Easy make ahead freezable mains and sides

amother

Zinnia

Sun, Sep 08 2024, 2:20 am

Prepare chicken when fresh and freeze ready to put in the oven. Then you have fresh chicken without any prep the day of. Works for roast chicken, saucy chicken, breaded chicken, stuffed capons, stuffed cabbage, unstuffed cabbage, breaded schnitzel, salmon.

Cakes and many kugels (carrot, sweet potato, butternut squash, sweet noodle, doughless potato knish) can all be baked in advance and frozen. I like to slightly underbake it and then heat up uncovered to remove any absorbed moisture.

wanttobehappy

Thu, Sep 12 2024, 5:03 am

amother Gray wrote:

Rice stuffed capons
Pastrami chicken roll ups
Oven baked sesame chicken
kishka stuffed capons
Breaded chicken cutlets
Most meats
- brisket
- French roast
- minute roast
- minute steaks
- corn beef
- London broil
Lukshen kugel
Pastrami sweet potato malawach knishes
Chicken wontons
Egg rolls
Meat balls in puff pastry dough
Potato kugel
Yapchik
Apple cobbler
Meat pizza
Desserts
- Brooke’s
- strawberry shortcakes
- hot cookie pie
- Peanut butter pie
- mousse cups
- baked apples
- compote
Honey cookies
Home cakes
Cookie bars
Biscotti

Second ra_mom about cholent prep. I did it some weeks this summer and it was a pleasure. I prepped beans, barley, spices and onions and froze. Only needed to add meat and water.

I find it easiest to make about same meals all 3 yomim tovim. And then make 3 of each dish at a time.
My family doesn’t mind the repeats.

Wow u got it all together can I ask for some recipes
Pastrami sweet potato malawach knishes
Chicken wontons
Egg rolls
Meat balls in puff pastry dough
Over backed sesame chicken

↑ ra_mom ↓

Thu, Sep 26 2024, 8:30 pm

notna wrote:

Hi, if you prepare your cholent ingredients in advance, do you soak them and then freeze them or do you just set measure them out but no other preparation?

I soak my beans, rinse and drain them. Then freeze them. Sometimes I also add a little baggie of raw barley and measured out seasonings in there.

amother

Oatmeal

Thu, Sep 26 2024, 8:32 pm

amother Gray wrote:

What’s your easy recipe for minute roast?

↑ ra_mom

Thu, Sep 26 2024, 8:33 pm

amother Salmon wrote:

How much time in advance can you make and freeze most foods?

You can make and freeze these a month in advance. (Realistically frozen food can be good for 3 months but usually you'll want fresher food on YT, and also keep in mind that if you have extras after YT, you still have to keep that 3 month time frame in mind for when you want to use the food.)

amother

Cadetblue

Thu, Sep 26 2024, 8:39 pm

amother OP wrote:

Any ideas of easy items to make ahead for the 18 yuntiv meals ahead?
So far I thought of carrot muffins apple kugel and meat barekas.
Emphasis on easy Smile

Can you please post recipes of these? Also looking for easy easy recipes. Thanks!