Homemade TV Dinners

Not only are homemade TV dinners a fraction of the price of the store-bought versions, they are also so much healthier and tastier.

When you make the meals yourself, you know exactly what ingredients go into them and you are in charge of how much sodium or sugar goes in and you can ensure there are no preservatives. You are also in control of the seasonings and can make them customized exactly to your tastes.

These single serve freezer meals include everything you need for your full meal and are perfectly portioned for one.

They are such a lifesaver for busy seasons of life, being on the road, taking lunches to work to reheat, living on your own, or making for aging parents. Anyone from young college students to seniors will enjoy having the dinner decision already made.

In the video below, you can see step-by-step how to make these as well as tips on how to adapt the process for mobility or health issues.

How to Make Your Own Homemade TV Dinners

Use freezer tested recipes and portion into individual portions in microwave safe, dishwasher safe, freezer safe containers.

Unlike most freezer meals where you add the ingredients raw and only cook up on the day of serving, for these, you’ll want to pre-cook the ingredients.

I often use rotisserie chicken so that I can skip the step of cooking the chicken.

It’s faster to make multiple meals with the same recipe and multiple recipes with the same protein. It also saves money to use the same ingredients across many recipes.

The same goes for the side dishes that you include. Make up a batch of mashed potatoes to use across many of the dishes and a pot of rice to use in others.

It’s nice to have a variety of recipes in the freezer to choose from.

Curried Ground Beef

Curried Ground Beef with rice makes a great homemade TV dinner for the freezer because it includes vegetables and is a complete meal. Simply heat in the microwave.

Lazy Chicken Parmesan

Lazy Chicken Parmesan makes a great individual dinner that is just a quick reheat in the microwave. Soooo delicious!

Meatloaf Muffins

Easily make your own TV dinners with meatloaf muffins, mashed potatoes, and your choice of frozen veggies.

If you’re looking for recipes that are guaranteed to be freezer friendly, join the Freezer Meals 101 Club, the system that takes all the guesswork out of freezer cooking. Stacking your freezer with healthy TV dinners is absolutely doable!

Use the keyword filter in the Club and type in the word “precooked” to populate the recipes that work especially well for these type of individual meals.

Madras Curry Chicken

Madras Curry Chicken with rice and frozen broccoli is an easy make ahead meal that is perfect for individual servings because the chicken is already cooked.

Buffalo Chicken Pasta

If you like a bit of kick with your comfort food, try this Buffalo Chicken Pasta. Perfect for an easy make ahead microwave meal.

Korean Ground Beef

For an easy make ahead meal, add this Korean Ground Beef to freezer-safe, dishwasher-safe, microwave-safe containers with rice and frozen peas.

Egg Roll in a Bowl

Egg Roll in a Bowl is a wonderful freezer meal for one. It heats quickly and is packed with flavor.

Mexican Marinated Chicken

In order to make Mexican Marinated Chicken into a TV dinner, mix cooked cubed chicken with the other ingredients in a bowl and create a burrito bowl by adding black beans, rice, and red pepper.

Hamburger Pasta Casserole

Top each of your individually portioned Hamburger Pasta Casserole with cheese so that when you cook them up, the cheese will end up in melty goodness.

Kahlua Pork

To make Kahlua Pork into single portion meals, add your boneless pork roast to the slow cooker with 1 Tbsp. sea salt and 1 Tbsp. of liquid smoke and cook on low for 8 hours and shred before adding into your containers.

Korean Meatballs

Making single serve meals using precooked frozen meatballs is super easy. These Korean Meatballs can be paired with rice or mashed potatoes and your choice of vegetables for a delicious dinner.