Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Freezing Food

Lyndi left a comment today on my blog asking about freezing food. So, I thought I'd write a list of things that freeze well off the top of my head. Please feel free to add to it in your comments!

Meals that freeze really well:

Chicken Wild Rice Soup
Most soups (except the kind with egg noodles)
Chili
Sloppy Joe Meat
Barbecue Roast for sandwiches
Lasagna
Salsa Skillet
Some kinds of Enchiladas (experiment here)
Tuna Casserole
Beef Stew
Chicken/Brocolli/Cheese casserole
Homemade pizzas (uncooked or cooked)
Plowman's Share (a favorite recipe of mine, described here on my blog.)
Filling for Western Beef and Cornmeal Pie

Other things that freeze well:

Spaghetti (cook it and then freeze in ziploc bags--reheat in micro or hot water)
Homemade garlic toast-Make a bunch and freeze what you and your hubby don't eat so that the next time you need it quick you can microwave it
Spaghetti sauce
Homemade Refried beans
Flour tortillas (when they are on a good sale I buy a bunch and freeze)
Fruits (if you can't use up some pineapple or berries, or even bananas, freeze it and use it later in a smoothie)
Homemade baby food
Cooked meats (when you bake some chicken or do a crockpot roast, take half of it and freeze to use in meals later)
Hamburger (I bulk cook this when it's a good price and then I just have to pull out a little baggie and supper is done in a flash!)
Taco-seasoned hamburger
Homemade bread
Store-bought bread
Hamburger/Hotdog buns
Hotdogs, Lunchmeat
Desserts (Take half of the cookies, brownies or cake you make and seal it in individual little ziploc bags and then when a dessert craving hits you, just microwave for around 20 seconds on a plate (not in the bag).
Pie crusts/Apple pie fillings/Whole Pies
Bread dough/Pizza dough
Hashbrowns/Mashed potatoes

Need more inspiration? Take a notebook to the grocery store and browse the frozen foods aisles. If you see it there, you can probably make it and freeze it at home.

2 comments:

  1. Great ideas! We also freeze extra waffles or pancakes and then can pull them out for a quick pop-in-the-toaster breakfast.

    I haven't done this, but I'd like to: make up cookie dough and freeze it so you can pull it out for a dozen or fewer hot baked cookies on several afternoons (or for company) instead of a whole recipe (that gets eaten too quickly around here, even if they're in the freezer!)

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  2. Thanks so much for doing this Lindsey! I know it will come in handy and I have told other about it as well-thanks!

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