Freezer Friendly Recipes & Freezing Tips

If you think you detect a hint of chocolate in your chili, you're not wrong.

A savory breakfast that takes two minutes to prep for the slow cooker.

Spread it onto bread, fold into omelets, or eat spoonfuls with ricotta.

Kombu broth, or dashi, is as quintessential to Japanese cooking as chicken broth is to American cooks.

This classic Cuban soup is inexpensive, hearty, and guaranteed to warm you up.

As much as we love ice cream, we wouldn’t want you to miss out on another sweet, creamy treat: homemade frozen yogurt. So I went about looking for the very best method for making frozen yogurt. After testing several recipes I’ve found that whipping up your own batch of fro-yo isn’t too different from making your own ice cream, though there are a few key differences to keep in mind.

While the idea of churning my own butter appeals to the part of me that obsessed over the Little House on the Prairie books as kid, I think that if Laura Ingalls Wilder landed in the present day, she’d ditch that butter churn for a blender in a heartbeat. In a blender, making your own butter becomes a practical, everyday affair for us modern-day home cooks. Find a sale on your favorite heavy cream? Have half a carton leftover from the weekend? Treat yourself to some homemade butter.

This is the recipe that can make *anyone* a jam maker.

Feels goods, right?

All the smart home cooks are doing it.

This fabulous egg bake starts with those convenient pre-cut veggies from the produce section.

Memorize this recipe and ditch delivery.

You likely have everything you need.

You want to keep this list handy from now through the end of winter.

It only takes 10 minutes, and it's the easiest, best way to preserve tomatoes for the cold months ahead.

Of course Ina has a few extra tips for ways to finish it off in a special way.

The best jam you can make with just fruit, lemon, and sugar.

You'll have a wholesome meal to reach for all winter long.

Stash these in your freezer ASAP.

This is a curry dish that benefits from a nice, long simmer anyway, so why not let that happen while you're off doing other things?

There really is nothing quite like a multi-day cooking project to ease winter’s biting chill, and with the current temperatures in the single digits I’m sure we could all use an activity to bide our time indoors. These Southern-style tamales are the perfect way to get your friends and family off the couch and into the kitchen, and a batch is guaranteed to keep your minds occupied and bellies warm!

Imagine the tines of your forking breaking through, almost snapping, the velvety crust of a fruit tart. It crumbles a bit, but is far from dry — each bite more rich and buttery than the last. That tender crust is typically known as pâte sablée. Unlike a flaky pie crust, pâte sablée is crisp and more cookie-like. The name literally means “sandy,” although it’s anything but.

If you can't get enough of Mexican street corn, we combined all the flavors in one sweet, salty, and crispy fritter.

You only need two ingredients.

It doesn't get much easier than this.

Boneless wings are the secret to breaking your drive-thru or chicken wing habit.

When you make vanilla ice cream at home, with good milk and cream, and real vanilla bean, it's anything but plain!

This savory muffin's got it all: eggs, sausage, cheese, spinach, and even a bit of apple to help you power through your day.

The slow cooker is what brought homemade chicken stock into my everyday life. It’s just so easy! Throw everything — chicken bones, carrots, celery, onions, and maybe a bay leaf if you have one — into the slow cooker and let it do its thing. Hours later, you have beautiful, golden stock that’s guaranteed to be better than anything you can buy at the store. Here’s what to do.

On vacation? Let the slow cooker do the work.

I don't think I've ever been this excited about lunch. Ever.

Do you like éclairs? What about profiteroles, cream puffs, and cheesy gougères? Aside from making us drool just thinking about them, the one thing all these pastries have in common is that they are made from pâte à choux — a staple of the French pastry kitchen. Pâte à choux is a paste made of flour, water, butter, and eggs; it’s slightly thicker than a batter, but not quite as thick as a dough. Here’s how to make them.

A bag of coleslaw makes a batch of chicken potstickers easy and quick.

All the flavors of the sizzling favorite in one place.

It's a game changer.

If you meal prep one thing this week, make it breakfast sandwiches — your future self will thank you on Monday morning.

Get out your slow cooker and make a huge batch (you can freeze most of it to have on hand for future meals!).

It's like no other pot roast you've ever tasted.

I love bacon. There’s no replacement that quite equals the taste of the real thing (trust me, I grew up in a turkey bacon household). And I’d give anything to eat it again. But 10 years ago, my kidneys failed, and to stay alive and healthy, I started a very low-sodium diet. Which, in turn, meant saying goodbye to bacon. Luckily, though, that’s not where the story ends.

Even before I’d been to the Northstar Cafe in Columbus, Ohio, I’d heard about their veggie burgers. “They are unlike any other veggie burger you’ve ever had,” I was promised by both vegetarians and non-vegetarians. I’ll give you one guess what I ordered when I finally made it to the restaurant myself! This burger definitely lived up to expectations.

Yes, you can make bone broth without beef — here's how to do it.

Ready the rice!

I had a few realizations over the holidays this year with family. There were the usual suspects, of course: travel mayhem, gifting stress, and family drama. But this year there was a new player on the block: bad casseroles. I’m not sure if it was just chance or if my mom and sisters were digging through old late 1980’s cookbooks, but we had some very heavy, flavorless casseroles during the Christmas holiday.

A whole chicken is key in the slow cooker classic chicken soup.

If you love eggplant Parmesan, you've got to try this cheesy, saucy casserole.

This soup is thrifty luxury at its finest.

This recipe is for chocolate-lovers only.

The classic pasta sauce just got a whole lot easier.

Pile it onto buns, drape it over nachos, roll it into burritos, spoon it over rice, or simply eat it straight-up. You will be overjoyed.

A staple at plate lunch restaurants

This recipe is #momgoals.

Looking for an easy-to-make alternative to dinner rolls? These cheese puffs are the ticket.

And it uses up leftovers!

You may want to double up the sauce.

The best thing to happen to breakfast.

Nostalgia in every bite.

You don’t need a smoker or even an outdoor grill!

It can replace couscous or rice in any dish.

They taste just like the quintessential summer cocktail.

Calling all Boursin lovers!

We can’t get enough of this brilliant no-waste trick.

Each one is a gift to your future self!

It’s dangerously delicious.

Never have a failed pot of rice again.