Foods that can be prepared ahead of time, and frozen, and then easily restored to their former glory, are really my favorites. Luckily, this is many dishes, many things freeze well.

Lately I've been on a big soup kick, making gallons of soup and freezing them into large blocks. I've been using a knock-off brand of these silicone freezer trays which have been a great tool for freezing soups and chili (perhaps chili is itself a soup). It really makes it easy to prepare meals for the future. When I want some, I pop out a block or two of a meal the night before or morning of, and let it thaw in the fridge. In a pinch I can put them in a bowl of water on the counter and thaw a bit quicker.

I've been making these things and freezing them, perhaps I'll write about the recipes later.

1. Chicken shawarma
2. Bolognese sauce
3. Split pea soup
4. Tomato bisque
5. Butternut squash soup
6. Chili

They all freeze amazingly well. It's very rewarding to have my meals ready to eat through the week with ease. I can spend one day on the weekend preparing a bunch of them, and freeze it all at once. Also the 250mL cubes are a great size for portioning out meals. One wasteful thing I hope to solve are using plastic sealable bags in the freezer. I know they make some reusable ones, perhaps that is what I should use. I can't really mix and match the cubes in a tub like ice cubes, I think they'd freeze together and that'd be a nightmare to reheat.

For things like chicken, I just freeze it in a bag as well. I think that is the easiest to replace with something reusable instead of a single-use sealable bag.