Freezing food is fun

I had a week off from work, and with our second due at the end of the month, I used the majority of it to stock the freezer with meals she requested so she doesn’t have to do anything besides microwave food while recovering. Ignore the crusty $50 deep freeze, like me it’s not a looker but it works. Anywhere here’s what we’ve got.

Chili – I’ve posted this recipe a few times, and something I make a couple times a year. Only change I made this time around was spending the extra few bucks for stew cut beef over ground meat, but everything is the exact same from the post below

https://www.reddit.com/r/MealPrepSunday/s/qeKHt8e9Nx

Cornbread – Just straight up Jiffy corn muffin mix prepared with the instructions on the box. I cooked them and then froze them on a cookie sheet, so they were frozen when I tossed them in the bags

Chicken tortilla soup – Made a batch of this recipe with some leftover chicken from a barbecue we had. Perfect use for it

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/13351/chicken-tortilla-soup-i/

Red beans and rice – Just two family packs of straight up Zatarain’s red beans and rice mix with two pounds of Andouille sausage. Laissez les bon temps rouler

Banana nut bread – Wasn’t initially requested, but happened to find some overripe bananas at the grocery store begging to be made into banana bread. Here’s the recipe, made with chopped walnuts

https://www.food.com/recipe/moist-delicious-banana-nut-bread-486641

Egg bites – Specifically looked for a recipe that included cottage cheese mixed in so I could make my way through a Costco tub of it. Mission’s successful

https://www.loveandlemons.com/egg-bites-recipe/

Broccoli cheddar soup – Made this one before and it’s great. Just needs a bit more salt but otherwise perfect. Sorry it’s on Delish

https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/a50009/broccoli-cheddar-soup-recipe/

Japanese clear soup – You know that mushroom soup they serve at hibachi restaurants? This is that. It was a life saver in the delivery room for our first since it counted as a liquid while my wife wasn’t allowed to eat solids, so it’s returning this time around

https://www.aspicyperspective.com/japanese-clear-soup-recipe/

Sloppy Joes – Two cans of Manwich (someone give me a good Hermes Conrad impression) sauce and four pounds of beef. Just needs some buns when she wants to have this

Chicken noodle soup – This one used the other half of my left over barbecue chicken. This recipe heavily overestimates how much pasta you need, I had to pour in a bunch more broth to make it work

https://bellyfull.net/chicken-noodle-soup-recipe/

Pulled pork – Made some crappy ribs at the barbecue I mentioned before, but was able to shred them and toss them into some sauce to make great pulled pork

Spaghetti – The black containers each contain an individual serving of spaghetti and meatballs. The meatballs are ground turkey tossed with salt, garlic, and pepper with some sautéed onions and green bell peppers. The sauce itself I’ll have to post in a separate comment cause of reddit formatting rules