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Home Back to School
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Back to School Recipes & Resources

We’ve rounded up our best recipes and resources to help you prep for getting back to school.

A few places to start would be our Make Ahead Breakfasts, Crock Pot Freezer Meals, or Easy Packed Lunch Ideas.

Top Make Ahead Breakfast Ideas

Start here with a few make ahead breakfast recipes.

Blueberry baked oatmeal in a white baking dish ready to serve.

Blueberry Baked Oatmeal

make ahead breakfast sandwiches on a cutting board

Frozen Breakfast Sandwiches

A stack of freezer smoothie packs.

7 Frozen Smoothie Packs (+ Printable with Shopping List)

A slice of breakfast casserole with hash browns being served with a spatula.

Make Ahead Breakfast Casserole with Hash Browns

Breakfast burritos lined up in a marbled serving dish with three on top that have the ends cut off to see the scrambled eggs, bacon, peppers, and green onions.

Freezer Breakfast Burritos

Make ahead yogurt parfaits in small mason jars topped with granola.

Make Ahead Yogurt Parfaits

A pile of healthy chocolate chip banana muffins with one muffins split open and buttered.

Healthy Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Powerball cookies stacked up on a plate.

Powerball Cookies

See More Breakfast Ideas

Healthy On-the-Go Snacks

Fuel your busy family with these easy and nutritious on-the-go snack ideas! From energy-boosting bites to protein-packed options, these snacks will keep them going all day long.

On-the-Go Snacks

Our Go-To Freezer Meals for Back to School

Here are some of the recipes we make on repeat. Be sure to check out our favorite freezer containers for recipes like these!

Taco bar with all the toppings lined up

Totally Tasty Taco Bar

A hand holding southwest chicken wraps with sauce dripping out.

Southwest Chicken and Bacon Wraps

A spatula holding a piece of banana breakfast cake above the square baking dish it came out of.

Banana Breakfast Cake

Chicken spaghetti in a white baking dish ready to serve.

Chicken Spaghetti

Meatball subs that have been under the broiler, side by side.

Easy Meatball Subs

Italian Baked Chicken Thighs on a white platter.

Italian Chicken Thighs

Pumpkin chocolate muffins on a cooling rack.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

Vegetarian Tortilla Soup recipe

Vegetarian Tortilla Soup

Lunchbox Favorites

We’ve tried out a lot of school lunch products over the years. Here are some of our favorites.

A black Thermos

Thermos

Each kid has one for soup and warm leftovers. It’s the bomb.

Bentgo lunch bag

Bentgo Lunch Bag

This is the only brand I will buy at this point.

reusable food containers

Reusable Food Containers

Use, wash, repeat. Perfect for my crew.

Colorful reusable snack bags.

Reusable Snack Bags

The best brand in my opinion.

SEE THEM ALL
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Make 6 Grab-and-Go Breakfasts in 1 Hour

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– Shopping lists
– Step-by-step instructions
– Freezer meal labels
– Gluten-free & dairy-free substitutions

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Freezer Meal Categories

Want more freezer meal ideas? We’ve got hundreds!

A grilled chicken sandwich with lettuce, tomato, bacon, and cheese on it.

Chicken Freezer Meals

Balsamic shredded beef on a bed of polenta with chopped fresh parsley on top.

Beef Freezer Meals

Pork tenderloin sliced and on a cutting board.

Pork Freezer Meals

Cheesy breakfast casserole with sausage in a glass pan

Breakfast Freezer Meals

Mexican Chicken served in a white bowl with avocado chunks, shredded cheese, and chopped cilantro on top.

Crock Pot Freezer Meals

two chicken breasts and some broth and bay leaves in the Instant Pot

Instant Pot Freezer Meals

Chicken taco soup in a white bowl with toppings.

Freezer Friendly Soups

Baked cheese tortellini in glass dish.

Vegetarian Freezer Meals

Blueberry French Toast Casserole {with Vanilla Glaze} in a glass casserole dish.

Freezer Meal Casseroles

Pasta & Pizza Freezer Meals

Crispy baked drumsticks on a platter with honey mustard dipping sauce next to it.

Kid Friendly Freezer Meals

Salmon and sweet potato cakes lined up on a white serving platter.

Seafood Freezer Meals

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