Sorry it has been a few days, I thought I would let you think for a little while of how you would like to begin. Now to give you some ideas of what we do for freezer meals.

lasagna
enchiladas
burritos
any type of casseroles
soups
egg rolls
sauces
bbq pulled pork
sloppy joe mix
taco mix
pizza
mashed potatoes
baby food
cheese - must grate first
breakfast sandwiches
breakfast burritos
meatloaf
meatballs
hamburgers
stroganoff

This is just a few ideas of what you can do. To help you save time and money, buy meat in bulk. Cook up hamburger a couple lbs at a time with onion, then divide it out to make a couple meals of sloppy joes, a couple meals of tacos, use some to make a casserole. Get creative with your meals. Get some chicken pieces to cook and shred, then make chicken enchiladas (you can make completely to pull out and just cook or just freezer the filling and thaw to make fresh enchiladas), chicken burritos with beans and cheese, or any type of chicken casserole. One of our favorite meals is sweet pork burritos from Cafe Rio. We were able to get a knockoff recipe from a friend, so I will get a couple of pork roasts when they are on sale, put them in my crockpot with all ingredients and cook. There is always a lot left over so I will divide it out between a few 1 qt. freezer bags and freeze to use another time. Don't forget to label all of your freezer bags, otherwise you will forget what you have in the freezer and it will go bad before you use it.

If your family, like mine, goes through a lot of cheese, you know how pricey that can get. Buy cheese when it is on sale only! Cheese freezes very nicely but only when it is grated. If you can buy it for good prices already grated, that is great, just through it in your freezer. If you buy block cheese, just grate it first and put in 1 qt freezer bags to freeze.

If you made something for dinner and there is too much but not enough for another meal and you don't think you will use it with in a week, put it in your freezer to add to it later or make a new meal. For example, I made biscuits and gravy one night (we love breakfast for dinner) and I had some gravy left over. It wasn't enough to use for another meal for my family, but it was enough to make a breakfast pizza. I put it in a container and stuck it in the freezer and a couple weeks later we made breakfast pizzas.

I also will freeze sauces. We will make up a huge pot of spaghetti sauce and then divide it out and freeze in quart containers. We also have a knockoff Olive Garden alfredo that is very yummy that we make in bulk and then freeze. Another thing that is really good is to mix the two sauces together and make pink sauce, oh so good.

I hope I have given you some ideas of what to freeze. I will continue to post freezer meal recipes. So stay tuned for more.