resealable bag. Seal. Staple the two bags together above the seal and freeze.

On the day of cooking, take the bag out of the freezer. Thaw. Heat the main bag of ingredients in a large skillet over medium heat for 10-12 minutes, stirring often. Add the scallops and shrimp to the pasta in the skillet and heat until cooked through.

Personally, I like to serve mine with red pepper flakes and Parmesan cheese. This dish is chock full of flavour.

Seafood Curry Pasta Recipe

This seafood curry pasta recipe is one that I adapted into a freezer meal. It is so delicious. The flavours may not sound like they go together, but they create a beautiful medley.

Ingredients

5 oz. 150 g scallops
7 oz. 200 g deveined large shrimp
1/2 onion thinly sliced
6 mushrooms sliced
3 Tbsp. sun dried tomatoes in oil drained
1 1/2 tsp. curry powder
1/2 cup pineapple juice
10 oz. can cream of mushroom soup
370 mL can evaporated milk
350 g penne for day of serving

Instructions

Method #1:

Place the scallops and shrimp into a medium resealable bag and seal.
It's important to have these in a separate bag for two reasons.
The first is that they require less cook time than the other ingredients and you don't want to ruin this beautiful dish by having overcooked seafood in it.
The second is because the acidity in the pineapple juice can begin to cook the seafood if it marinates together and that would be a culinary tragedy!
Place all the other ingredients except for the pasta in a large resealable bag.
Squish together to combine.
Remove excess air and seal.
Staple both bags together above the seal and freeze.
On the day of cooking, take the bag out of the freezer.
Thaw.
Cook pasta according to package instructions.
Drain and set aside.
10. While the pasta is cooking, heat the large bag of ingredients in a skillet over medium heat for 7 minutes.
11. Add the seafood to the skillet and heat until cooked through.
12. Serve over the pasta.

Method #2 (shorter version):

Place the scallops and shrimp in a medium resealable bag and seal.
Cook the pasta to slightly under what the package directions suggest. You don't want it to become too mushy which is why you want the pasta slightly undercooked.
Drain.
Mix the pasta and the other ingredients together and add them all to a large resealable bag.
Seal.
Staple the two bags together above the seal and freeze.
On the day of cooking, take the bag out of the freezer.
Thaw.
Heat the main bag of ingredients in a large skillet over medium heat for 10-12 minutes, stirring often.
10. Add the scallops and shrimp to the pasta in the skillet and heat until cooked through.

Recipe Notes

Personally, I like to serve mine with red pepper flakes and Parmesan cheese. This dish is chock full of flavour.

This Seafood Curry Pasta recipe is included in our More Family Favorites Freezer Meal Plan. The plan includes some of our other favorite recipes along with shopping lists and printable labels.

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