I'm a big fan of spending my Sunday afternoons meal prepping for the week. It gives me something to do, plus I thoroughly hate cooking during the week after I get home from work. This means my fridge and freezer are constantly full of plastic containers stuffed with prepared meals. Each of the 20+ recipes here can also be prepped over the weekend and shoved in your freezer for the next night you don't feel like cooking. Bonus: they're all vegetarian, to suit anyone who's veggie or anyone (like me) who just really doesn't like cooking meat. Keep reading for meal-prep inspiration.
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A veggie version of traditional lasagna is as easy to prep as it is to store in the freezer.
Get the recipe: creamy spinach and mushroom lasagna
You can prepare a batch of this soup in your slow cooker and portion it out into meal-size containers before freezing.
Get the recipe: slow-cooker veggie tortilla soup
Stuffed shells are super easy to prepare and store either in freezer bags or in containers. When you're ready to eat them, pull out what you want, pop them in a baking dish, and cover with sauce.
Get the recipe: spinach-and-cheese-stuffed shells
You can prepare a full-size pan of these roll-ups to freeze and simply rebake when ready.
Get the recipe: vegetable lasagna rollup casserole
A tortellini bake can be quickly prepared before freezing. When you're ready to eat it, put it back in the oven and then cover with the cheese to top it so it's good and gooey and fresh.
Get the recipe: extra cheesy tortellini bake
I like to make stuffed shells and store them in single-serve packs in the freezer. It's easy enough to prepare one serving for myself or grab a couple of bags if I have company.
Get the recipe: ricotta-stuffed shells
You can prepare an entire pan of this decadent squash lasagna and reheat the whole thing for a family dinner.
Get the recipe: butternut squash lasagna
This supercheesy dish is quick to prepare and just as quick to reheat for a night in.
Get the recipe: three-cheese baked ziti
For a veggie spin on chili, make it with pumpkin and freeze a pot in smaller servings to reheat as you wish.
Get the recipe: pumpkin chili
Pumpkin chickpea soup is a great dish to whip up on a Sunday during the colder months to keep you warm during the week.
Get the recipe: pumpkin chickpea soup
I love how well quinoa reheats — and how quickly. You can make this quinoa tabbouleh and freeze it in whatever size servings work for you. To reheat, I like to heat up some olive oil in a skillet and toss the quinoa in it until warmed through.
Get the recipe: quinoa tabbouleh
You can line up these enchiladas across an entire casserole dish to freeze and bake them when you're ready to eat them. Save the cheese and avocado for when you're ready to eat them, though!
Get the recipe: vegetarian enchiladas
These simple taquitos hold up great in the freezer and can just be stuck in the oven until warmed through when you're ready to dig in.
Get the recipe: jackfruit and pinto bean taquitos
Prepare these meatballs ahead of time to freeze and use whenever you have a pasta dish you want to enjoy.
Get the recipe: lentil meatballs
I love making a huge batch of pasta sauce and freezing it in portions. When I want to eat it, I throw a portion into a pot on the stovetop to heat it back up. So simple!
Get the recipe: lentil bolognese sauce
Soups are one of the easiest foods to make ahead of time and freeze. This one is no exception! Make a big pot and store it in the freezer to pick away at all week.
Get the recipe: potato leek soup
Prep this whole casserole ahead of time and freeze it. It's so easy to finish it up in the oven when you and your family get hungry.
Get the recipe: squash casserole
Make this squash soup in one big pot and portion it out into plastic baggies you can freeze flat. They'll take up less room, and then you've got a perfect portion ready to be heated back up.
Get the recipe: butternut squash soup
For soups with pasta in them, I like to make everything except the pasta to freeze. Once I'm ready to devour the soup, I whip up some pasta to dump in. However, you can easily freeze the pasta in the soup as well. Either option works.
Get the recipe: Brazilian minestrone soup
This soup recipe is so simple to throw together while you're accomplishing other things on a lazy Sunday. It's even easier to freeze and heat back up during the week. I suspect it'll be in heavy rotation for many of you!
Get the recipe: black bean soup
Whip up a pot of this on a rainy day with all kinds of veggies, and freeze it to enjoy on your next rainy day.
Get the recipe: Mexican vegetable soup
Get the stuffing ready for the peppers and pack it into your uncooked peppers in a casserole dish. Freeze them, and when you're ready to eat them, bake the peppers all at once.
Get the recipe: stuffed peppers
