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35 Tasty Freezer Meal Recipes Perfect For A Meal Train

If you’re looking for some new tasty freezer meal recipes then you’re sure to find some great options in this list.

Even better? These freezer meal recipes are perfect to bookmark for when you need something to help you organize or contribute to a meal train.

How To Plan A Meal Train

With September being Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, it got me thinking about the needs of families with a child who has been newly diagnosed or is actively going through cancer treatment.

With the mental and physical toll parents experience during this time, many fall into the pattern of picking up fast food or skipping meals all together.

And if they have more than one child, or other family members living in their household, the situation becomes even more challenging.

So this is the perfect opportunity to plan and organize a meal train with freezer meals like the ones below.

Key Details To Collect For Your Meal Train

If you’re new to planning a meal train there are some key things to know that will make your efforts easier.

Before asking for contributions, you’ll want to learn more about and establish the following:

  1. Does the family have any food allergies or dietary restrictions?
  2. What are some of the family’s favorite meals, desserts, and drinks?
  3. What days of the week would the family like to receive the meals?
  4. What is the best food delivery etiquette for the family? Leave it at the door at a certain time? Knock or ring the doorbell?
  5. How do people sign up to contribute to the meal train?
  6. What are the recommendations about serving dishes? Should people use disposable items? Or, are serving dishes that need to be returned OK?

Tools That Can Support Your Meal Train

After you figure out the key details of your meal train, you’ll want to create a sign up sheet and a timeline.

How you approach the sign up process depends on your community.

It can be as simple as a piece of paper with instructions and time slots where people can write down their names.

Of, if you prefer to go the online route, but don’t want to register for yet another online site, you can use Google Calendar to let people sign up for a day and time.

And finally, you can go the online tool route and use something like SignUpGenius which offers different visual designs and specific settings related to how and when people can sign up for your meal train.

Meal Prep Made Easy

Now that you’ve figured out how the meal train will happen , it’s time to focus on what the meal train will include.

When families have to focus the bulk of their energy outside of the home, meals need to be as simple as possible.

So this list of freezer meals takes the guesswork out of what to make for the person wanting to contribute to a meal train and for the recipient.

Comfort Foods Bring Comfort

Most of these freezer meal recipes are hearty dishes that are flavorful and nutrient dense.

More importantly, though, they are tasty meals that will bring comfort to a family that would benefit from outside support.

Making a meal for a meal train is the very essence of how comfort foods can bring comfort in a time of need.

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