I am excited to be starting Week Two of the Six Week Freezer Challenge. Last week I was able to freeze four meals, three pans of Chicken Tetrazzini and one family size bowl of Chicken Taco Soup. This challenge is based off my previous post Stock Your Freezer the Easy Way. I am hoping to freeze enough meals during this six weeks to make the holiday season easier. This will be a quick way to feed my family during this busy time and also help us save extra money. We all know we spend way more money during this time of year!
This week I have chosen Lasagna Soup and Slow Cooker Hawaiian Chicken as the two meals I want to freeze. I have frozen both of these recipes before and they reheated wonderfully. We usually have leftovers when I fix these meals but I will make a few tweaks to make them go farther. For the soup, I will add an extra can of diced tomatoes and some extra noodles like penne or rigatoni. The kids always like the soup better when I do this anyway. For the Hawaiian Chicken, there is no need increase anything but the amount of chicken. This recipe makes plenty of sauce. I’ll just make sure I use 1.5 to 2 pounds of chicken.
Here is what our meal plan looks like this week:
- Sunday – Leftover Sheet Pan Chicken and Veggies (I accidentally chopped enough ingredients to make two pans of this on Friday!)
- Monday – Lasagna Soup
- Tuesday – Sheet Pan Shrimp Fajitas served with black beans
- Wednesday – Slow Cooker Hawaiian Chicken served with salad
- Thursday – Ground Beef Tacos
- Friday – Takeout Pizza (Movie Night!)
- Saturday – Tostadas or Rice Bowls using leftover taco meat
We usually do leftovers on Wednesdays but I realized we may not have any since I’ll be freezing the soup. That is the main reason I chose the Slow Cooker Hawaiian Chicken. It will be even easier than having leftovers since I can steam a bag of rice in about five minutes.
If you have any good freezer recipes, please share them in the comments or join my new Facebook Group. I love sharing recipes there. Have a great week! 🙂
I am so excited about this challenge – freezer meals are my favorite! I love lasagna soup, too. I haven’t made it since last winter, though. You’ve inspired me to make it this weekend once the temps cool down a little bit 🙂
I love soup anytime but especially in the winter! Lasagna soup is definitely one of our favorites!
I love spending part of a day making freezer meals. Talk about a time saver and makes dinner that much easier. Wonderful recipes you have shared.
Thanks Candy! I want to try taking an afternoon or a day to make freezer meals. That would be something I would actually enjoy!
I have always wanted to try lasagna soup, it sounds so good!
It is yummy Emily! I hope you try it!
I love freezer meals!! Your Hawaiian chicken looks great!
Thanks Laura! It is such a quick and easy recipe that is a hit with the whole family!
I just bookmarked that lasagna soup. I definitely am going to make it this weekend!
You won’t regret it Corey! It is amazing!
I love the idea of making the holiday time easier by freezing meals. I always try to plan ahead and it never works,I’ll forget the meals are in there or won’t want whats made… but maybe I will try it again!!
Give it a shot Julia! Maybe add a reminder in your calendar in a few weeks to eat your freezer meals! 🙂
That lasagna soup looks great! My husband’s favorite meal is lasagna so I think he’d probably like this soup ?
Yes, he would definitely like it! It is yummy!
These look amazing! My goal is to meal prep 2 nights per week and these recipes will work great.
That sounds like a great plan Leah! I hope you enjoy the recipes!
I love these ideas for meal inspiration! Thank you so much!
Thanks Laura! Happy to hear you were inspired!
I need to be a part of this challenge. I’ve been majorly slacking on dinner prep lately. Thank you for the great ideas!!
Jump on in! Once you get started, It will be a piece of cake!
Love these weekly freezer plans – I need to do more prepping like this
Thanks Felicia! I hope you find them helpful!
I need to get back on this kind of meal prep. I used to freezer plan a lot of our meal, but then I got lazy about doing it. Great list of recipes here. I am checking these out so I can make it. Thank you for sharing.
That is great Anna! It is easy to fall out of the routine sometimes. I know I did this summer. It feels good to be back into meal planning though!
Yum, I love to use the slow cooker and your Hawaiian chicken recipe is going to be the perfect new addition to our dinner Pinned and saved your link!
Thanks so much Lisa! I hope you enjoy it!
I need to load up my freezer as well!! Definitely want to try that lasagna soup!
You definitely should! It is yummy!
I need to start freezing meals ahead of time!
It makes the crazy dinner hour so much easier at our house! It also can save us money in the long run too!