Spring is here and along with the arrival of more sunshine and warmer temperatures, you might also find yourself with a spring schedule loaded with activities and obligations. Having a busy schedule can make getting dinner on the table every night a challenge. That’s where these freezer friendly meals for spring dinners – along with monthly meal plan ideas – will come in handy.
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Having a selection of delicious healthy meals already prepared in your freezer takes the stress out of wondering what’s for dinner, and can keep you from going out to restaurants or ordering takeout. Here you’ll find a variety of spring freezer meals from casseroles to crockpot dinners, soups, and more that make getting dinner on the table as simple as possible.
Spring is the season for asparagus, and you’ll be so glad it is when you try this delicious asparagus macaroni and cheese. This recipe is perfect for the freezer, just pull it out and bake it when you are ready to serve it. This palate-pleasing comfort food dinner is easy to make with a fantastic homemade cheese sauce. Make one for dinner and another for the freezer. Your future self will thank you!
Everyone will be excited about dinner when you pull a pan of these hearty and delicious stuffed bell peppers out of the freezer for dinner. This is a versatile recipe and you can change the flavors, meat, and veggies in the stuffing to fit your family’s preferences or to use what you have on hand. They are colorful, and filling, and it’s a meal the whole family is sure to enjoy. Serve with a salad and some bread and dinner is done!
If you’re looking for an easy-to-make meal that's perfect when pulled from the freezer, these crustless mini quiches are for you! These savory bite-sized quiches are big on flavor and super versatile. Just add your favorite veggies, meats, and cheeses and bake them. Once they are cooled you can freeze them for up to two months. This is the perfect spring weeknight dinner that you can pull straight from the freezer, heat, and serve.
The whole family will look forward to dinnertime when they know you are serving this creamy and delicious white chicken lasagna. Tender seasoned chicken, spinach, lasagna noodles, and an easy cheesy homemade sauce to bring it all together. This is a fantastic springtime freezer meal, simply prep it and freeze it before baking. When you are ready to enjoy it simply thaw and bake, and dinner is done.
When you need a really easy, flavorful spring dinner with minimal effort on your part this slow cooker cool ranch chicken is the recipe for you. Just throw your ingredients into a freezer bag, pull it out, and place it in the slow cooker when you want to serve it. Turn the slow cooker on in the morning and you will come home to a hot and delicious dinner the whole family will love.
This simple and delicious instant pot mac and cheese with veggies is the perfect meal when you need to get dinner on the table fast. This recipe also freezes really well, so make a batch for dinner tonight, and one for the freezer for later. It’s healthy, has a delicious homemade cheese sauce, and it’s even kid-approved!
Spring might mean warmer days but there are still some chilly ones too. Warm up on a cooler spring day with a bowl full of delicious healthy minestrone soup. Packed with eight different veggies and plenty of flavor, this is a hearty, freezer-friendly dinner you’ll be happy to serve. Just pull it from the freezer the night before, heat on the stove, and serve!
Everyone should keep a batch of these gluten-free meatballs in the freezer for a quick and easy dinner. Not only are they delicious, but they are highly versatile too! You can serve them by themselves, make meatball subs out of them, or serve them with spaghetti or your favorite pasta. These tasty meatballs are sure to be a favorite with the whole family.
Looking for a freezer-friendly dinner that will have everyone running to the table? Then you need to make this cowboy meatloaf and potato casserole. It’s a hearty meat and potatoes style dinner with loads of flavor from bacon, cheese, and BBQ sauce. Serve it with a salad or an additional veggie and dinner is a definite home run!
This cheesy baked ravioli casserole is super easy to make and it’s a wonderful meal to pull out of the freezer for a future dinner on a busy night. This one-pan dinner starts with frozen or refrigerated ravioli that is combined with pasta sauce, plenty of cheese, and your favorite ground meat. Make one to enjoy for dinner this week, and another for the freezer for later.
Is there anyone who doesn’t love the flavor combinations of chicken, bacon, and ranch? This simple chicken bacon ranch casserole comes together in a matter of minutes and it’s perfect for freezing. Simply put the casserole together and freeze it before baking it. When you are ready to serve it, bake it off, and enjoy!
Everyone loves a good sloppy Joe, and you are going to love this sloppy Joe casserole just as much! It’s hearty, full of veggies, and flavor, and really easy to make. It also freezes beautifully for up to three months, so that you know you always have something in the freezer for dinner!
Try Different Types of Freezable Meals
Understanding the types of dishes and different levels of meal prep that freeze well can give you even more dinner ideas.
Freezer Casseroles: These are classics for a reason! Dishes like lasagna, baked ziti, shepherd’s pie, enchiladas, and mac and cheese generally freeze exceptionally well. Often, you can assemble them completely, freeze, and then bake directly from frozen (adding extra cooking time) or after thawing. They are fantastic family freezer meals.
Freezer Soups, Stews, and Chilis: These are some of my personal favorites for freezing. Broth-based soups, hearty stews, lentil dishes, and chili often taste even better after freezing and reheating, as the flavors have more time to meld.
Avoid freezing soups with a lot of cream or milk, as they can sometimes separate upon thawing (although you can often stir dairy in after reheating). Soups are easy to portion into smaller servings for quick lunches or simple freezer meals for one or two.
It’s also helpful to know that freezer meal ideas aren’t just about fully finished dishes. You can approach freezer prep in a few ways, maybe even working a few of them into your weekly food prep routine:
Ingredient Prep: Prepare and freeze components rather than whole meals. Think chopped veggies for stir-fries or bags containing the raw ingredients for a slow cooker ‘dump meal’ (like the Slow Cooker Cool Ranch Chicken mentioned earlier). These frozen prep meals require cooking later but save significant prep time on busy days.
Assemble Uncooked: Similar to some casseroles mentioned in this post, you can fully assemble a dish with its cooked components but freeze it before the final baking step. This works well for many baked pastas, enchiladas, or pot pies. It saves assembly time later, leaving just the baking.
Fully Cooked Meals: This involves making complete precooked freezer meals, like the casseroles and soups above. These just need thawing and reheating, offering maximum convenience.
Double Batches: As mentioned in the planning section, simply making extra of what you’re already cooking for dinner is an efficient form of batch cooking and an easy way to build a freezer stash without a separate big cooking session.
Having a variety of precooked freezer meals or components on hand makes pulling together easy spring meals much faster.
More Spring Recipes, Meal Ideas, and Resources
54 Tasty Spring Crockpot Chicken Recipes For EASY Cooking This Season
Essential Meal Planning Printables
34 Early Spring Dinner Ideas: Fresh Flavors for Delectable Spring Meals
My Kitchen Faves and Inspiration on Amazon
18 Outstanding Spring Crockpot Soups To Make This Season
Getting a delicious home-cooked meal on the table for dinner doesn’t have to be stressful or time consuming — not when you have these great recipes for freezer-friendly dinners that you can pull out when you need them. When you’re ready to serve them you’ll have a delicious dinner that the whole family will love.
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