Do you want to simplify your dinner routine? Stock your freezer with Instant Pot freezer meals! Here are 17 easy and healthy Instant Pot freezer meals that I made myself (shopping list included!).
Oh my gosh, have I told you that I’m trying to push the “easy button” in every area of my life right now? Life with five little kids is crazy (in the best way possible) and all I want to do is keep things simple so I have time for fun…and friends…and feeling on top of life instead of treading water 24/7.
I was thinking about how to put our dinner plans on autopilot when I came up with the idea to prep a bunch of freezer meals for the Instant Pot. To keep things simple, I picked recipes that could be quickly assembled and frozen for months. That way I could pop a frozen meal into my Instant Pot at dinnertime and relax. I’ve even been asking my 5, 7, and 9 year olds to help set the table!
Which recipes did I use?
- Honey Garlic Beef and Sugar Snap Peas (from Freezer Meal Pro and shared for free below)
- Cool Ranch Shredded Chicken Tacos
- Orange Chicken adapted from Sweet and Savory Meals
- Chicken Noodle Soup
- Healthier Pulled Pork from Sweet Peas and Saffron
- Easy Chicken Cacciatore (only 5 ingredients!)
- Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- Crack Chicken
- Lazy Lasagna from Meal Plan Addict
- Salsa Verde Chicken from The Girl on Bloor
- Beef Stew
- Taco Soup
- Chicken Tortilla Soup from Kristine’s Kitchen
- Beef and Sweet Potato Chili
- Steak Italiano
- Vegetarian Minestrone Soup (adapted from my cookbooks and shared for free below)
- Chicken Enchilada Soup from The Girl on Bloor
CLICK HERE for a free printable with exactly how I made the meals and a full shopping list!
What’s so great about these Instant Pot freezer meals?
- They’re quick and easy to make. I was able to prep all 17 meals in 90 minutes, including cleaning up my kitchen! That works out to less than 6 minutes per meal!! (Note: I spent an additional 15 minutes labeling the lids of my containers with the cooking instructions, but I think it’s easier to print the recipes and keep them on-hand until you cook the meals.)
- They’re budget-friendly. I bought $210 worth of ingredients and then used a 20% loyalty discount (frequent shopper “perks”) to bring my total down to $166. That works out to only $9.78 per meal!
- They’re healthy and delicious!
Are these Instant Pot freezer meals right for you?
- If you already love your Instant Pot, then you’re going to love these meals.
- If you like simple recipes, these are the easiest Instant Pot meals ever. For real.
- If you don’t start thinking about dinner until mid-day, you’re going to love grabbing a meal from your freezer and adding it straight to your Instant Pot.
As much as I love these Instant Pot freezer meals, I think I’m still a crockpot girl at heart. Since I have five young children (ages 9-1), it’s hard for me to remember to add these meals to the Instant Pot in the middle of the day. They’re delicious though, and I love having a stocked freezer.
Since I’ve made thousands of freezer meals myself, let me share how I made these meals so quickly:
- I used frozen diced onions instead of spending a lot of time (and tears!) cutting fresh ones. Frozen diced onions only cost $1 per bag at my local grocery store. Please buy them – you will thank me later!!
- I replaced fresh garlic with garlic powder. I think it tastes the same and it smells better than having fresh garlic all over my fingers.
- I bought pre-peeled baby carrots and pre-diced celery. Totally worth it!
- I made the meals when my neighbor was babysitting my little kids so I could concentrate.
- I set a timer on my microwave so I would remember to hustle.
- I listened to a mix of songs from Meghan Trainor so the whole process would be more fun.
You are my hero! I love your way of cooking these meals and freezing them I need to get organized to do this! Thank you again for sharing!
Where did you get those containers? I remember reading somewhere on your blog that you have gotten them from Amazon and the dollar store but I can’t find where I saw that.
Love your posts..these meal plans have been a total game changer for this pregnant momma of three who basically gave up on making dinners for the last 5 months ?
The ones in this post are from Dollar Tree. You might be thinking about the free printable PDF. There’s more info there.
Are these your recipes? I like to do meal prep and wanna make TikToks about it, but I wanna credit the right person for the recipes. I will only be doing the free recipes
Yes, they’re mine unless I give credit above. 🙂
Dollar Tree sells them.
I thought the instsapot need some liquid in order to reach pressure, most these recipes don’t have much liquid. Did it say some where and I missed it to add liquid? Or do you not really need liquid ?
I believe they each have a cup of liquid. Did you look at the PDF?
I have only just started prepping these meals and this occurred to me as well. I know #2 chicken ranch tacos does not have liquid, so I will be adding liquid when I cook it, or will possibly just do it in the crockpot instead.
Yes, opted for crockpot instead for several for the same reason!
No, several do not.
I’ve gotten the burn message more than once.
Hi! Do I access the full plan for these recipes by purchasing the full cookbook bundle?
The 17 Instant Pot recipes are in the free PDF.
I read the recipes that’s why I asked. The first on only has a 1/4 soy sauce, 1/4 cup honey, 2T oil, 2T ketchup. That is only 3/4 cup liquid and I am not sure honey and ketchup. I did your 12 slower cooker meals in an hour. I did an experiment and purchased everything I didn’t have from Walmart and then went to Aldi and purchased everything. I figured doubling it would take me 2 hours and added another hour since it was my first time. 6 hours later I had 24 meals in the freezer. Totally worth the… Read more »
Great! Good job, Robin!
I don’t see 1, 2, or 15 having enough water to come to pressure. Is there something missing?
I promise they work!
Can these recipes be used in a crockpot?
I would just pick one of my crockpot freezer meal “prep sessions”. There are 50+ free ones on this blog.