40+ Holiday Meals You Can Freeze

These French pastry are called Bostock, and they taste amazing. They are easy to make, sweet almond toasts and very freezer-friendly, perfect to serve at your next holiday brunch.

Muffins freeze beautifully and you can bake them from frozen, meaning it's easy to serve freshly baked muffins without any effort on a holiday morning.

While apple cinnamon muffins are delicious, chocolate cream cheese muffins take things over the top. Breakfast just got serious -- seriously easy when you make them and freeze for later.

These Raspberry Muffins topped with streusel are super tasty. Sweet and tart, soft and crunchy, so many great flavors combined into one delicious breakfast treat.

Like a creamsicle in baked form, these orange rolls are sure to drag folks from their beds -- or the presents round the Christmas tree. Make a bulk batch and freeze them for easy holiday noshing.

Give your cinnamon roll game a whimsical touch! These rainbow rolls have the cinnamon baked into the dough, so the colored sprinkles can shine. Use whatever colors you like for a super fun sweet roll that freezes well.

Bake up a coffee cake and tuck it in the freezer for a later date. Who knows when you might want a spontaneously easy but festive brunch dish? This is a winner!

Feel more in the mood for berries and lemon? This coffee cake features fresh or frozen blueberries and the tang of lemon zest, perfect for brightening the winter blahs.

Crave something hearty? This cornmeal breakfast cake boasts whole grain goodness, dotted with sweet tart raspberries. Bake one and freeze another for later.

Breakfast was never so easy than with this sausage egg hashbrown casserole. It freezes unbaked so you can bake it fresh right before serving. Top it off with a homemade bruschetta for a fun brunch twist.

This overnight egg bake can be made the night before and refrigerated or you can assemble and freeze for later baking. Customize it however you like -- it's perfect for using up holiday leftovers like ham and veggies.

I particularly love the idea of a French Toast Casserole. However, many recipes I tried in the past left me with a very gooey, custardy concoction. Not my favorite. I like a bit of crunch. In my Buttered Maple French Toast Casserole, I like to butter the bread to get a nice, toasty, crunchy top. There’s still the custard layer on the bottom. It’s like the best of both worlds.

By adding seasoned ground turkey to an egg casserole, you get a breakfast that will stick to the ribs and give your family staying power. The taco seasoning, chiles, and pepper jack cheese give this Spicy Turkey Egg Bake some flair.

There are never any leftovers when these Buttermilk Corn Waffles are served for breakfast. They’re extra special when you add a little of the honey butter.

This Bacon and Broccoli Egg Bake composed of broccoli, bacon, leeks, cheese, and eggs is very make-ahead, allowing me to be hands-free in the morning. Make two if you’re serving a crowd. It’s an ideal breakfast or brunch dish to serve over the holidays.

One of the things that my kids really enjoy is breakfast sausage. What I don’t enjoy is all the weird preservatives and unpronounceable ingredients in commercial sausage. We love this recipe for Homemade Spicy Turkey Sausage with Garlic and Basil because it is so easy to make, budget-friendly, and delicious.

Whether you're cooking to freeze the turkey in advance or want to stash the leftovers, know that roast turkey freezes very well. Chill, wrap securely, and tuck it into the freezer for later reheating.

Baked stuffing is a delicious dish to freeze. This one is seasoned with onion and sage and packed with loads of flavor, the perfect accompaniment to your holiday meals.

Cranberry sauce is a cinch to make and freeze for later. This one gets rich flavor from orange juice and brown sugar.

Mashed potatoes are a wonderful holiday meal to freeze. And this mashed potato casserole is one of the best! Dotted with roasted garlic and creamy cheddar cheese, it's bound to be a hit at your holiday table.

Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole is the perfect side for your holiday ham -- and how much better that you can make it in advance and not have to do a lot of prep in the days leading up to your celebrations? Make it and freeze it for later.

Burning Love Mashed Potatoes is an old Danish dish that uses simple ingredients: potatoes, milk, bacon, and onions, and transforms them into something amazing. These loaded mashed potatoes are a perfect main dish or decadent side. Make the components ahead of time and reheat prior to serving.

Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes for the freezer is a great recipe to save time, money, and kitchen clean-up. Stir up a few batches for comfort food in the bank!

This easy gravy recipe is delicious. This is a basic gravy recipe that is necessary  for (almost) all your holiday meals. You can totally do this! Stash a few pints in the freezer for easy dinners.

Season budget-friendly pork tenderloin with Dijon mustard and spices for a quick and easy, holiday meal. You can cook the marinated pork tenderloin on the grill, weather permitting, or broil it in the oven.

These Creamy Chicken Enchiladas are full of flavor and texture, with a little punch from the chipotle, pepper Jack cheese, and salsa verde, a tangy creaminess from the cream cheese, corn tortillas to give the dish body, and chicken to give it some heart. I’m partial to Mexican food on Christmas Eve, so this is one of my go-to’s.

Homemade blended soups can be a delicious and economical way to get enough vegetables in your diet. They are also a great way to use up leftover vegetables. This Velvety Vegetable Soup is both light and warming and looks elegant on the holiday table.

Homemade beef stew is homey and comforting. This Guinness Beef Stew is also so easy to make; prepare it for a cozy night in with lots of soda bread and Dubliner cheese on the side.

Mac and Cheese is a classic comfort food, particularly for these cold winter months. Try this version that has a garlicky, Alfredo twist and prepare it in individual ramekins. Serve an appetizer course followed by mac and cheese, a green salad, and a nice glass of wine.

Our family likes to make tamales as our Christmas Eve tradition. Because the goodies (corn, pepper jack cheese, and chopped green chiles) are mixed into the masa, rather than stuffed, these Cheesy Corn & Chile Tamales have a slightly different texture than traditional tamales, but they’re also easier and quicker to make.

Lasagna is one of the best freezer meals ever. Dress it up for the holidays with abundant salads and garlic bread.

Freeze your apple pie prior to freezing so that you can bake it fresh. Not only will the house be filled with a delicious aroma, all the work and dishes are already done!

Bake up a berry pie at the holiday without lifting more than a few fingers. Using frozen berries makes this affordable and making it in advance makes it easy. Freeze more than one pie for ultimate enjoyment.

This Easy Blueberry Pie comes together in minutes with frozen blueberries. Instead of baking it right away, wrap, cover, and freeze. Bake it later when you're ready for a fresh-from-the-oven treat!

Ice cream sales abound in the winter months. Layer your favorite sorbet and ice cream in a cookie crumb crust and layer on a chocolate ganache topping. Super easy and delicious.

This Slow Cooker Chocolate Cheesecake will score big points with everyone at your table. A chocolate cookie crust and a filling of cream cheese, sugar, egg, chocolate, cream, and vanilla extract bakes in the slow cooker for the creamiest cheesecake ever! It freezes beautifully.

Looking for a more wholesome sweet? Try these Honey Lemon Cheesecake Bars, naturally sweetened with honey, and packed with sweet-tart lemon flavor.

For these Chocolate Mint Bars, I took a recipe from my childhood and did some tweaking. They’re a decadent dessert with chocolate cake layer topped with mint buttercream and chocolate. You can eat these frozen, cold, or at room temperature. We like them all ways!

I love cheesecake, and I love pumpkin pie. This Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake is a combo of the two. It’s great for dessert, even better for breakfast the next day. Or lunch. Ask me how I know.

Time for a hobbit tea! Seed Cakes are a tasty pound cake filled with caraway seeds. Their distinct flavor makes them delicious as well as memorable. The cakes freeze and thaw beautifully, making for an easy make-ahead holiday tea.