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Combine all the ragu ingredients in a pot and simmer for an hour.

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Freeze now, thank yourself later: 20 dishes to make and stash (plus tips from an expert)

Grab a quiet moment to make, then freeze, a ragu, pasta bake, soup or pie that you can whip out when life gets busy. Add the final flourishes – a swirl of cream, a flurry of chopped herbs – just before serving.

21 recipes
Adam Liaw’s beef bourguignon.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s classic beef Bourguignon (and the secrets to cooking the perfect stew)

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Roasted vegetable soup.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s classic roasted vegetable soup

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Danielle Alvarez’s rigatoni with sausage, red wine and tomato ragu.
EASY

Rigatoni with ‘embarrassingly simple’ sausage and red wine ragu

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
Jill Dupleix's chicken pot pie recipe.

Family-size chicken pot pie

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Potato and leek soup with parmesan.

Potato and leek soup with parmesan

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Caroline Velik
Adam Liaw’s vegetarian lasagne.

Adam Liaw’s vegetarian lasagne recipe (with seasonal variations)

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
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Adam Liaw’s version of the viral internet dish, Marry me chicken.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s marry me chicken

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Garlicky sweet potato and chickpea soup served with spiced red onion and feta scones.
EASY

Garlic, sweet potato and chickpea soup

  • < 30 mins
  • Dan Lepard
Adam Liaw’s Shepherds’ pie.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s shepherd’s pie masterclass (plus a genius tip for browning the meat)

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Fresh ginger gives this vegan curry a nose-clearing kick.
EASY

Vegan red lentil, ginger and coconut curry

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Meatball lasagne

Adam Liaw’s meatball lasagne

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Serve these oven-baked meatballs with cheesy garlic bread.
EASY

Oven-baked meatballs in a rich tomato sauce

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
EASY

Adam Liaw’s savoury mince

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Kale and ricotta rolls.
EASY

Kale and ricotta rolls

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Neil Perry's slow-cooked lamb shoulder.

Neil Perry’s slow-braised lamb shoulder with aioli

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
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RecipeTin Eats (Nagi Maehashi) SOS recipe: bolognese pasta bake.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ easy, cheesy bolognese pasta bake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • RecipeTin Eats
Adam Liaw’s parmigiana meatloaf

Adam Liaw’s parmigiana meatloaf

Turn the family's favourite curry into a pie.

Butter chicken pot pies with naan lids

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s beef short-rib ragu.

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s beef short-rib ragu

  • 2 hrs +
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Mushroom and leek pot pie.

Mushroom and leek pot pie

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
Buy stackable containers so you can efficiently store pre-prepared (and labelled) ingredients.

The ultimate guide to what you can (and can’t) put in your freezer

  • Alice Zaslavsky

Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/goodfood/recipes/freeze-now-thank-yourself-later-20-dishes-to-make-and-stash-plus-tips-from-an-expert-20250423-p5ltrb.html