Editable Freezer Label Printables for Free

Freezer meal prep will become an obsession, and even more so when you have the proper tools like these free printable and editable freezer labels to make it easier. We all have done the masking tape trick or put a sticky note on a bag and hoped that the condensation didn’t smear the pen ink…yet it does every single time. 

So, we have solved all the problems going forward! 

First, freezer labels are great, but they’re even better if they’re editable, so you can print them off with your computer.

And if you need the same label for multiple bags or containers, as it happens with meal prep, you only need to fill in the details once. Save that file with the name of your recipe and print a new sheet whenever you need to. This is a huge time saver!

Second, use the Moisture Proof Labels from Amazon. LIFESAVER! No more smears and you can actually read what you have in the bag! 

📝 How To Use The Editable Freezer Labels

Before I started using these labels, every time I would freeze leftovers or meal prep containers, I wrote the name of the recipe on a piece of masking tape and stick it to my freezer containers. That worked great as the tape easily peeled off after I reheated the food. 

Unfortunately, it was too difficult to write out all of the necessary information for a freezer meal. I needed to include items like the reheating instructions, and any ingredients that needed to be prepped during the day of cooking. That just wouldn’t fit on a piece of masking tape. (I tried!)

So, I designed these labels to make it easy to get all the information in one place. It will definitely save you the stress of trying to remember exactly what you made a few weeks later. Use my free printable freezer food storage chart to guide you to how long each item will stay fresh in the freezer and add that onto your label as well. Trust me! 🙂

✏️ How To Print & Edit

✔️These labels fit the Avery style 22827 but you can also use regular sticker paper. Or print on cardstock and use them as tags.

✔️Once you download and save the PDF to your device you can open it with Preview or any PDF reader app (like the free Adobe Reader).

✔️All the information fields are editable. As such, you can edit the following fields:

• Recipe name
• ‘Use by’ date
• Ingredients
• Directions

⬇️ Download Now

If you are interested in receiving the labels, enter your name and email to have it emailed straight to you.  Easy peasy.

‼️ Meal Prepping with Editable Freezer Labels

I love making freezer meals.  Life gets busy, and I like to prepare several meals at once when I have time in order to accommodate those days when life gets away from you.  If you have never made freezer meals, check out Meal Prep 101 that has helped me save an insane amount of time in prepping my family’s meals.

Heck, if I am going to spend a few minutes chopping vegetables, I find it a lot easier to spend a few more minutes and chop enough for freezing for a few more meals. Freezer Meal Prep:

• Saves time
• Saves money 
• Prepares meals for the future

🔖 Tips For Using These Labels

One of the problems I faced during my first few rounds of freezer meal cooking was remembering exactly what was in a freezer bag and how to prepare it.  My husband called it my mystery meat cooking. I would spend the time preparing the food and freezing it, but forget to label it. Of course I would remember what was in that bag, right?  Oops.

📌Use them as blank labels – I usually type in all the information then print the labels, but you can use these as blank labels. Simply delete the placeholder text from each editable field and then print. This will give you blank labels perfect for manually filling in. Just make sure to use a permanent sharpie – there’s humidity in the freezer and we need to keep the writing readable.

📌Use moisture proof labels from Avery – I started using the regular labels from Avery, but ran into problems with the moisture.  When the label got wet, it would smear the ink and I couldn’t read the instructions. Even if it made it into the freezer fine, when I defrosted the bags, the condensation would cause problems.

When I switched to the moisture resistant labels, all of those issues went away.

🥘 Freezer Meal Ideas

Now that you have the free printable labels (and make sure you use them!) you’ll want some recipe ideas. Here are a few posts to get you started on freezer cooking.

⭐Freezer Cooking 101 – this is a great starter for anyone ready to jump start into freezer meals! Once you look it over, the steps are very simple and you can see that you can start freezer meal prepping today!

⭐Freezer Meals Pasta Lunch – this is one of my all time freezer meals/budget meals out there! So simple, tasty, quick and easy!

⭐20 Freezer Breakfast Meals – We take freezer meals to every meal we can here! They just make life so much easier and save you so much stress!

⭐Crockpot Freezer Meals – This combines a couple of loves for me! Freezer meals and a crockpot all rolled up into one. This is meant for beginners and advanced meal preppers! I always feel like we can all learn something along the way!