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Storage for home cooked food?

purplegirluk1
purplegirluk1 Posts: 1,485 Forumite
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I have been cooking up meals and freezing them for me and my OH for a while now. I started it as a time saving extercise but have since realised how much money it saves as well and its great to eat a nice healthy meal instead of something out of a box. I initially bought a packet of tin foil trays from wilkos for £1 but now am thinking that I need to find a cheaper alternative.

So what does everyone else use to store things like chilli, bolognese, curry etc?
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  • elvis_bloggs
    elvis_bloggs Posts: 8,276 Forumite
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    Empty marge tubs. 1a_y_wink.gif
  • belfastgal
    belfastgal Posts: 594 Forumite
    The plastic containers that your chinese comes in.........
  • arkonite_babe
    arkonite_babe Posts: 7,360 Forumite
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    belfastgal wrote:
    The plastic containers that your chinese comes in.........
    That's what I use too!! They are so handy. Or if you live near an asian supermarket you should be able to pick up a batch of these quite cheaply. They wash well and last for ages.
  • purplegirluk1
    purplegirluk1 Posts: 1,485 Forumite
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    Oh marg containers.............why did I never think of that?!? Ok no I have just got to save them up, we go through a few a week, I will need to experiment with the amounts I can fit in them.

    We don't eat chinese i'm afraid but they would have been excellent.

    Thanks guys!
  • foreverskint
    foreverskint Posts: 1,009 Forumite
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    I use the plastic freezer bags from Lidls. I think they cost about £1.50ish for 75 bags.

    I also use them for wrapping up opened packs of cheese, ham etc, as i find the rest of the family put things back in the bags and I don't find bits of dried out ham or cheese in the fridge, when the OH can't be bothered to clingwrap things back properly:rolleyes:
  • r.mac_2
    r.mac_2 Posts: 4,746 Forumite
    I use a combination of all the above. Collect tubs that may be useful, buys a couple of tupperware style boxes in a variety of sizes and some cheapish freezer bags.

    Then you can line a tub with a freezer bag and when set, remove from the tub. You can use the tub again immediately and the food in teh bag is teh right portion size etc.

    HTH
    aless02 wrote: »
    r.mac, you are so wise and wonderful, that post was lovely and so insightful!
    I can't promise that all my replies will illicit this response :p
  • purplegirluk1
    purplegirluk1 Posts: 1,485 Forumite
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    Oh I like that idea, then that way I wouldn't have to save up to many box's to beging with. I will go on the hunt for very cheap freezer bags, I don't want to add costs really as my intention is to make these meals as cheap as possible.
  • Bibendum
    Bibendum Posts: 3,083 Forumite
    r.mac wrote:
    .

    Then you can line a tub with a freezer bag and when set, remove from the tub. You can use the tub again immediately and the food in teh bag is teh right portion size etc.

    HTH
    Works well indeed!
  • moggins
    moggins Posts: 5,190 Forumite
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    Empty ice cream tubs, my lot have a craving for Asda mint choc chip ice cream we get through a tub a week, at 89p that's not a bad price for a weeks puds. Plus the tub is very handy afterwards :D
    Organised people are just too lazy to look for things

    F U Fund currently at £250
  • ChocClare
    ChocClare Posts: 1,475 Forumite
    Do you have a hotel or residential home near you? I work in a residential home, and they get through big icecream tubs/margarine/mayonnaise etc like it's going out of fashion and are only too pleased to have a home for the empty containers.
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