If you’re looking for tips and tricks for make ahead meals, this one is for you!
Make Ahead Meals
When my kids were itty bitty I used to think about the future like things would somehow calm down. Ha! Now that they are a teenager, tween and elementary schooler, I daydream about what they were like as babies and how things were simpler then. Ha! (as if it were simpler …. it was NOT) Now that they have various activities and responsibilities, dinner has become increasingly harder to make consistently. We used to eat together every night at 6pm. That’s just not happening these days. In an effort to stop stressing about it, I gathered tips and tricks along with some favorite recipes for make ahead meals.
BEEF & POULTRY
- Dr Pepper Chicken
- Chicken Enchiladas
- Sweet & Sour Chicken
- Meatballs from Back at the Ranch
- Sweet & Sour Meatballs from Mel’s Kitchen Cafe
- Stromboli from Pink Pink Parsley
CASSEROLES
- Company Casserole
- Baked Macaroni & Cheese
- Mexican Casserole from Recipes to Repin
- Fajita Chicken & Rice Bake from Caitlin’s Cooking
- Quesadilla Casserole from Between 3 Sisters
- Chicken Tortilla Bake
- Sloppy Joe Enchiladas via Tablespoon
- Veggie Enchilada Casserole from Kitchen Parade
PASTA
- Turkey Tetrazzini
- Baked Spaghetti
- Stuffed Manicotti from Food For My Family
- Rustic Penne Shrimp Pasta from Everyday Occasions
Tips on how to be successful with make ahead meals:
- Easy dinners on the busiest days from the Full Plate
- 6 container meals from I Love My Classroom
- Make ahead meal staples & weekly food prep from Daily Garnish
- Top tips for make ahead meals from borealis northern life
Weekly Meal Plans:
These awesome bloggers share their meal plans every week!
Here are some products that help with make ahead meals:
Affiliate links are used below. Just keeping it honest and all that…
- Plastic Containers
- 42 piece food storage set
- Glass containers
- Tin foil
- Disposable aluminum pans
- Plastic wrap in bulk
To help you get more organized:
Post-it Note dinner planning
Check out my Over a Month’s Worth of Easy Dinner Recipes:
What a very helpful site. Full of great ideas. Thanks
Just to be clear, these are freezer meals right?
What a wonderful website! Being a mom of two little ones (3 & 1) always looking for new food to make (and my 3 year old loves to help me cook!) I like how you stay organized from week to week! Thanks so much for all the inspiration.
Great ideas for working people!
I love shopping my freezer for ready made meals! Awesome ideas!
Thank you for all the wonderful meals!!! As the mom of two very picky eaters, these are really going to come in handy!!! I look forward to more posts from you.
Thank you for compiling the recipes and links to other meal plans. I’m always looking for ways to reduce the stress in my household.
We haven’t been able to buy tin foil since WWII… it’s all aluminum now. (I know I’m being a nit picky jerk, but I don’t know why people born after 1960 stlll call it “tin foil”…it cracks me up)
Anyway, thank you for the recipes, as usual you ideas are totally awesome! :-)
I have been searching for some ideas for this! Thank you so much for pulling it all together and sharing it!!! Can’t wait to try the Chicken Enchiladas!!
Honored to be included in this round up– Will follow you on G+!
Thanks!
This is awesome!!!
So much great stuff! Thanks!
SO awesome! Love this… Pinning :)
This is one awesome post!!!! Thanks