Good Question: Make-Ahead Frozen Meals Sans Canned Soups

Dear The Kitchen,
I am wondering if your readers might have good suggestions for meals that can be frozen, to be eaten on busy nights. I've been trolling the internet, but all I can find are casseroles made with yucky canned cream-of-something soups. I would love to store up meals made with fresh, flavorful, simple ingredients. Thanks!
-Heather

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I saw the following method on an episode of Top Chef:

Prepare each ingredient (pasta, veggies, meat/sauce, etc) separately and freeze individual ingredient portions in muffin pans. When frozen, put one of each ingredient in a ziplock bag and return to freezer until ready to heat in skillet.

Since the ingredients are individually prepared and individually frozen (instead of prepared and frozen in one big blob), the meal will prepare more quickly. The pasta and veggies will also have a better texture and taste since they don't "meet" until they all hit the skillet.

Take a look at the frozen skillet meals you can buy in the market such as Voila or Bolobi. The meat/sauce is frozen in a small block and the pasta or veggies are frozen separately.

Well my comment isnt for a meal, but its great for a snack.
I live alone.. so most of my food goes in the freezer..
When i buy a loaf of bread i usually cut it into 3rds and store 2/3rds into my freezer.. well i forgot about a full loaf of bread laying in my microwave for 2 days.. it was already stale not mouldy though.. i decided to slice it up and portion off 2 slices of bread, i cling wrapped them and stored them in my freezer. Next time i feel like french toast i just pull out a portion!