100 Freezer Meals in 5 Hours - One Hundred Dollars a Month (2024)

By Mavis Butterfield on December 16, 2014 - 27 Comments

{Mrs. Hillbilly, The Church Lady, Me, The Hot Texan, Hulda, and Gertrude {Hulda’s mom}

Yesterday a bunch of us got together at my house and made 100 freezer meals in just under 5 hours. It.Was.Nuts. A few days before the freezer meal party, The Church Lady and I sat down and decided on which 5 recipes our group would make. We then tallied up the ingredients and passed out shopping lists to everyone a few days before the freezer meal party.

As everyone showed up we stacked all the ingredients on a large folding table and then got to work.

We chopped ten million and fifty two onions and cried our eyes out. It was hilarious and a wee bit stressful, all at the same time. We were trying so hard to measure and get everything right, I can’t even remember having any sort of real conversation with anyone yesterday other than, “How much do we need? What’s the next step… Can you grab… No I don’t have anymore bowls!”

It’s amazing how much you can accomplish with teamwork. I mean seriously, 100 meals? In five hours? Divide by 5 {Hulda’s mom was visiting from out of state} and that’s 20 meals per person. Can you say sweet diggety?!

Pulling a homemade meal out of the freezer and popping it into the oven on a busy weeknight doesn’t get any better than that I tell you.

And yes, it’s official, my new kitchen has been christened.

We made such huge batches of everything that we ended up mixing several recipes in15 gallon galvanized binsbecause our cook space and prep area was limited.

Twenty pounds of homemade sweet and sour meatballs? No problemo.

Waiting for sauce.

The assembly line in action.

We powered through 20 full size pans of homemade lasagna with fresh mozzarella and goat cheese {recipe coming soon} like true line cooks. This was the last freezer meal we put together and by the expressions on our faces… I don’t think any of us want to make another freezer meal for quite some time. 😉

In it to win it baby! 100 freezer meals in 5 hours. Who does that?

Apparently a bunch of crazy housewives with nothing better to do on a Monday morning 10 days before Christmas. 😉

Peace Out Freezer Scouts,

~Mavis

Check out these ground beef recipes that can be easily turned into freezer meals:

Freezer Meals – Ground Beef Pot Pie– Even though I can practically make pot pies in my sleep, we were always a chicken or turkey pot pie family. Then I gave ground beef pot pies a try and they were a huge hit with the fam, so they are now on our permanent menu.{Pin it for Later}

Ground Beef Taco Casserole Freezer Meal – We have Mexican food night at least once a week around here and we all love it. I love it even more when all I have to do it pop this dish in the oven and I’m done. {Pin for Later}

Spaghetti Casserole – I don’t think I know of a single kid that doesn’t love spaghetti casserole. I used to be afraid to freeze it because I thought it would make the spaghetti noodles taste weird. Not the case at all. Tastes just as delicious as a freezer meal! {Pin for Later}

Gourmet Spinach Blue Cheese Burgers – I love having a supply of ready-made hamburgers in the freezer, but I hate the store bought ones. So I make these in bulk and freeze away.. {Pin for Later}

Beef Enchilada Freezer Meal – I usually make 4 pans of this at once. It’s another one of my go-to recipes for our weekly Mexican food night, and I love that all the work has been done. I also love this recipe because it requires so few ingredients, and I always have them on hand. Not running to the store to pick up a missing ingredient is awesome! {Pin it for Later}

Cheesy Beef Tortilla Casserole – This casserole is all of the best of tacos, rolled into one cheesy pot. And it gives a purpose to all those little chip crumbs at the bottom of the bag. {Pin for Later}

Simple Lasagna Recipe – I make this simple lasagna recipe every single time I buy ground beef in bulk. My family never gets tired of lasagna. Throw a quick salad together and a loaf of french bread on the table, ad you have the easiest complete meal!. {Pin it for Later}

Easy Freezer Meal Meatballs – I like to serve these up with baked beans, but you can use them a million different ways. All the work is done, so just choose your sauce and create away. {Pin for Later}

Freezer Meal Sweet and Sour Meatballs – Speaking of meatballs, this is hands down my favorite way to prepare those meatballs from above. The sauce is amazing and these pair perfectly with some rice to complete the meal. {Pin for later}

Links to freezer pans I commonly use:

• Aluminum Foil Pan Containers with Lids 8.5″ x 6″ x 3″
• Aluminum Foil Deep Pans 9″ x 13″
• Round 9 Inch Aluminum Foil Pans with lids

Find More of My Freezer Meal Recipes