Stock Your Freezer Now For Easier, Less Stressful Holiday Entertaining

By Chris Scheuer | Updated on November 4, 2022

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The holidays are right around the corner. Relieve some of the stress and stock your freezer now with these easy and delicious recipes!

And just like that November is here! It's hard to believe the holidays are right around the corner. We've rounded up some of our favorite recipes that can be made right now and stashed away in your freezer. You can pull them out for easy entertaining or for a weekday meal.

 

There are jellies, muffins, soups and more! Just think how happy your future self will be with a freezer full of delicious food, perfect for the holiday season. Each post includes a "tips" section that has advice on how best to freeze each recipe. Enjoy!

Easy Orange-Cranberry Christmas Marmalade

A delicious, sweet concoction of juicy oranges, lemon, fresh cranberries & sugar, this Easy Christmas Marmalade is fabulous on toast, English muffins, biscuits, yogurt, ice cream...

Cranberry Sriracha Pepper Jelly

This Cranberry Sriracha Pepper Jelly is crazy good! We love it spooned over cream cheese or goat cheese and served with crackers but it's also great as a sandwich spread and makes a wonderful glaze for chicken, pork, salmon, etc.

Maple-Glazed Cranberry Pecan Bran Muffins

These Maple-Glazed Cranberry Pecan Bran Muffins are not only healthy and filling, they're SO delicious, you'll find yourself making them again and again! And it doesn't hurt that they come together quickly with one bowl and no mixer needed!

Vertical picture of Brioche Dinner Rolls with jam and butter

Ridiculously Easy Brioche Dinner Rolls

These Ridiculously Easy Brioche Dinner Rolls practically make themselves! There's 15-20 minutes of light labor on your part (no-mixer, no-kneading!) then the yeast and oven work the crazy delicious magic!

A loaf of No Knead Pull-Apart Brioche Bread with a jar of raspberry jam and a dish of fresh butter in the background.

No Knead Pull-Apart Brioche Bread

No one would guess that this beautiful, buttery, incredibly delicious Pull-Apart Brioche Bread is super easy to make with just one bowl and no mixer!

Slow-Roasted Beef Barley Soup

A hearty with super tender beef and lots of healthy veggies, this Beef Barley Soup is slow-roasted to create lots of fabulous flavor!!

Overhead picture of homemade manicotti in a oval silver baking dish on a blue and white kitchen towel

Make-Ahead Homemade Manicotti

This make-ahead, Homemade Manicotti is beyond delicious with an Italian sausage marinara and tender melt-in-your-mouth pasta.

Mexican Chicken Soup (Sopa de Pollo Mexicana)

This Mexican Chicken Soup comes together quickly with rotisserie or leftover chicken and is loaded with fabulous South-of-the-Border flavor!

Ridiculously Easy Orange-Glazed Cranberry Cake

Love EASY, super delicious cakes with a moist, tender, crumb? This one-bowl, no-mixer Orange-Glazed Cranberry Cake is super festive and checks all the boxes!

Vertical picture of ginger molasses cookies piled on a cake stand

Easy Molasses Ginger Cookies

If you love baking and sharing delicious cookies but don't have a lot of time to fuss with fancy recipes, these Easy Molasses Ginger Cookies are for you!

Thought for the  day:

I have set the Lord always before me;
    because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being[e] rejoices;
    my flesh also dwells secure.
Psalm 16:8-9

What we're listening to for inspiration:

I Love You Lord

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