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Try this website and check out the dairy free options. I have a dairy allergy so I know how challenging it can be to find decent recipes!

http://onceamonthmeals.com/menus/gluten-free-dairy-free/

Meat loaf
Pasta sauce (I make homemade and add lots of veggies and meat then have some frozen Texas toast too)
Shepard's pie

Those are some of my favs to freeze. congrats on #2 we are looking into a second fridge to do the same thing when our #2 in August.

Taco meat- cook and then freeze- just need to heat up to serve.
Chicken Noodle soup freezes well.
I did some freeze meals that I prepped and all I had to do was defrost overnight and throw them in the crock pot.
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2013/07/freezer-cooking/

http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2013/08/50-easy-freezer-meals.html

What if you just did more protein prepping, like cooking a large batch of ground beef, chicken, etc and then not seasoning it?

Do you eat any fish/shellfish? I like to keep a bag of frozen shrimp on hand pretty much at all times and I have salmon filets frozen in the freezer, all prepped and ready to go (with pesto, for example).

@coopsmama: you are inspiring me to do the same to prep for #2! It would be do nice to have that many meals already prepared!

What a timely thread, we are going through this now! We find it more helpful to have pre-cooked, pre-portioned meals in the freezer to thaw and reheat rather than prepping uncooked casseroles so we fully cook everything first. The exception to pre-portioning is things like pre-cooked/shredded meat, which we'll just package into 1lb portions. DH can't have cheese and most dairy too, so I totally understand how hard this is!

I just ordered a bunch of Versatainers (micro/freezer safe) and freezer labels from Amazon and am going to start stashing meals into our chest freezer starting this weekend. If you have a Costco membership, I highly recommend either buying their $5 rotisserie birds and pulling the meat to use or buying their pre-pulled skinless rotisserie chicken meat. They sell it in 2.5lb packages for $12 and its so yummy! If I'm cooking chicken for the freezer, rotisserie chicken meat or boneless skinless chicken thighs is what I use because it doesn't get dry or fall apart like boneless skinless breasts do.

I also depend on Costco's 5lb bags of frozen vegetables. My DH has a condition where he can't eat a lot of vegetables and they have this one organic mix that's just corn, soybeans, green beans, and carrots that I use for EVERYTHING. We also keep a huge stash of frozen green beans in the freezer too. I just toss a cupful into each portioned meal and the veggie is handled.

Oh and mashed/cooked potatoes freeze fine - its raw potatoes that get gross when you freeze and reheat them. One tip my mom taught me was to bake a huge sack of potatoes or sweet potatoes at once by scrubbing them and throwing them into a Reynold's turkey bags. 300 degrees for 2-3 hours and you can get a HUGE amount done in one sitting. And cooked rice freezes beautifully.

Here's my menu plan, which should at some point include soups/stews, but its too hot to think about right now:

- Crockpot chicken and stuffing packaged with frozen veg.

- Chicken and dumplings (using almond milk and Bisquick for dumplings). Will put lots of veggies in the chicken/gravy and serve with salad.

- Crockpot pulled pork (pork shoulder, onion powder, salt and pepper, bay leaf, Worchestershire sauce). Half will be mixed with BBQ sauce after cooking to have for BBQ sandwiches. Half will be plain to use as carnitas in tacos/burritos. Can also do this with chicken. Package into 1lb. portions to thaw and reheat.

- Crockpot shredded beef (Chuck roast and a jar of pepperoncini peppers). Use half for Italian beef sandwiches, the other half can be tossed with cumin or taco seasoning for Mexican food. Package into 1lb. portions to thaw and reheat.

- Beef or turkey meatloaf with ketchup glaze. I'm just going to press all the meat into disposable 9x13 cake pans and basically make a meat sheet cake and serve it in squares! Will package with mashed potatoes or sweet potatoes with mixed veggies.

- Chicken tikka masala with coconut milk base. I usually stretch this with garbanzo beans and serve with basmati rice. Will serve with salad for veg.

- Red beans and rice with smoked sausage and/or jambalaya. Will add lots of veg to the sauce and serve with salad.

- Crockpot meat sauce base (ground beef, green bell pepper, onions, garlic, tomato sauce/paste, diced tomatoes). Use half to make spaghetti sauce (just stir in some Italian seasoning, wine, sugar, etc). Add chili seasoning and beans to the remaining half to make chili.

- White chicken chili. If I'm smart, I'll make some Jiffy cornbread muffins and freeze a bag of those at the same time I make this so all I need is a salad.

- Stuffed pepper skillet. Just cook up some ground beef, cooked rice, a jar of spaghetti sauce, and chopped onions and peppers (or just use frozen!) Can make vegetarian or stretch with lentils or beans.

- I make a dairy-free lasagna/ravioli casserole using frozen potato/onion pierogies or tofu ravioli and it works great! I just layer everything with marinara, Italian sausage or ground meat, veggies, etc. like a lasagna and just bake.

- I also keep frozen fish sticks (Costco sells really nice cod filet sticks) to keep on hand to bake off and make easy fish tacos!

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@coopsmama: My DS is dairy free so we do a lot of dairy free cooking I like to make soup or chili and freeze it in mini bread loaf trays for single servings, like this one:
http://smile.amazon.com/Wilton-Recipe-Right-Cavity-Mini/dp/B0045Y17Q8/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1401404138&sr=8-8&keywords=mini+bread+loaf

This soup is awesome, fairly easy to prepare since you don't have to be fussy about cutting up the veggies, plus DS loves it so it is a great way for all of us to get our vegetables:
http://erecipecards.blogspot.com/2012/09/farmers-market-tomato-soup-um-bisque.html
(You could throw in some sausage or whatever if you are a must-eat-meat kind of a gal)

I'm making these enchiladas this weekend for a friend who just had a baby, optimistic that they will freeze well and be something different from the pasta that everyone brings over:
http://www.dailygarnish.com/2011/08/roasted-butternut-squash-black-bean-enchiladas-with-homemade-sauce.html

This is something I just pinned, haven't done it but crock pot is such a great way to cook in the summer without heating the house up and standing over a hot stove:
http://kojo-designs.com/2013/02/more-freezer-crockpot-recipes-2/

Good luck!

I've been making almond flour banana muffins that are super easy and somewhat healthy...so good for breakfast or snacking!

1 1/2 cups almond flour
2 ripe bananas
1 tbsp honey
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
2-3 tbsp melted grass fed butter (I've also used coconut oil)
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

Mix wet ingredients and dry separately then combine, top mixture of 1 tbsp almond flour, 1 tsp cinnamon, and 1 tbsp grass fed butter - bake for 17 minutes at 350.

Also, here's a great website for 20 meals under $150 all from Costco
http://www.5dollardinners.com/20-meals-from-costco-for-150-recipes-printable-shopping-lists/

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