Easy freezing tips for healthy ready-meals

Make healthy eating a snap with these ideas for your freezer – it’s your new secret weapon!

We know – you don’t always have the time to whip up something nutritious and delicious. And with super-busy schedules, kids to look after or just plain tiredness, it’s no wonder. Luckily, we have just the solution: stock up the freezer, and you’ll have a healthy meal or snack to hand whenever you need it.

Try big batches
Cook up an extra-portioned meal – like a big curry or casserole – work out the SmartPoints for each portion, and freeze it in one or two-serving sizes. That way, every meal is quick and easy – just defrost, and you’ve got a low SmartPoints dinner with no thinking required.

Have a soup-er Sunday
Member Christine Ogle, 29, from Dudley, says: ‘I batch-cook soups every weekend for lunches or snacks during the week.’ There are plenty of 0 SmartPoints soups chock-full of fresh veg and spices to fill in your hunger gaps – and you can stow them in the fridge or freezer to use as you need. Check out our stash of soups and stews.

Make stand-by sandwiches
Struggling to put together those lunchboxes in the morning? Make batches of sandwiches when you have the time, and freeze them in plastic wrap to use later. Just check your fillings are freezer-friendly (we don’t recommend lettuce…). Pop your pre-made sandwich in your lunchbox before work, and it’ll be ready to eat by midday.