Future Meals for Me started because I wanted to eat well without cooking every night. I love food, and I love cooking, but I don’t love the constant mental load of deciding what to eat, shopping for it, cooking it, and then doing it all again the next day. So I built a framework I could return to. Future Meals for Me isn’t a strict meal plan and it’s not about eating the same thing on repeat. It’s a freezer-friendly system that lets you cook a small number of really good base meals, and then build different dinners around them depending on what you feel like that night.

This is Series One: five base recipes, multiple remixes, and one calm Sunday that sets future you up properly.

The Future Meals for Me Framework

The framework is intentionally simple.

I cook five base meals that are designed to be paired with additions. These aren’t ready meals you defrost and eat as-is.

The base meals handle:

flavour
protein
structure

The additions are quick and low-effort:

a jacket potato in the oven
rice on the stove
flatbread warmed
greens steamed
or a little extra stock to turn something into a soup

Each base meal:

is freezer-friendly
makes around six portions
is saucy or protected so it reheats well
is designed to be remixed, not repeated

Most nights, I’m not really cooking, I’m assembling.

What You’ll Get in Each Future Meals for Me Series

Each Future Meals for Me series is designed to be practical and repeatable.

Every series includes:

Five base recipes: Freezer-friendly hero meals that form the foundation of the system.
Remix recommendations: Simple ways to turn each base meal into different dinners using fresh additions.
A complete shopping list: One organised list so you can shop once and be done.
A Sunday prep guide: A step-by-step plan for making all five meals in one calm cooking session, including what to start first, how long it takes, and how to portion and freeze everything.

The idea is that you make the decisions once, and then let the system support you for weeks.

Series One — The Base Meals

Series One is built around five base meals that freeze well, reheat beautifully, and work across different styles of dinners. Each recipe makes around six portions and is designed to be paired with simple additions cooked fresh.

The five base meals in Series One are:

Middle Eastern Lamb Stew: Slow-cooked lamb with warming spices, chickpeas, tomato, and eggplant, rich, saucy, and deeply comforting.
Thai Beef Basil: A lightly sauced beef and green bean dish with garlic, chilli, and basil that reheats without drying out.
Vietnamese Pork & Lemongrass Meatballs: Fragrant pork meatballs cooked in a light savoury sauce that stays juicy and versatile.
Creamy Tuscan Chicken: Chicken simmered in a balanced cream sauce with sun-dried tomatoes and spinach, comforting without being heavy.
Chicken Souvlaki (Marinated & Frozen Raw): Chicken marinated and frozen uncooked, ready to be cooked fresh and paired with different sides.

Each recipe has its own blog post with full instructions, freezer notes, and remix ideas.

How the Remixes Work

This is what makes the framework work long-term. Instead of eating the same meal the same way, each base recipe can become different dinners, like:

rice bowls
jacket potatoes
flatbreads or wraps
mash and greens
brothy soups
lettuce cups

Same base. Different experience.

This is how five meals turn into weeks of variety without feeling repetitive.

How I Store My Meals

I store my meals in reusable plastic containers.

A few important notes:

I use them for storage only
I don’t reheat food in the containers
I transfer meals to a bowl or pan to reheat

This keeps the containers in good condition and makes reheating better.

I’ll link the exact containers I use here:
[My freezer containers on Amazon]

Start Here

If this is your first time using the framework, I recommend:

Reading this post
Downloading the shopping list and prep guide
Picking one Sunday
Cooking once
Letting future you enjoy it

Future Meals for Me isn’t about doing more.
It’s about taking care of yourself, ahead of time.

This is meal prep designed for real life

The Downloads

To make Series One easy to follow at home, I’ve created two downloads:

The Shopping List

A complete shopping list for all five base meals, organised by category so you can shop once and be done.

The Sunday Prep Guide

A calm, step-by-step guide for making all five meals in one day, including:

what to cook first
what can cook while you prep something else
realistic timing
how to portion and freeze everything properly

The Remix Guide

A visual guide that shows how each base meal can be turned into multiple dinners using simple, fresh additions like rice, potatoes, flatbread, greens, or stock.

This is the piece that helps you see the system at a glance, and makes the whole framework feel flexible instead of restrictive.

You can download everything here:
[Download the Series One Shopping List]
[Download the Sunday Prep Guide]
[Download the Remix Guide]

Future Meals For Me: Series One