Freezable comfort food recipes

This hot, gooey chocolate pud, with dark chocolate and canned pears, can be made ahead and frozen – a perfect no-fuss dinner party dessert

Feed the family this comforting, budget-friendly sausage ragu with pasta. You can freeze the leftovers for another time and it tastes just as good

This freezable, family-friendly recipe is economical and has a wonderful comfort-food feel about it

Give your midweek meal a Mexican twist with our easy enchilada pie. Packed with nutritious veggies, it provides a whopping four of your 5-a-day

A hearty meal for all the family, by Gary Rhodes. You can prepare it up to a month in advance

Try this easy, one-pot chicken curry that's low-fat, low-calorie and delivers three of your five-a-day. It's slow-cooked so the meat is beautifully tender

Add a little grapefruit zest to bring out the vibrant hop bitterness in this fabulous treacle tart made with pale ale. Scatter over honeycomb shards to serve

This healthy low-calorie courgette soup rcipe is a delicious way to use up a seasonal veg glut. Plus it's freezable, so you can make it in summer and enjoy all year

Everyone loves a fish pie. Lulu Grimes shares a delicious, easy recipe to pop in the freezer for those busy nights

This cheap, crowd-pleasing meal is easy, hearty fare. This needs hardly any prep and it's pure comfort food, with a good helping of veg and hot bubbling cheese

This easy chickpea curry, created by reader Jon Gregg, is a vegan recipe that's three of your five-a-day. It works well as a main course or a simple side dish

Cook braising steak in the slow cooker for really tender meat. Add button mushrooms or smoked paprika for extra flavour – it will be an instant family favourite.

This flavoursome vegetarian chilli is great for casual entertaining - just lay everything out and let people add their own toppings

Little is more satisfying than cooking a classic to perfection – Sarah Cook gives us a lesson in how to make lasagne

Warm up your week with this nourishing healthy vegetable soup that's packed with veggies and pasta, and easy to freeze ahead

Get ahead this weekend and make this indulgent, freezable treat, perfect for pud or with a cup of tea