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September 11, 2019

Lean & Green Freezer Meals

Starting some healthy eating habits? I’ve put together this Lean & Green Freezer Meal Plan just for you! And I’ve included a shopping list, too! This plan calls for you to make 3 each of 6 different meals, so you’ll end up with 18 meals for your freezer!

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6 Great Lean & Green Freezer Meals

I am so excited to be getting together with my friend Angie tonight to put together some Lean & Green Freezer Meals for her family!

Angie has been working on establishing healthy eating habits for herself and her family, and she has made amazing progress!  Sometimes eating healthy means a lot of cooking from scratch, but it doesn’t have to be that way!

You can still eat healthy and have the convenience of premade freezer meals. 

So to go with her new Lean & Green way of eating, we’ve put together a list of 6 healthy freezer you can make at home! 

The Freezer Meal Recipes

I’ve taken six of Angie’s favorite lean & green freezer meals and put them into a freezer meal plan, with a shopping list included.  She has great taste, because these are also some of my family’s favorite freezer meals, too!

The shopping list is based on making 3 of each meal, so you’ll end up with 18 meals total.

I’ve got all the freezer meal recipes and instructions in the PDF, so there’s no need to print them individually if you don’t want.  But here’s the lineup below so you can take a look!  (Minus one recipe that is as of yet unpublished.)

Be sure to subscribe to my newsletter to get the printable PDF file with the recipes and shopping list!

 

Lean & Green Freezer Meals

1

Baked Fajita Chicken

No pre-cooking and minimal prep make this easy freezer meal a breeze to keep on hand for fast, delicious dinners! This one is definitely a family favorite!!!

2

Instant Pot Pork Carnitas

A great dinner multitasker, Instant Pot Pork Carnitas can be cooked in the slow cooker or pressure cooker, and can be used in a variety of meals!  Cook once and eat all week!!

3

Sesame Orange Chicken

These easy make-ahead sesame orange chicken thighs are bursting with great citrus flavor and are so quick to make! Cook these babies in your slow cooker for nice, tender, juicy orange chicken that beats takeout!

4

Instant Pot Meatloaf (GF, DF)

This Instant Pot Meatloaf recipe is not only quick and delicious, it is also an easy freezer meal to make ahead, and its even easier to cook because you can cook it right from frozen!

5

Copycat Cafe Rio Chicken

This Copycat Cafe Rio Chicken Freezer Meal is so easy to make with only 6 ingredients, but it is full of great flavor! Cook it in the crock pot and your house will smell AMAZING!!! Or cook it in 15 minutes in your Instant Pot!

Be sure to check out my other Freezer Meal Plans for many more great options:

  • Introduction to Freezer Meals Mini Plan
  • Chicken Casseroles Freezer Meal Plan
  • Pork Roast Freezer Meal Plan
Baked Brown Sugar Garlic Chicken
Instant Pot Salsa Chicken

Filed Under: Dinner, Freezer Cooking Plans, Main Course

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  1. Kay says

    October 23, 2019 at 5:22 pm

    Is there nutritional information for these recipes?

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    • Candi says

      October 23, 2019 at 5:41 pm

      Yes! If you click on the links for each recipe, it will take you to that specific recipe, and at the bottom of the page there is a recipe card with ingredients and cooking instructions. Just below the cooking instructions on each recipe card is the estimated nutritional information. (If you don’t want to scroll through the post, you can use the “Jump to Recipe” button just under the title at the top of each page.)

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  2. Becky says

    December 29, 2019 at 9:33 am

    I only see 5 meals….am I missing the 6th? So excited to try they look yummy!

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    • Candi says

      December 29, 2019 at 5:47 pm

      The 6th recipe is not posted on my site, so there’s no link to it above in the list. But it IS included in the PDF file and the shopping list.

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      • Michelle says

        January 24, 2020 at 1:30 pm

        How do you get the pdf and shopping list for these meals?

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        • Candi says

          January 24, 2020 at 3:14 pm

          Right above the individual recipes is a box to subscribe to our newsletter. Once you fill that out, click on the opt in button and then click on Submit, you will get a response box that confirms your subscription and at the bottom of that box is a link to the PDF file with the recipes and shopping list.

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          • Jennifer says

            February 8, 2020 at 10:12 am

            I subscribed, how soon will i get the pdf? or do i have to find it on your website?

          • Candi says

            February 8, 2020 at 12:09 pm

            Right above the individual recipes is a box to subscribe to our newsletter. Once you fill that out, click on the opt in button and then click on Submit, you will get a response box that confirms your subscription and at the bottom of that box is a link to the PDF file with the recipes and shopping list. Once you click on that link it will download the PDF for you.

  3. Kristie says

    December 26, 2020 at 8:48 am

    Hello. I subscribed and received my email to confirm my email address, but I do not have a box at the bottom that allows me to open the PDF will all the recipes and shopping list included. Can you help me understand what I need to do differently. Thank you so much!

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    • Candi says

      December 26, 2020 at 8:24 pm

      As soon as you put in your email address, the text in the box will change, and there is a link at the bottom of the box (underlined text) that will take you to the PDF to download.

      Reply
  4. Cathy Kimball says

    January 13, 2021 at 3:44 pm

    When you say your meals are lean and green- do they go along with the Optavia lean and green meal guidelines?

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    • Candi says

      January 13, 2021 at 5:40 pm

      Yes. HOWEVER, I have had a couple people point out that not all of them adhere correctly. (I put them together at the request of a friend of mine who is a coach, before I was doing the program myself.) The Sesame Orange chicken is only for maintenance, and I don’t have the Lean & Green counts on them (yet – I’m working on them this week!). I am working on getting a bunch of Lean & Green freezer meal sessions ready and posted, and I will go back and list the counts on the recipes as well. I’ve spent several hours this week becoming more familiar with all the recipe conversions and condiment counts so hopefully I’m almost ready!

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