Frozen meals in a bag

[HawkeyeFoodie]

I got the idea to freeze everything separately like that from Top Chef and meals in a bag. I travel a lot for work and that means a lot of eating out and not a lot of time to shop. What I'd like is some more ideas for meals like this so I can make them on a weekend and pull them out when I get home late. I've done this quite a bit for my grandma, but have kept it VERY basic. Does anyone have any great ideas/recipes for meals? Any good tips (what's good to freeze, what's bad)? Any good experience in doing this? I saw a couple of threads about frozen dinners, but nothing about making meals in a bag.

Thanks in advance!

Scott

[OnigiriFB]

I cook a lot but live alone so a lot of my food gets frozen. Do you like asian food? Most curries freeze well. So does rice.

[Shalmanese]

Soups, braises, curries, chile, anything with a significant liquid component generally freezes well.

[snowangel]

Potstickers! 10 minutes from freezer (don't thaw before cooking) to mouth.

[Jaymes]

I freeze meals for my dad. In addition to the obvious - soups, stews, braises, casseroles (like lasagna), it's a huge help for Dad if I freeze small portions of meats. He likes ham, so I cook our family's favorite recipe and then cut it into filets and freeze them. He can defrost one and use it for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Seems to work well.

One thing I'm doing for him is making up a big pot of beef stew, and then taking out some for the baggies before I add the potatoes. I've found that reheating frozen potatoes doesn't work well at all. So he'll take out the bag of stew and heat it up. Then cut up one potato and cook it in the microwave in a little of the stew broth.

[KarenDW]

I got the idea to freeze everything separately like that from Top Chef and meals in a bag.... I saw a couple of threads about frozen dinners, but nothing about making meals in a bag.

Could you please explain what the major difference, to you, is between the two?

We quite often freeze cooked proteins (chicken, roast meats) in single portions. I use bags for those.

I also freeze single portions of pasta (ravioli, tortellini, fresh egg noodles), various sauces, and pesto.

Cleaned and prepped vegetables can be blanched and shocked, then frozen on a tray before bagging, so that you can just break off as much as you need.