Spring Meal Prep: Build Your Food Emergency Fund

Having ready-made meals in your freezer provides the same peace of mind as an emergency fund in your bank account. This small culinary reserve allows you to calmly face the unexpected and busy days, while preserving your budget and your time.

Maximize your time in the kitchen while enjoying seasonal ingredients. Our recipes showcase springtime treasures: crisp asparagus, tender peas, fresh spinach and aromatic herbs. From breakfast to dinner, these frozen dishes let you enjoy springtime delights even on the busiest days. Freezing not only preserves the flavors but also the nutrients of your favorite vegetables.

📱 In Octave : Organization in 3 steps

1. Planning

• Choose a week dedicated to meal prep

• Add recipes over 2-3 days

• Automatically generated grocery list
  
  

2. Preparation

• Follow the recipes

• Package and label

• Cool completely
  
  

3. Organization

• Add dishes to a freezer inventory list

• Check inventory for future planning

• Enable rotation reminders
  
  

Main Dishes: Spring Flavors in Your Freezer

The beautiful days are coming with their fresh vegetables and new herbs. Our main recipes feature the stars of spring: asparagus, peas, tender spinach. From breakfast to dinner, vary the pleasures with a light quiche, a comforting soup or express pasta. These dishes are perfectly suited to freezing and allow you to enjoy the flavors of spring even on busy days.

Asparagus and smoked salmon quiche

• Freezing: Wrap individually without cooking

• Storage: 2-3 months

• Usage: Cook from freezer (45-50 min at 375°F)

• Tip: Perfect for lunch with fresh salad

Spring Minestrone Soup

• Freezing: Without pasta, individual portions

• Storage: 3 months

• Use: Defrost for 24 hours, add fresh pasta

• Tip: Ideal for lunch with fresh bread

Pasta with green pea pesto

• Freezing: Pesto in small containers

• Storage: 6 months

• Use: Defrost a portion

• Tip: Cook fresh pasta, add defrosted pesto

Turkey meatballs with spinach

• Freezing: Cooked, on a baking sheet then in a bag

• Storage: 3 months

• Use: Reheat 15-20 min at 350°F

• Tip: Serve with sauce and fresh vegetables

Vegetable curry with coconut milk

• Freezing: Vegetables and sauce separately

• Storage: 2-3 months

• Use: Defrost, add fresh coconut milk

• Tip: Serve with freshly cooked rice

Spinach and Ricotta Lasagna

• Freezing: Uncooked, double wrapped

• Storage: 3 months

• Use: Cook from freezer (60-75 min at 375°F)

• Tip: Perfect for impromptu family dinners

Snacks and Extras: The Secret to Successful Planning

Don't underestimate the importance of side dishes and snacks! These little extras make all the difference in your daily life. Savory muffins to complement a soup, soft bars for a quick lunch, homemade sauce to improvise a meal... Keep these allies in your freezer for quick and tasty solutions at any time.

Savory vegetable muffins

• Freezing: Cooked and cooled

• Storage: 2 months

• Usage: Defrost or reheat

• Tip: Quick snack or side dish

Carrot Bites

• Freezing: In balls on a plate then in a bag

• Storage: 3 months

• Usage: Defrost in the refrigerator

• Tip: Dessert or nutritious snack

Raspberry-chia breakfast bars

• Freezing: Individually packaged portions

• Storage: 3 months

• Usage: Defrost the day before

• Tip: Quick lunch or snack

Tomato sauce with herbs

• Freezing: Small airtight containers

• Storage: 6 months

• Usage: Defrost in the refrigerator

• Tip: Versatile base for multiple meals

💡 Tip: The freezer inventory or a list created for this purpose in Octave will become your menu of ready-to-eat meals or foods to cook!

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