# Recommend some freezer recipes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 2, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-freezer-recipes/470740 "2008-11-02T17:21:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Surok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Surok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surok)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-freezer-recipes/470740/1 "2008-11-02T17:21:52Z")
I just got a freezer. Because usually, when I get home, I’m not too interested in cooking. Today I made a big beef stew, a huge chilli, spinach soup and curried parsnip soup. Any other ideas for good things to cook and freeze? ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-freezer-recipes/470740/2 "2008-11-02T17:32:53Z")
Lasagnas and baked Zitis and things like that freeze and reheat pretty well. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-freezer-recipes/470740/3 "2008-11-02T17:52:04Z")
Macaroni and Cheese Burritos (single wrapped in plastic) Enchiladas Anything in a casserole dish ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-freezer-recipes/470740/4 "2008-11-02T17:55:16Z")
Spaghetti, meatballs work well in the freezer. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-freezer-recipes/470740/5 "2008-11-02T17:58:46Z")
Oh, I freeze all sorts of things, some cooked and some partway through the cooking process. At the moment, my freezer has an uncooked [meatloaf](http://www.recipezaar.com/207165)(with the sauce in a ziptop bag wrapped with it in several layers of foil) My girl’s gluten intolerant, so I substituted crushed corn based cereal and garlic powder for the garlic croutons. Worked out fine. a few [Dump](http://www.recipezaar.com/102572) [Chicken](http://www.recipezaar.com/166085)recipes, uncooked (Dump Chicken is chicken parts and seasonings and sauce ingredients that you “dump” into a Crock Pot, oven dish or bag for storage. When chicken parts are on sale, I just line up freezer bags and make a bunch of dinners at once) some [Boursin Stuffed Bacon Wrapped Chicken Breasts](http://www.recipezaar.com/214740), uncooked, one pan of [Polenta Lasagne With Feta and Kale](http://www.recipezaar.com/264890), assembled but not baked three quart sized bags (1 dinner each) of [taco](http://www.recipezaar.com/256141)meat, fully cooked, a bag of lentil curry, fully cooked, a batch of Burgundy Sauced Meat Balls, fully cooked, two bags of [Masala Chicken](http://www.recipezaar.com/264890), fully cooked, three bags of plain white rice, fully cooked, three bags of this awesome rice pilaf I made with dried cranberries, apricots, cherries and “dried berries” (it was a clean-out-the-pantry dish) pecans, sunflower seeds, onions and white, brown and wild rices cooked in real chicken stock. It’s OMG good, but it took the better part of 2 hours to make, so I made a quadruple batch and froze most of it in 4 serving bags. I haven’t quite gotten up to Once A Month Cooking, but I’m discovering it’s usually not much more work to make a double or triple batch of something when I do cook, and then I’ve got one or two frozen meals for nights when I just don’t have the time or energy _or_ I want to focus on making some spectacular time consuming other dish to go with what I have frozen. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-freezer-recipes/470740/6 "2008-11-02T18:41:06Z")
Bread, either homemade or store-bought, freezes very well. Soups and stews almost always store well, particularly stocks.