re: Freezer Meal Ideas

-Gumbo
-Lasagna
-Ziti
-Any soup, really, that doesn't have seafood or a lot of starchy root vegetables.
-Smothered leafy vegetables (cabbage, mustard greens, etc.)
-Base for a sauce piquante/creole sauce with no seafood in it. When ready to eat, heat to a simmer, add fresh seafood.
-Cabbage Rolls
-Chicken Kiev/cordon bleu/any rolled up chicken with stuff that just requires baking after defrosting.
-You can prepare something like steak roulade ahead of time and then freeze servings
-Baked ham freezes pretty well

I suggest a vacuum sealer if you don't already have one. It makes portioning a breeze. Chill,portion, freeze, then vacuum pack individual servings. It'll make things last WAY longer in the freezer and being able to have a single slice of lasagna ready to go in fifteen minutes is nice.

Another thing to think of might be alternate cooking methods that don't have a lot of prep, are essentially "start and walk away" meals, and have very long windows where the food is ready to eat and just can hold forever. Think sous vide or crock pot cooking. This could come in handy for times when you want something freshly cooked and not out of the freezer. If you have fifteen minutes to throw the ingredients together and get them started, dinner's ready anywhere from 2 to 12 hours later (or 72, but who's counting?), whenever you can get to it.

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If you have some Pyrex dishes, maybe look at Pinterest for some all in one dish casseroles that you can freeze and just throw in the oven.

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I heard the newer Pyrex dishes aren't supposed to go from fridge to oven. They aren't made of the original material and they will break.