culinary ideas wanted

[cellio]

I'm in a bit of a rut, so I turn to you, oh LiveJournal readers, in hopes that you won't be shy. :-)

My congregation maintains a freezer of ready-to-reheat food to send to homes where people are sick, someone has just died, etc -- families in the congregation that, at the moment, have more important things to worry about, and the least we can do is bring them dinner. Since, at the time of cooking, we don't know where it's going, I try to cook for a family that might or might not have kids, people with food allergies, diabetics, etc. (It should go without saying that everything gets a complete ingredient list.) Naturally, it should be kosher. (Not everyone keeps a kosher kitchen, but I do and label my contributions to so indicate.)

My standard contributions are: roasted chicken; baked chicken with some sauce (usually barbecue); chili (mild); cheesy noodle casserole; quiches. Occasionally I bake. You'll notice that this is pretty light on vegetables; aside from soup, what are good veggie options that freeze well?

What else would you cook if you were doing this?

Comments

[magid.livejournal.com]

Lasagna of many types have lots of veggies and freeze well; make smaller ones for families that are smaller (Or stuffed shells. Or almost any pasta + cheese + veg permutation). Meatloaf with lots of roasted veggies and tomato sauce in it (beef or turkey). I'm not sure whether drop biscuits freeze well, but my mom used to make a casserole of a couple of bags of frozen mixed veg mixed with cream of mushroom soup, tuna, and sometimes cheese, with a layer of drop biscuits on top (it was a deep casserole); not very fancy, but I always liked it. Add non-potato veggies to the roasted chicken?

[eub.livejournal.com]

(I know unbaked biscuits freeze well -- you don't have to thaw before baking, I just lower the temperature a little to allow for thawing through.)

[magid.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

Since the whole casserole is really about getting the biscuits to done (the rest is cooked by that time), I wonder if this would work sending it assembled but pre-baked.

[cellio]

Thanks! I should have thought of veggie lasagna.

I'm not used to putting veggies in meatloaf. What do you use?

[magid.livejournal.com]

Pretty much any roasted veggies I'd put in ratatouille (onion, eggplant, zucchini, pepper); root veggies like potatoes and carrots feel too solid, somehow, though I suspect they'd still work fine (ie, it's just a brain association thing rather than a culinary rule).