“What Is This New FreezEasy Thing You Keep Talking About And What Makes It Different…?”

“What is this new FreezEasy thing you keep talking about and what makes it different from the meals plans you already have?”

This is an email that I received this morning and I thought a prompt answer was in order. 🙂 (I also answered this on live video here just now. Watch now!)

Great question and I want to be really clear about this with you…

First, you need to know that I’m here to help you spend less money on groceries. I do that by sharing all kinds of delicious and budget friendly recipes every week here on the site. I also do that by preaching and teaching about meal planning, and just doing the meal planning for you.

Meal planning is absolutely crucial for spending less money on groceries, especially when you can meal plan based on meat sale prices and produce sale prices.

I know that meal planning is not a strength for some and I also know that you don’t have the time needed to devote to finding recipes, making shopping list for ingredients you need, etc.

So I do it for you. One less thing on your to-do list.

We have 2 wildly popular options around here. The first is a weekly meal plan subscription service called The $5 Meal Plan. These meal plans are delivered once a week, Friday mornings, and contain 10 recipes for the week and shopping list for those ingredients. {2-Week Free Trial, if you’re interested!}

The second are the freezer cooking meal plans. For the past 2 years, I’ve been sharing meal plans for freezer meals here on $5 Dinners, a new one every few months. They are crazy popular, I get emails asking when the new ones are coming out all the time, and I know they are helping make dinner easier for you. (I know, because you’ve told me!)

This past summer, I decided to create all new sets of freezer cooking meal plans under a new name and website, FreezEasy. The reason for this is two-fold: 1. “I don’t have space for 20 meals in my freezer.” and 2. “I don’t have time or energy to put together 20 meals for the freezer.”

The majority of the feedback that I received from the “20 Meals for $150” meal plans was that…not enough space in my freezer and not enough time to prepare.

So…I’ve reworked this freezer meal prep concept so that you will make 10 meals (plenty of space in your fridge freezer, they take up less than half of the bottom section of my fridge freezer!) in (what I hope will be) less than 1 hour.

(Sorry for all the ( ) in that last sentence!) lol

Yes, 10 meals in less than an hour. Of the 5 new meal plans that we’ve released in the FreezeEasy store, the longest was 55 minutes. The shortest was 42 minutes.

Now, you don’t have to worry about space and time. I’ve simplified this all even further for you!

I’ve taken specific type of recipe and meals and pulled them together into these fast freezer meal prep sessions!

That’s how the FreezEasy meal plans are “different.”

As for the content within the printable downloads that are available, that is all the same…recipes, shopping lists, assembly notes, detailed assembly instructions and an assembly video. In the video, I work through the assembly process with you…as if I were in your kitchen. I’ll teach you about the different recipes and drop some truth bombs in there too. Everyone love the videos!

Also, back to the “meal planning based on what meats are on sale” <— THIS right here is why I’ve set up the core meal plans they way I have.

• The All Chicken Recipes Plan
• The All Ground Beef Recipes Plan 
• The All Pork Chops Plan (This plan could be used with chicken in place of the pork chops too!)

Because the meat type is the same in all the recipes, you can prepare all these meals for the freezer when boneless, skinless chicken breasts hit $1.99/lb or less. (They were $1.59/lb. at my Sprouts recently!) Or when ground beef gets below $2.99 or $3.49/lb. (Obvi, prices vary greatly by region…but you get the idea!)

Plan to make these meals for the freezer when you see that particular meat type on sale. Mega savings on your groceries when you do follow the sales and stash meals into your freezer regularly!

(If you’re looking for more variety for your freezer, I offer the “Combo #1” & “Trio of Meats” Plans as well.)

ALSO….one last thing almost all of these plans are “No Cooking Needed on Prep Day!” style. The only thing that requires “cooking” is the ground beef…but that’s more like “browning” and less like “cooking.”

The “no cooking needed on prep day” is what makes putting together these meals so quick!

Alrighty…that’s it for now! If you have more questions, please let me know!

xoxo

Erin

P.S. I’ve got a special introductory bundle starting tomorrow…you’ll have the option to save $10 if you get all 5 new FreezEasy plans! Sign up to get notified of these and other future offers! 

P.P.S. Yes, we will be releasing more freezer cooking meal plans on FreezEasy in the near future. We are starting with 5 meal plans and will add more for you soon!