Make Ahead Recipes

Make ahead meals are a sure way to feed your family nutritional meals even when the week gets busy and hectic!  Feeding our family meals that are nutritionally sound is important for their health's sake.  With a little planning ahead we can be sure to give our families consistent healthy meals.

• You're having guests for dinner but you know the day is going to be chaotic.......
• You're going to be gone for the day but you want the family to eat a home cooked meal together........
• You're going out of town for a few days and you want a few dishes in the freezer ready for the family to pop into the oven.......

I'm sure you can think of many other scenarios where make ahead meals would be a convenience for a busy mom that also knows home cooked meals are by far the wisest choice for her families nutritional needs.  Store bought processed meals may be quick but they are also nutritionally void.  Our families deserve better.

Planning ahead for the sake of your families health will reap rich rewards.  You'll not only feel better about your choices but your family will appreciate your efforts too.

Make ahead meals can be as simple as doubling (or tripling) a recipe once or twice a week when you're making a family favorite which can then be stored in the freezer for those hectic days.  What a nice feeling knowing that when a day gets too busy and you're unable to think about making dinner, you don't have to be tempted to go get nutritionally void fast food.  Dinner is in the freezer!

Check out some of these recipes and if you have a favorite of your own I would love to hear from you.  You can send me your recipes or suggestions via the Recipe Submission Form and then watch for them to appear on Eating to Thrives website.

Make Ahead One Dish Meals