I wished I could give you 10 stars for these recipes. I bought some divider containers months ago and forgot where I had seen the recipes to fill them. These are perfect. Nearly everyone has frozen dinner but usually they are all chicken and my husband does not eat chicken. I can use pork chops for the chicken in these recipes for him and the chicken for me.
I thought meal prepping was for "health nuts" for the longest time. No, it really isn't. I live alone, and I have chronic migraines. When I do feel well, I enjoy cooking; however, I was always concerned about wasting leftovers. Also, I don't eat much during a migraine due to the nausea, but I will feel really hungry after. The problem was that I didn't have the energy to cook something other than the most simple thing. Now, I make more meals at one time and freeze them when I do feel well, and I have something better to eat than an over-processed microwave dinner once I get over a migraine. I found my containers at Walmart for less than $1 each, so you really can do this--even on a fixed income, like me. If you're not dealing with illness, but you know someone who is...this solves so many issues for them and is so much better and healthier, and it tastes better, too! LOL! Give it a try. You're already cooking, so you just make a few more servings at one time. If you do this one or two times/week, then you save yourself time and energy later when you don't feel as well.
Whoa! TV dinners are a great idea my husband and I only have our 8 year old (perfect surprise baby) left at home with us. The other four are all adults and have moved on. We run a business, homestead and kate just started softball so we still get busy. Love this! Edited to say: if you don’t have a microwave like me, I checked Amazon and they have glass compartment storage containers that are freezer and oven safe you can go right from the freezer directly into the oven. No problem.
Thank you for this. I hardly ever see meals for one on TH-cam etc, so this makes a change. Not everyone has a family to eat with, or eat the same things that others do, so these are really handy. My favourite is the meatloaf one. It looks lovely.
This may seem like a silly question but the mashed potatoes do you boil them and mash them and when you freeze them put a little butter on top or do you mash them with milk and butter before freezing them.
Thank you Kimmy for this videos and all the videos. I’m a single woman with no kids but I love cooking for myself(sometimes my roommate) and saving money by not eating out all the time. I often come to your videos for freezer meal ideas and I enjoy them all, thank you so much for sharing!
I complelty forgot about tv dinners. This video was fantastic, the recipes look amazing, def gonna save this and try them out. Thank you so much for sharing. Cant wait to see your family meatloaf recipe.
Hi Kimmy, I watched this video when it first came out and I meant to leave you a comment about your mustard situation. I always keep Keen's Dry Mustard on hand. It's a powder that I use for some recipes that call for dry mustard and I also add it to my cheese sauces too. It's always great to have something like that tucked into the cupboard for times when you've run out of regular mustard. I always keep the French's Mustard on hand but you just never know when you'll run out or think you have one in the pantry...Hope that helps! By the way, I use "Ina Garten's Best Meatloaf" recipe. She bakes hers in the oven on low and uses a pan of water underneath which is what I used to do. So a I used to use the broiler pan and the drippings would fall into the water below. The Meatloaf would stay up out of the grease. Loved it BUT now I always make Meat Loaf in the slow cooker. My biggest is a 6 quart oblong slow cooker and I line it with foil and then I have two round racks from my pressure cookers that I intertwine and lay on top of the foil and then I make an aluminum foil "sling" that sits on top of the racks for support of the actual meatloaf. This allows the fatty stuff to fall off of the sides of the meatloaf so that it's suspended up off of the bottom and not sitting in grease (I use Lean ground beef but you still get some fatty juices even with Lean beef) It's fabulous. I mostly follow her recipe for ingredients but I adjust the amounts because I don't think anyone follows a recipe like that to a T...I tend to add more seasoning amounts (salt, pepper, garlic, Worcestershire sauce etc..) than what is called for because if something is under seasoned it doesn't taste good to me. I use a lot of the W sauce. Anyhow, please try Ina's recipe if you haven't already....
Breakfast biscuits are great to have frozen too. Aldi has small round 8 sausages that I cut into two pieces, cheese slices, eggs, and 2 frozen canned biscuits. Bake these ahead, cool, put together, wrap in wax paper, and put in ziploc baggies. So good. Made these 16 biscuits for around $12 and if they were purchased in a box at Aldi it would be around $20.
This is such a great idea! I leave for work at 8:00 am and get home at 6:00 pm. I try to have something in the crockpot or have an idea for a quick but healthy supper for my family. The tv dinners would be a life saver on days that I have to work over or on days that I don't feel like cooking, which is most days lol Thank you for such a great inspiration! Have a great week! God bless you!
We are just two so always put our leftovers from standard recipes for more in those great trays and freeze. My husband’s mom used to do this in margarine tubs! Always a tasty meal on hand whenever you are in a crunch.
When mynhubbyband I were both working and needed our own lunches, I did this every weekend. I'd often make 3x the amount I needed, then portion leftovers as meals for the next few weeks.
this is a fabulous idea, always cooked from scratch, but now there is only the two of us, these will be a game changer to me, if one wants chicken and rice, and the other beef and veg, both meals ready in about 10 mins microwave time thank you xx
What a great idea! I have 2 and 3 compartment containers so this would be easy to do! I will be doing this in the next few weeks. It would be great to have these when my garden comes in and I have been canning all day. Many thanks!
I am only cooking for myself. Thank you, thank you, thank you for this video! I search for videos like this all the time! Also, try salsa on your meatloaf sometime. It is fantastic!
🦘🇦🇺 Hi Kimmy...its 11:58AM Wednesday here in Oz. I try to make a stack of 'tv dinners' each month. Roasted root vegs/steamed corn peas etc plus a roast meat. May's meat selection is the spare Turkey from Christmas. I also do single portions of Tuna Mornay/Lasagna & shepherds pie. Bolognaise. Plus meal balls or muffins. Gotta love those 6 hole muffin pans. *I'm on assignment to promote 72 Hour packs so I am re-watching your 12 month storage playlist. And making notes. ✅ We are heading into Winter while you are looking forward to summer. Always watching Always learning...❤️🤍💙
I work from home while my husband works in a small business and takes his lunch every day. I struggle with lunch ideas for both our diets. These are great ideas and I just need to get some glass freezer containers so I can make these batches!
That’s it, meal prep “tv dinners”, but for lunches for myself and my bubs. Thank you very much. I find myself eating crap when I’m just overwhelmed and don’t have 5 minutes to make something healthier up for lunch. Bubs eats great healthy food and so do my young sons (but they are at school), even my husband eats well when he goes to work, but I don’t. These ideas will help me out so much. Thank you as always for a great video. 🥰 Hello from South Australia. 💕
I found a meatloaf recipe from Kraft. It's called Honey-BBQ Meatloaf with a Kick. I do exctly what you do with measurements ~ I eyeball. It calls for amounts of certain ingredients & I just put more of what I know we like. I also have a crock pot salsa chicken we have with mexican/spanish rice & slow cooker bacon ranch chicken with pasta. Mmmmm ❤ my husband takes those containers you have for leftovers to work. The ones we have are not sectioned.
I like these ideas, not that I didn't know but good reminders, I work during the week so maybe I can do one of the recipes on a weekend but it will yield several servings.
I like this idea. I’ve done the frozen casseroles but we don’t always eat it for too long. If in a meal it would go quicker. Never knew you could do mashed potatoes like you did and froze them. Maybe sweet potatoes mashed would be good too
Great video! My wife & I tried making the meatloaf recipe and it was terrific! We did have one problem - we used homemade mashed potatoes. Although they were great going into the freezer, when they thawed they were very runny. We had to add some instant potato flakes to thicken them back up. Any ideas how to prevent this in the future? (We did add mike to the potatoes when we mashed them; I thought that might be the problem?)
Woah can you tell us more about freezing mashed potato?? Those portions are genius!!!! My frozen mashed potatoes always have a weird texture, theyre no longer smooth they’re like, flakey and dry.
Bear with me, I am new to this. Can I freeze leftovers in these containers then microwave them? Do I need to defrost it before microwaving them if they are frozen? It is really hard to cook for one or two people without leftovers and this way I could freeze the leftovers and portion out the meals.
Will make some after we get our 1/4 cow in June. Wanna use up what we have before we start fresh ❤ I would only eat half of that meatloaf. That’s too thick for me.
All these meals you Prep ahead have you ever had any to get freezer? Burn??? I just told my daughter that yours looks yummy delicious we haven’t had meatloaf in a while..
I sww this video has released so i wekt out to get containers. Apparently i should have started the video because i got the ziplock one 😂 either way im excited ro make some of these tomorrow!
How do you reheat? How long??
It all looks SO GOOD! Now I want a meat loaf sandwich.
I wished I could give you 10 stars for these recipes. I bought some divider containers months ago and forgot where I had seen the recipes to fill them. These are perfect. Nearly everyone has frozen dinner but usually they are all chicken and my husband does not eat chicken. I can use pork chops for the chicken in these recipes for him and the chicken for me.
The glaze is always the best part of the meatloaf!
I love your channel. It inspired me to make freezer meals for myself so my schedule doesn't feel so hectic.
Great video! I love this idea. There are times my husband and I want a different meal. This would solve that. Thank you!
How long do meals like these last in the freezer without getting freezer burn. I really need to make some of these.
I thought meal prepping was for "health nuts" for the longest time. No, it really isn't. I live alone, and I have chronic migraines. When I do feel well, I enjoy cooking; however, I was always concerned about wasting leftovers. Also, I don't eat much during a migraine due to the nausea, but I will feel really hungry after. The problem was that I didn't have the energy to cook something other than the most simple thing. Now, I make more meals at one time and freeze them when I do feel well, and I have something better to eat than an over-processed microwave dinner once I get over a migraine.
I found my containers at Walmart for less than $1 each, so you really can do this--even on a fixed income, like me. If you're not dealing with illness, but you know someone who is...this solves so many issues for them and is so much better and healthier, and it tastes better, too! LOL! Give it a try. You're already cooking, so you just make a few more servings at one time. If you do this one or two times/week, then you save yourself time and energy later when you don't feel as well.
Whoa! TV dinners are a great idea my husband and I only have our 8 year old (perfect surprise baby) left at home with us. The other four are all adults and have moved on. We run a business, homestead and kate just started softball so we still get busy. Love this!
Edited to say: if you don’t have a microwave like me, I checked Amazon and they have glass compartment storage containers that are freezer and oven safe you can go right from the freezer directly into the oven. No problem.
Thank you for this. I hardly ever see meals for one on TH-cam etc, so this makes a change.
Not everyone has a family to eat with, or eat the same things that others do, so these are really handy.
My favourite is the meatloaf one. It looks lovely.
This may seem like a silly question but the mashed potatoes do you boil them and mash them and when you freeze them put a little butter on top or do you mash them with milk and butter before freezing them.
Thank you Kimmy for this videos and all the videos. I’m a single woman with no kids but I love cooking for myself(sometimes my roommate) and saving money by not eating out all the time. I often come to your videos for freezer meal ideas and I enjoy them all, thank you so much for sharing!
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I complelty forgot about tv dinners. This video was fantastic, the recipes look amazing, def gonna save this and try them out. Thank you so much for sharing. Cant wait to see your family meatloaf recipe.
Hi Kimmy,
I watched this video when it first came out and I meant to leave you a comment about your mustard situation.
I always keep Keen's Dry Mustard on hand. It's a powder that I use for some recipes that call for dry mustard and I also add it to my cheese sauces too. It's always great to have something like that tucked into the cupboard for times when you've run out of regular mustard. I always keep the French's Mustard on hand but you just never know when you'll run out or think you have one in the pantry...Hope that helps!
By the way, I use "Ina Garten's Best Meatloaf" recipe. She bakes hers in the oven on low and uses a pan of water underneath which is what I used to do. So a I used to use the broiler pan and the drippings would fall into the water below. The Meatloaf would stay up out of the grease. Loved it BUT now I always make Meat Loaf in the slow cooker.
My biggest is a 6 quart oblong slow cooker and I line it with foil and then I have two round racks from my pressure cookers that I intertwine and lay on top of the foil and then I make an aluminum foil "sling" that sits on top of the racks for support of the actual meatloaf. This allows the fatty stuff to fall off of the sides of the meatloaf so that it's suspended up off of the bottom and not sitting in grease (I use Lean ground beef but you still get some fatty juices even with Lean beef) It's fabulous.
I mostly follow her recipe for ingredients but I adjust the amounts because I don't think anyone follows a recipe like that to a T...I tend to add more seasoning amounts (salt, pepper, garlic, Worcestershire sauce etc..) than what is called for because if something is under seasoned it doesn't taste good to me. I use a lot of the W sauce. Anyhow, please try Ina's recipe if you haven't already....
I love to watch your TV Dinners. I don't eat chicken or roast but the meatloaf is delicious. Thank you for sharing
Breakfast biscuits are great to have frozen too. Aldi has small round 8 sausages that I cut into two pieces, cheese slices, eggs, and 2 frozen canned biscuits. Bake these ahead, cool, put together, wrap in wax paper, and put in ziploc baggies. So good. Made these 16 biscuits for around $12 and if they were purchased in a box at Aldi it would be around $20.
This is such a great idea! I leave for work at 8:00 am and get home at 6:00 pm. I try to have something in the crockpot or have an idea for a quick but healthy supper for my family. The tv dinners would be a life saver on days that I have to work over or on days that I don't feel like cooking, which is most days lol Thank you for such a great inspiration! Have a great week! God bless you!
We are just two so always put our leftovers from standard recipes for more in those great trays and freeze. My husband’s mom used to do this in margarine tubs! Always a tasty meal on hand whenever you are in a crunch.
we have a great meatloaf recipe with quickoats as well but also with cheese in it. helps with keeping moisture also. love meatloaf.
When mynhubbyband I were both working and needed our own lunches, I did this every weekend. I'd often make 3x the amount I needed, then portion leftovers as meals for the next few weeks.
This is a genius idea. I love it!
Thank you! 😊
I know it's not in this video, but I made your cheesy tortellini soup for my family. And it was amazing. We all loved it. 😊❤️
I need to make some of these for my grown son who is single. He would love them! 😋
this is a fabulous idea, always cooked from scratch, but now there is only the two of us, these will be a game changer to me, if one wants chicken and rice, and the other beef and veg, both meals ready in about 10 mins microwave time thank you xx
I love making homemade tv dinners! Vegan meatloaf and Salisbury steak dinners are our favorites ❤
What a great idea! I have 2 and 3 compartment containers so this would be easy to do! I will be doing this in the next few weeks. It would be great to have these when my garden comes in and I have been canning all day. Many thanks!
I am only cooking for myself. Thank you, thank you, thank you for this video! I search for videos like this all the time! Also, try salsa on your meatloaf sometime. It is fantastic!
🦘🇦🇺 Hi Kimmy...its 11:58AM Wednesday here in Oz. I try to make a stack of 'tv dinners' each month. Roasted root vegs/steamed corn peas etc plus a roast meat. May's meat selection is the spare Turkey from Christmas. I also do single portions of Tuna Mornay/Lasagna & shepherds pie. Bolognaise. Plus meal balls or muffins. Gotta love those 6 hole muffin pans.
*I'm on assignment to promote 72 Hour packs so I am re-watching your 12 month storage playlist. And making notes. ✅
We are heading into Winter while you are looking forward to summer. Always watching Always learning...❤️🤍💙
I work from home while my husband works in a small business and takes his lunch every day. I struggle with lunch ideas for both our diets. These are great ideas and I just need to get some glass freezer containers so I can make these batches!
Loved these ideas. Thank you ❤
That’s it, meal prep “tv dinners”, but for lunches for myself and my bubs.
Thank you very much. I find myself eating crap when I’m just overwhelmed and don’t have 5 minutes to make something healthier up for lunch.
Bubs eats great healthy food and so do my young sons (but they are at school), even my husband eats well when he goes to work, but I don’t.
These ideas will help me out so much.
Thank you as always for a great video. 🥰
Hello from South Australia. 💕
I just this idea of making meals into tv dinners and will definitely try them .. thank you kimmy ❤
Love the channel i make my freezer meals so we have meals ready on hand. xxx
Great video! We have a camper on a seasonal campsite. These would be great in the freezer there.
Those were good recipes. Absolutely delicious looking. Thanks for sharing.
Love 💕 and Hugs. 💙💙💙
Thanks for the great idea. Empty nesters so Im going to try doing this.
Great idea! Better than take out.
I found a meatloaf recipe from Kraft. It's called Honey-BBQ Meatloaf with a Kick. I do exctly what you do with measurements ~ I eyeball. It calls for amounts of certain ingredients & I just put more of what I know we like. I also have a crock pot salsa chicken we have with mexican/spanish rice & slow cooker bacon ranch chicken with pasta. Mmmmm ❤ my husband takes those containers you have for leftovers to work. The ones we have are not sectioned.
Great ideas, i shall do this!
Hi Kimmy! Ohhhh, these look so delicious. Excellent job 👍🏻. 😁🕊️
That chicken looks so good!
Love these ideas!
Oh my gosh. I love this idea. Thank you so much for this video. 😊 I had just printed out the recipes as well.
Absolutely loved this video! Perfect idea, I think I will work on this over the weekend!
Where have you been all my life! 😆Just kidding. This is a great idea. I'm heading to amazon for the containers.
I am meal prepping today.
Fun! What are you preparing?
I like these ideas, not that I didn't know but good reminders, I work during the week so maybe I can do one of the recipes on a weekend but it will yield several servings.
I like this idea. I’ve done the frozen casseroles but we don’t always eat it for too long. If in a meal it would go quicker. Never knew you could do mashed potatoes like you did and froze them. Maybe sweet potatoes mashed would be good too
Great video! My wife & I tried making the meatloaf recipe and it was terrific! We did have one problem - we used homemade mashed potatoes. Although they were great going into the freezer, when they thawed they were very runny. We had to add some instant potato flakes to thicken them back up. Any ideas how to prevent this in the future? (We did add mike to the potatoes when we mashed them; I thought that might be the problem?)
Love your videos.
Woah can you tell us more about freezing mashed potato?? Those portions are genius!!!! My frozen mashed potatoes always have a weird texture, theyre no longer smooth they’re like, flakey and dry.
Use butter, sour cream and when you reheat add a tiny bit of milk
Love this video Kimmy, Thank you
Looks really great!
I make these each time I cook I pull a few servings before I serve dinner.
Another trick is not use the plastic covers but put the divided food plate in the vacuum sealer, helps food last longer
Kimmie, Tarragon herb added to chicken dish is great
I really appreciate these tips!
Great idea! Thanks for sharing!
They are amazing recipes.i never had diced tomatoes in meat loaf .i am going to make your recipes thanks kimmy
5:10 can you use mustard powder if that’s all I have on hand?
Thanks again for the video.
Great video ❤
Glad you liked it!!
Loved this video!
How long do you store you tv dinner style meals for? (Worried about frost bite but love this grab and go idea especially when baby 3 arrives!)
Bear with me, I am new to this. Can I freeze leftovers in these containers then microwave them? Do I need to defrost it before microwaving them if they are frozen? It is really hard to cook for one or two people without leftovers and this way I could freeze the leftovers and portion out the meals.
How long can you freeze them for in these containers? Do they get freezer burn?
great idea !
AWESOME ❤❤❤❤
Will make some after we get our 1/4 cow in June. Wanna use up what we have before we start fresh ❤ I would only eat half of that meatloaf. That’s too thick for me.
What great ideas💕
Glad you like them!
All these meals you Prep ahead have you ever had any to get freezer? Burn??? I just told my daughter that yours looks yummy delicious we haven’t had meatloaf in a while..
I sww this video has released so i wekt out to get containers. Apparently i should have started the video because i got the ziplock one 😂 either way im excited ro make some of these tomorrow!
That chicken looked fantastic, but the sauce ingredients sounded pretty potent -- was it, or did it balance well?
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My family loves Meatloaf but we don't have a ketchup topping because some of us don't the ketchup on any of our meat.
Interesting idea. I really like shopping for meals at Trader Joe's. It's higher quality, and better for you.
I like to cook meatloaf in two loaves instead of one big one so it doesn’t have to cook for so long. I free from my meatloaves on a sheet pan.
Why do you not label the meals?
What are the major differences in your mom's recipe? I would be interested to know. Cold meatloaf is the best.
I miss being a SAHM.