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Top ten freezer friendly meals
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bingbong2705
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I am very new to mse way of thinking and to cooking meals from scratch. So I was wondering if you would give me a few ideas on making what kind of meals can be frozen etc.. ? Can you freeze beef stew, and how do you freeze pizza dough, do you prove it first before freezing or bung it in and then unfreeze and leave to prove. Really confused about it all cause i have always depended on my mom to cook for me and im 31 now and still struggling to cook.. learning though:rolleyes:. Im trying to make more freezer friendly meals so i dont give in easily when i come home late from work and say i cant be ar**d.. oh and can i freeze tomato patsa sauce...lol . By the way my mom has got bored i think of asking her these types of question, and cant understand why all of a sudden i am really interested in cooking .. she still thinks it is a phase and my bf is just not that interested (nods in the right place etc..) lol.. Thanks in advance :0)0
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lasngne
sheperd's pies
fish pie
soups
curries
stews
vegatables ( carrots ects after i've blnched them) peppers ect
Apple pies
Cornish pasties
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I freeze the whole pizza made up but not cooked. When I want it for that day I take it out of the freezer and put it in the fridge in the morning, then it's ready to go straight in the oven when I get in.0
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bingbong2705 wrote: »Can you freeze beef stew, and how do you freeze pizza dough, do you prove it first before freezing or bung it in and then unfreeze and leave to prove.
Yes you can freeze beef stew.
Most people find that it's best to freeze dough after the first rise and then allow it the second rise when defrosting. As to whether you roll it out before freezing or just leave it in a ball is really up to you.
Below are the direct links from the Cooking section of our MEGA Index - you'll find lots of ideas tips and recommendations collected there
Freezing:
Freezing Foods - A Guideline link
Focus on freezing
- Apples and crumbles?
- Bakery items
- Bread Dough
- Broccoli
- Burger mix
- Cakes and puddings?
- Can I freeze double cream and fruit salad?
- Can you freeze scones & pancakes & cakes?
- Carrots
- Cherries
- Chillies, herbs (and wine)
- Chillies, mixed
- Cider
- Cooked meals?
- Cooking for the freezer... Help!
- Cooking meals for the Freezer
- Cooking for the freezer - vegetarian
- Couscous
- Curry sauce from a jar
- Defrosting cooked meals
- defrosting goat's milk
- Defrosting in a microwave
- Defrosting lasagna
- Defrosting semi skimmed milk
- Defrosting surplus food
- Eggs
- Foods that dont freeze well at all
- French sticks
- Fresh fruit/veg?
- Guacamole
- Herbs - Basil
- Herbs - Coriander
- Hummus
- Lasgana - Cooked or raw?
- Lemons (+out of date cream)
- Meal planning and freezing food
Meringue - does it freeze?
- Milk
- Milk - What can you freeze?
- Milk - Freezing milk
- Mushrooms
- Onions
- Onions (revisited)
- Pasta, cooked
- Pastry and pies?
- Potatoes, mashed
- Potatoes, raw
- Pizza bases
- Risotto
- Sauces and pastes
- Soya milk
- Sweet and sour mixed veg
- Yoghurt
- Yorkshires - freeze the batter or the cooked puds?Hi, I'm a Board Guide on the Old Style and the Consumer Rights boards which means I'm a volunteer to help the boards run smoothly and can move and merge posts there. Board guides are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an inappropriate or illegal post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. It is not part of my role to deal with reportable posts. Any views are mine and are not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.DTFAC: Y.T.D = £5.20 Apr £0.50
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for the days when peeling veg just seems too too much, I prep carrots/swede/quartered onions/parsnips - anything roastable really - I parboil/steam for about 5 minutes, get them pretty dry, drizzle with oil and pack in portions in the freezer. these then get roasted from frozen as easy veg when I'm cooking a dinner in the oven. You can get all posh and drizzle them with a bit of honey, throw in some rosemary or thyme or whatever if you're in the mood! A good way of using up veg that would otherwise be on its way out.0
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Thanked you all for your appreciated info, and squeaky as ever you have been extra helpful with all those links - Thanks :0)0
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for the days when peeling veg just seems too too much, I prep carrots/swede/quartered onions/parsnips - anything roastable really - I parboil/steam for about 5 minutes, get them pretty dry, drizzle with oil and pack in portions in the freezer. these then get roasted from frozen as easy veg when I'm cooking a dinner in the oven. You can get all posh and drizzle them with a bit of honey, throw in some rosemary or thyme or whatever if you're in the mood! A good way of using up veg that would otherwise be on its way out.
I cant believe I hadnt thought of doing this! & I freeze anything that doesnt crawl away:rotfl:
I will remember this when doing sunday lunch tomorrow as I always get loads of offers of help peeling the veg so can use the help to 'batch' 'roasties'I THINK is a whole sentence, not a replacement for I KnowSupermarket Rebel No 19:T0 -
I usually go by the theory of if I can buy it frozen I can make it and freeze it myself
Mince can be handy just fried off ready to use in anything, bolognese sauce can be very versatile used to make spag bol, lasagne, canneloni etc but also easily spiced up and beans added to make a chilli. I prefer to keep my freezer as versatile as possible, I will reserve some beef stew without the veg to make into steak pie. Cooked chicken pieces to make sandwiches, curry, italian chicken etc. Pastry tops, cooked then frozen make a quick and easy 'open pie'.
If I have spuds ready to turn I make a load of mashed potato and freeze it. I freeze left over yorkshires as long as DS2 doesn't find them first. I freeze left overs from a roast. I freeze the veg aswell, when I think about it 2 weeks ago we had a full roast dinner that was ready in about 10 minutes :rotfl: It's sort of a free meal as previous to OS I'd have flung it all or gave the dogs it. We had chicken, beef and turkey just bits of each which were left over (well ok the turkey is just me trying to feed everyone a bit at a time to use it up!) Oh we had stuffing too, another left over.
My only complaint is I now need 2 freezers
because like others I will freeze just about anything. One day I might be more organised...........
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Slinkies target 2018 - another 70lb off (half way to what the NHS says) so far 25lb0 -
Have a look at Thriftlady's fantabulous thread about freezer meal building blocks which make cooking from scratch so much easier.
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