Cooking for the freezer

[Pasanna]

I'm trying to stock up the freezer for when ds2 is born and I seem to be stuck on mince recipes, cottage pie, lasagne, spag bol. What can I cook now to eat later? Help please!!!

Anything casseroled is ideal because the sauce protects the contents. Chicken curry, beef stew, lamb tagine... And sauces are good by themselves, especially fresh tomato sauce frozen in portions which you can defrost while the pasta is cooking and throw in a little chorizo, prawns, beans or whatever to turn into a quick plateful.

Thanks Cogito, I have plenty of tomato sauce with peppers, onions and garlic from the summer in the freezer so I'll get some chorizo nearer the time. I've never made tagine, but I have made couscous, so that's going on next weeks shopping list.

Soup is good too!

maybe a pie, sweet or savory.

Also the Pound Shops are fab for soup bags and small and big foil containers.

Pies are a good idea, unfortunately I live in France so no pound shops. Its one of the things I miss about the UK, that and TKMaxx.
If I make a chicken pie do I need to make a roux with chicken stock?