Batch cooking for one

I just use normal food bags and tie the tops-no accidents yet and the bags are much cheaper, am with toxic lemon....always label the bags!!

I freeze liquids in rectangular plastic tubs so that they are block shaped, then store them in plastic bags with the air sucked out (with a straw) and a label tied on. I bought a cheap set of freezer proof tubs in different sizes (which can be used for storage as well). The pastic tubs that some takeaways come in are also useful for storage in the freezer as they have their own lids (and are sort of free).

chardonnay wrote:

i find the foil tubs are great and makes portion control really easy (like takeaway tubs) we get ours from poundland but tesco etc will sell them

Poundland do the plastic takeaway tubs too, as do the 99p shop, if there are any branches near you. The Poundland ones seem to be a bit deeper - depends on how big you like your portions! I prefer the tubs, as they can be reused. I've tried reusing the bags, but even in the dishwasher, it's a bit of a faff washing and drying them, plus they only seem to last a couple of uses before springing a hole (not good with soup!), whereas the tubs seem to last for ages. They're much better for other sorts of batch cooking like lasagnes, shepherd's pie etc too.