Freezable Dinner Recipes
the next time you go grocery shopping spend some of it stocking up on freezer friendly recipes for you and your family this method is a great way to have healthy lunches and dinner recipes ready at your fingertips and helps you rotate meals into your recipe plans always be prepared with nutritious meals during the day and get ahead in the week by making a batch of your favorite meals choosing healthy recipes that are freezer friendly and making a few of these in advance is a form of self care and you re to be thanking yourself later two freezable dinner recipes option 1 oven roasted meatballs with kale pesto and mozzarella cheese ingredients 500g beef mince1 egg 65g kale pesto or basil pesto4 garlic cloves roughly chopped 1 bunch oregano leaves picked 1 tbsp olive1 red onion finely chopped 700ml tomato passata1 cup 100g grated mozzarellabasil leaves to serve method 1 preheat oven to 200 c 2 in a big bowl combine the mince egg breadcrumbs pesto and one quarter chopped garlic roughly chop half the oregano and add to the beef mixture season then form into 6cm meatballs 3 heat oil in a deep ovenproof frypan over medium heat add the meatballs and cook keep turning for 6 7 minutes until browned all over remove from the pan and set aside 4 add onion and remaining garlic to the pan and stir for 3 minutes or until softened add tomato passata season then bring to a simmer 5 return meatballs to the pan and scatter with cheese and remaining oregano bake for 15 20 minutes until meatballs are cooked through and cheese is bubbling 6 serve with extra pesto and basil leaves voila option 2 chicken meatballs with zucchini and spaghetti ingredients 8 700g chicken sausages2 large zucchinis2 tbsp finely chopped basil leaves300g spaghetti30g unsalted butter2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil2 tbsp sherry or red wine vinegar2 tbsp pine nuts toasted and choppedgrated parmesan or extra basil to serve method 1 squeeze the chicken from the sausage casings and mix it with the basil 2 slightly wet your hands to form 16 meatballs using about 11 2 tbs mixture for each allow the meatballs to chill for 10 minutes to firm up 3 while you re waiting cut the zucchini into long thin ribbons a mandoline is ideal then with a sharp knife cut each ribbon into thin strips and season with 1 tsp salt and set aside 4 bring a large saucepan of water to the boil add the spaghetti and cook until firmly cooked al dente drain reserving 1 3 cup 80ml cooking liquid 5 heat the oil in a large frypan over medium heat add the meatballs and cook turning for 8 10 minutes until cooked through and dark golden 6 deglaze the pan by adding the vinegar reserved cooking water butter and scraping the pan with a spoon 7 toss spaghetti with zucchini and serve with meatballs and sauce from the pan scatter over pine nuts parmesan and herbs your meal is ready