As we settle into a new school year, we thought it would be helpful to compile as many freezer meal ideas as we could!
No matter what your school year looks like this fall, having prepared food in our freezer for busy days never hurts!
Freezer Meal Ideas
49 Favorite Breakfast Freezer Foods
We’ll start by sharing great breakfast and snack food ideas that can be made ahead of time. Here are our favorites:
- Applesauce Bread
- Bacon Cheese Muffins
- Baked Oatmeal Cups
- Banana Bread and Muffins
- Blueberry Streusel Muffins
- Breakfast Burritos
- Breakfast Cake Muffins
- Chocolate Chocolate Chip Muffins
- Chocolate Swirl Bread
- Chocolate Swirl Muffins
- Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
- Cinnamon Swirl Bread
- Cracklin’ Oat Bran Cereal (Not as much a freezer food as a food that can be made ahead of time for ease. But you can freeze this if you like!)
- Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Breakfast Cookies
- Crustless Breakfast Quiches
- Easy Breakfast Casserole (I usually put this together and freeze it un-baked.)
- Eggnog Muffins
- Giant Breakfast Cookies
- Ham and Egg Breakfast Bowls
- Hashbrowns
- Honey Cinnamon Muffins
- Honey Whole Wheat Bagels
- Lemon Bread
- Mini Apple Pies
- Mini Breakfast Pizza
- Multi-Grain Pumpkin Waffles and Pancakes
- Oatmeal Breakfast Bars
- Orange Muffins
- Pancake Muffins
- Pancake and Sausage Muffins
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins
- Peanut Butter Pancakes
- Poptarts
- Pumpkin Breakfast Cake
- Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread
- Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
- Simple Whole Wheat Pancakes
- Snickerdoodle Muffins
- Strawberry Bread
- Strawberry Cream Muffins
- Sweet Potato Streusel Muffins
- Turkey Sausage (I like to make 10-12 pounds at once and freeze it in 1 pound packages.)
- Vanilla Muffins with Cinnamon Crumb Topping
- Whole Wheat and Honey Zucchini Bread and Muffins
- Whole Wheat Cinnamon Rolls
- Whole Wheat Waffles
- Zucchini Carrot Bread
24 Main Dish Freezer Foods
My favorite freezer foods include meals that can be pulled out and baked without any additional prep. Here’s our big list:
- Barbecue Beef and Cheese Hot Pockets
- Bean and Cheese Burritos
- Beefy Enchilada Bake
- Calzones
- Cheesy Beef and Rice
- Cheesy Salsa Enchiladas
- Chicken Burritos
- Chicken Fried Steak Strips
- Chili
- Corn Dogs and Corn Dog Muffins
- Italian Pasta Bake
- Lasagna Casserole
- Lazy Dogs
- Meat and Cheese Burritos
- Pigs in a Blanket
- Pizza Pockets
- Popcorn Chicken
- Sloppy Cornbread Muffins
- Sloppy Joes
- Taco Corn Fritters
- Three Cheese Garlic Chicken Pasta
- Turkey Sausage
- Whole Wheat Pizza Crust
- Frozen Pizza
What ways are you getting ready to stay ahead during the school year?