Make Ahead Meals For Busy Schedules- Especially Yours Mom!!

Time to prepare homemade TV dinners for one person, perfect for hectic schedules. I'm sharing shortcuts and time-saving tips. Let's make mealtime easier!

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[libbyrudolph]

The glaze is always the best part of the meatloaf!

[cynthianarenfro]

I wished I could give you 10 stars for these recipes. I bought some divider containers months ago and forgot where I had seen the recipes to fill them. These are perfect. Nearly everyone has frozen dinner but usually they are all chicken and my husband does not eat chicken. I can use pork chops for the chicken in these recipes for him and the chicken for me.

[My-hodgepodge]

Whoa! TV dinners are a great idea my husband and I only have our 8 year old (perfect surprise baby) left at home with us. The other four are all adults and have moved on. We run a business, homestead and kate just started softball so we still get busy. Love this!

Edited to say: if you don’t have a microwave like me, I checked Amazon and they have glass compartment storage containers that are freezer and oven safe you can go right from the freezer directly into the oven. No problem.

[julietannOsfan]

Thank you for this. I hardly ever see meals for one on YouTube etc, so this makes a change.

Not everyone has a family to eat with, or eat the same things that others do, so these are really handy.

My favourite is the meatloaf one. It looks lovely.

[victorizannasmr]

I love your channel. It inspired me to make freezer meals for myself so my schedule doesn't feel so hectic.

[CookingwithCatLover]

Great video! I love this idea. There are times my husband and I want a different meal. This would solve that. Thank you!

[taraeklof]

It all looks SO GOOD! Now I want a meat loaf sandwich.

[robinbartolome]

I love to watch your TV Dinners. I don't eat chicken or roast but the meatloaf is delicious. Thank you for sharing

[brg]

Breakfast biscuits are great to have frozen too. Aldi has small round 8 sausages that I cut into two pieces, cheese slices, eggs, and 2 frozen canned biscuits. Bake these ahead, cool, put together, wrap in wax paper, and put in ziploc baggies. So good. Made these 16 biscuits for around $12 and if they were purchased in a box at Aldi it would be around $20.

[samtows]

Thank you Kimmy for this videos and all the videos. I’m a single woman with no kids but I love cooking for myself(sometimes my roommate) and saving money by not eating out all the time. I often come to your videos for freezer meal ideas and I enjoy them all, thank you so much for sharing!

[ivy]

This is such a great idea! I leave for work at 8:00 am and get home at 6:00 pm. I try to have something in the crockpot or have an idea for a quick but healthy supper for my family. The tv dinners would be a life saver on days that I have to work over or on days that I don't feel like cooking, which is most days lol Thank you for such a great inspiration! Have a great week! God bless you!

[kathytappero]

We are just two so always put our leftovers from standard recipes for more in those great trays and freeze. My husband’s mom used to do this in margarine tubs! Always a tasty meal on hand whenever you are in a crunch.

[Fabgal]

Hi Kimmy,
I watched this video when it first came out and I meant to leave you a comment about your mustard situation.
I always keep Keen's Dry Mustard on hand. It's a powder that I use for some recipes that call for dry mustard and I also add it to my cheese sauces too. It's always great to have something like that tucked into the cupboard for times when you've run out of regular mustard. I always keep the French's Mustard on hand but you just never know when you'll run out or think you have one in the pantry...Hope that helps!

By the way, I use "Ina Garten's Best Meatloaf" recipe. She bakes hers in the oven on low and uses a pan of water underneath which is what I used to do. So a I used to use the broiler pan and the drippings would fall into the water below. The Meatloaf would stay up out of the grease. Loved it BUT now I always make Meat Loaf in the slow cooker.

My biggest is a 6 quart oblong slow cooker and I line it with foil and then I have two round racks from my pressure cookers that I intertwine and lay on top of the foil and then I make an aluminum foil "sling" that sits on top of the racks for support of the actual meatloaf. This allows the fatty stuff to fall off of the sides of the meatloaf so that it's suspended up off of the bottom and not sitting in grease (I use Lean ground beef but you still get some fatty juices even with Lean beef) It's fabulous.

I mostly follow her recipe for ingredients but I adjust the amounts because I don't think anyone follows a recipe like that to a T...I tend to add more seasoning amounts (salt, pepper, garlic, Worcestershire sauce etc..) than what is called for because if something is under seasoned it doesn't taste good to me. I use a lot of the W sauce. Anyhow, please try Ina's recipe if you haven't already....

[sage_forensics_]

I thought meal prepping was for "health nuts" for the longest time. No, it really isn't. I live alone, and I have chronic migraines. When I do feel well, I enjoy cooking; however, I was always concerned about wasting leftovers. Also, I don't eat much during a migraine due to the nausea, but I will feel really hungry after. The problem was that I didn't have the energy to cook something other than the most simple thing. Now, I make more meals at one time and freeze them when I do feel well, and I have something better to eat than an over-processed microwave dinner once I get over a migraine.

I found my containers at Walmart for less than $1 each, so you really can do this--even on a fixed income, like me. If you're not dealing with illness, but you know someone who is...this solves so many issues for them and is so much better and healthier, and it tastes better, too! LOL! Give it a try. You're already cooking, so you just make a few more servings at one time. If you do this one or two times/week, then you save yourself time and energy later when you don't feel as well.

[kawaiikowai]

I love making homemade tv dinners! Vegan meatloaf and Salisbury steak dinners are our favorites ❤

[ggermc]

we have a great meatloaf recipe with quickoats as well but also with cheese in it. helps with keeping moisture also. love meatloaf.

[moirabranston]

I complelty forgot about tv dinners. This video was fantastic, the recipes look amazing, def gonna save this and try them out. Thank you so much for sharing. Cant wait to see your family meatloaf recipe.

[RAM-ebte]

When mynhubbyband I were both working and needed our own lunches, I did this every weekend. I'd often make 3x the amount I needed, then portion leftovers as meals for the next few weeks.

[moakley]

I need to make some of these for my grown son who is single. He would love them! 😋

[paulaelves]

this is a fabulous idea, always cooked from scratch, but now there is only the two of us, these will be a game changer to me, if one wants chicken and rice, and the other beef and veg, both meals ready in about 10 mins microwave time thank you xx