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Home » Recipes » Freezer Cooking & Make Ahead Meals

A Week of No-Cook Freezer Lunches

Published: Jul 10, 2015 · Modified: Sep 18, 2020 by Ginny · This post may contain affiliate links.

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This post is for those of you that want to avoid eating out for lunch or purchasing pricey prepared meals, but can’t devote the time to a full-on freezer cooking session.

Freezer Meals: Put together a week of no-cook make ahead meals to save time and money! Just take 30 minutes to put these make ahead lunches for work together, and grab and go in the mornings!

My goal was to make this in as little time as possible since I know so many of you have very little time to spare – you can knock these out in about half an hour and prepare a whole week of lunches (or dinners) without ever turning on the stove!

So let’s get to it – first up, the burritos!


 

No-Cook Make-Ahead Freezer Burritos

Freezer Meals: Put together a week of no-cook make ahead meals to save time and money! Just take 30 minutes to put these make ahead lunches for work together, and grab and go in the mornings!

Base Burrito Ingredients:

  • 1 Bag Birds Eye Protein Blends Southwest Style
  • 2 Tyson Grilled & Ready Chicken Breasts
  • 1 Cup Steamfresh Rice (choose any flavor you’d like!)
  • 1 cup Shredded Mozzarella Cheese (or cheese of your choice)
  • 6 Flour Tortillas

Seasonings:

  • 1 tbsp Fajita Seasoning (mixed into 2 tbsp water)
  • 1 tbsp Adobo
  • Salt and Pepper, to taste

To Heat Up:
Remove from foil, pierce center with fork and microwave for 90 to two minutes, halfway through flip over and pierce other side with fork and continue microwaving. Let stand for a minute or two.

I separated the recipe into “base ingredients” and “seasonings” because this is a versatile recipe and you can easily use your favorite burrito flavorings. But just in case you don’t have any go-to burrito seasonings, I included my seasonings of choice!

Other Seasoning Ideas:
Hot Sauce, Cilantro (I sprinkled in some cilantro), Taco Sauce, Taco Seasoning, Sofrito, Sazon, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, etc. Leave your suggestions in the comments below!

Freezer Meals: Put together a week of no-cook make ahead meals to save time and money! Just take 30 minutes to put these make ahead lunches for work together, and grab and go in the mornings!

Dice or slice your chicken and place your base ingredients in a large bowl.

Freezer Meals: Put together a week of no-cook make ahead meals to save time and money! Just take 30 minutes to put these make ahead lunches for work together, and grab and go in the mornings!

Then add your seasonings of choice (or you can use the ones that I mentioned above) and thoroughly mix all ingredients together.

Freezer Meals: Put together a week of no-cook make ahead meals to save time and money! Just take 30 minutes to put these make ahead lunches for work together, and grab and go in the mornings!

Lay out tortillas on a flat surface and place ½ cup of the filling in the center of the tortilla and roll your burritos. You’re going to want to work quickly, because everything is still frozen! Wrap your burritos in aluminum foil or plastic wrap and store in a freezer bag.

Freezer Meals: Put together a week of no-cook make ahead meals to save time and money! Just take 30 minutes to put these make ahead lunches for work together, and grab and go in the mornings!

I had 1 ½ cup of filling left over, so I used one cup for a burrito bowl and used the other ½ cup for one of the meals I’ll show you in just a sec.

You can find everything you need at Walmart. I got the chicken, vegetables and rice from the freezer section.


Freezer Meals: Put together a week of no-cook make ahead meals to save time and money! Just take 30 minutes to put these make ahead lunches for work together, and grab and go in the mornings!


Portioned Meals

I measured out ½ cup servings of both the rice and my chosen flavor of the Birds Eye Protein Blends (there are several flavors to choose from!) and paired them with one piece of chicken. Feel free to choose whichever sides you like – when I made these last month, I used different pairings of veggies and rice/potatoes – just go with whatever works for you!

Freezer Meals: Put together a week of no-cook make ahead meals to save time and money! Just take 30 minutes to put these make ahead lunches for work together, and grab and go in the mornings!

Now, we did still have some ingredients left over from the burritos. I used ½ cup of the remaining brown rice as well as ½ cup of the left over burrito filling as a side for the chicken in one of the meals.

Since we didn’t season these beforehand, I do recommend keeping some salt and pepper on hand or spicing it up further with a bit of soy sauce or salsa when serving (I know the salsa idea sounds out there, but trust me!).

To Heat Up:

When heating up, simply add a spoon of water to the rice/veggies and pierce the chicken with a fork and microwave for four to five minutes, stirring halfway through.

A Breakdown of all Meals Made:

  • 3 Burrito Lunches (two burritos per meal, or six meals if you only take one!)
  • 3 Single-Serve Portioned Meals
  • 1 Burrito Bowl
  • 1 Portioned Dinner that serves two (or count this as two meals if you’re portioning separately)

So we made an entire week of lunches and then some! I’m pretty pleased with this since there was no actual cooking involved – super convenient!


 Do you have any simple make-ahead meals that you make when you’re short on time? 

Freezer Meals: Put together a week of no-cook make ahead meals to save time and money! Just take 30 minutes to put these make ahead lunches for work together, and grab and go in the mornings!

Tell me about it in the comments below. I’m always looking for new ideas!


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Hi! My name is Ginny and I know how busy life can be! I am a mom working hard to prepare healthy meals for my family that is always on the go!

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  1. Hope says

    May 02, 2018 at 5:15 pm

    How do you store the burrito bowl meals? We want to freeze them but aren’t sure the best method!

    Reply
  2. Anissa says

    February 20, 2016 at 10:21 pm

    This is probably a silly question but I just want to make sure – you put these meals together and then freeze them, right? The cooking directions are for reheating it from frozen?

    Thanks! I love this idea.

    Reply
    • Jazmin Rode says

      March 16, 2016 at 3:57 pm

      Yep the meals are put together and then stored in the freezer until ready to eat and be reheated. 🙂

      Reply
  3. Stacy says

    January 17, 2016 at 11:48 am

    This is a really great idea. I’m not too into tortillas, so I am just planning on the burrito bowls and bringing along some lettuce and tomato to put on top after reheating.

    Reply
  4. Kayla says

    December 21, 2015 at 8:41 pm

    I’m trying to figure out when you are cooking the chicken vs. when you are using things that are frozen and how you heat up the burritos. This seems really awesome and I would love to figure out more, so I can do it. Can you elaborate? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Jazmin Rode says

      December 22, 2015 at 10:52 am

      Hi Kayla! I’m using precooked frozen chicken to save time when preparing. And to heat up the burritos “Remove from foil, pierce center with fork and microwave for 90 to two minutes, halfway through flip over and pierce other side with fork and continue microwaving. Let stand for a minute or two.” Hope you try it! 🙂

      Reply

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