Set up your freezer with homemade freezer simmer sauces and have them ready to build a quick and easy dinner - with less effort. A freezer pantry is a stocked freezer with ready to go
Make now, eat later.
THE VERY best (freezer-friendly) bolognese sauce! So rich, so hearty, so perfect. Serve over pasta or gnocchi!
A great, go-to freezer tomato sauce. It took all summer to grow your tomatoes, now use a slow cooker to stock your freezer with a tasty tomato sauce.
Easy Vegan Pasta Sauce with 6 different vegetables! Dairy-free, creamy, and freezer-friendly. Protein-rich, healthy, ready in 30 minutes.
Bechamel (also known as White Sauce) is so simple to make, is incredibly versatile and it freezes brilliantly. Stash a batch in the freezer for a quick meal.
The perfect vegan pasta sauce recipe that is simple, fuss-free and made using gorgeous ingredients that we cook with every day. Freezer friendly, healthy and satisfying. One of my staple vegan pasta recipes.
I fell in love with pasta bolognese during my time working in a fine dining Italian restaurant in the heart of downtown Milwaukee. After much begging, the restaurant’s chef taught me how to make it myself at home. The only problem? I didn’t always have time for the hours-long simmer required to properly cook a classic bolognese sauce. My solution? Create an equally delicious sauce using a leaner protein! A quick adaptation of my popular Turkey Bolognese, this Chicken Bolognese recipe pairs ground chicken with fragrant aromatics & streamlined cooking to create restaurant-worthy richness despite the leaner protein & shorter simmer. It comes together relatively quickly & packs a huge punch of cozy flavor! Once it’s beautifully simmered, all that’s left to do is marry the bolognese sauce with pasta. While tagliatelle or spaghetti might be most traditional, I highly recommend trying bucatini, a tubular spaghetti with the best hearty texture. Finish with some grated parm & a generous sprinkling of finely chopped fresh herbs, & it’s the ultimate comfort food meal. ♡ Happy cooking!
Tomato Salsa - the best pasta sauce on the face of the Earth; can be used as a crostini spread or dip; Croatian recipe
Delicious mushroom chicken lasagna roll ups with flavorful pesto ricotta and luxurious garlic parmesan cheese sauce. These easy lasagna roll ups are the perfect cozy comfort food and a great way to use up leftover chicken! Freezer-friendly and kiddo-approved.
“Ragu” is a broad term used to describe a rich, slowly cooked Italian meat sauce. It’s hearty, intensely flavorful, &, unlike a slowly simmered marinara or tomato sauce, ragu is all about the meat (or a meaty ingredient, like mushrooms!). I learned how to cook ragu 10+ years ago, working at a fine dining Northern Italian restaurant. To this day, it’s one of my favorite things to cook! We’ve shared many ragu recipes over the years here on PWWB, but never a poultry version…until now! While traditional Italian poultry ragu sauces are made with wild game, like pheasant or duck, I chose to center this particular recipe around what's most accessible here in the U.S. – chicken. While you can easily make this recipe using a variety of cuts (see Recipe Notes for more!), I opt for chicken thighs, as they’re the most flavor-packed part of the chicken & lend themselves well to a long braise. When slowly simmered with aromatic veggies, fresh herbs, wine, & Italian tomatoes, the chicken thighs become fall-apart tender. The resulting homemade ragu sauce is a little lighter in flavor than those made with beef short ribs or pork, but it still packs a big punch of bold flavor. Serve tossed into pasta, over rice or polenta, or alongside hearty mashed potatoes for the ultimate comforting meal! To learn all about ragu, be sure to check out the blog post, above, & for alternate cooking methods, like slow cooker or Instant Pot ragu, check out the Recipe Notes, below. ♡ Happy cooking!
This mouthwatering mustard chicken recipe is made with a creamy mustard sauce. Each bite offers juicy, delicious chicken covered in a Dijon mustard sauce.
Carrot pasta sauce is earthy, warm and creamy. This healthy, low fat sauce is also very easy to make. In fact, you only need eight simple ingredients that you probably already have your pantry.
I fell in love with pasta bolognese during my time working in a fine dining Italian restaurant in the heart of downtown Milwaukee. After much begging, the restaurant’s chef taught me how to make it myself at home. The only problem? I didn’t always have time for the hours-long simmer required to properly cook a classic bolognese sauce. My solution? Create an equally delicious sauce using a leaner protein! A quick adaptation of my popular Turkey Bolognese, this Chicken Bolognese recipe pairs ground chicken with fragrant aromatics & streamlined cooking to create restaurant-worthy richness despite the leaner protein & shorter simmer. It comes together relatively quickly & packs a huge punch of cozy flavor! Once it’s beautifully simmered, all that’s left to do is marry the bolognese sauce with pasta. While tagliatelle or spaghetti might be most traditional, I highly recommend trying bucatini, a tubular spaghetti with the best hearty texture. Finish with some grated parm & a generous sprinkling of finely chopped fresh herbs, & it’s the ultimate comfort food meal. ♡ Happy cooking!
This vegan bolognese is hearty, rich, and packed with plant-based protein. Made with red lentils, mushrooms, walnuts, and a ton of vegetables! Not only is it approved by picky meat-eaters and kids, but it's also perfect for stocking the freezer!
