Freezing Sandwiches

fishhawks

I want to be more organised, and I thought it would be a good idea to make up all the sandwiches for a week and individually wrap them then freeze them all, and bring out as required.

I know the bread will be fine, but my usual sandwich fillings are -

Cheese
Ham
Tuna
Pate

Do you know if these freeze, and does anyone have any ideas of other fillings that are quite plain (for my child, who dosnt like anything too fussy)

Thanks

alisong_2

Whatever I do I always find that the sandwiches get wet when they're defrosted, has anyone got any ideas for preventing this? thanks.

MichH

You want to take a look at Weezl's thread, she freezes her sandwiches, although not with the fillings you've suggested.

Link:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1007423

It's also a very interesting thread to read (a little at a time, as it keeps growing)!

Jonesya

Cheese and pickle, ham and pickle, ham and mustard all freeze well.

I freeze mine in sandwich bags and take them to work frozen, leaving them to defrost during the morning and they don't get wet during defrost.

juliejay

I have frozen DH's sandwiches for years and hes been fine. Hes very much a beef/turkey/chicken sort of bloke although he will have pate. I freeze them in sandwich bags too and get them out each morning. They're good cos they defrost slowly so you cant really eat them before lunchtime and they act as a coolblock for your other bits eg yoghurt and keep them chilled. Go for it!

oystercatcher

I started freezing sandwiches or 'made up' rolls years ago when I went back to work and needed the children to make their own pack lunches. Also do the same for my own lunches, great way of using up leftover odds and ends. Small helping of salmon left over ...bung it in a sandwich and freeze, otherwise in this house it would sit in the fridge for two days and then migrate sadly to the bin

Cheese, ham, egg, tuna (or other tinned fish), peanut butter all freeze well. Pickle is fine and mayo but avoid tomato it goes watery.

They seem to go a bit wet if they are frozen for a long time, condensation seem to get in the bag somehow. I find I'm so tired and hungry if I manage to get a lunchbreak that I'll eat anything anyway .....

Oystercatcher

Pink.

Hi fishawks,

There's an earlier thread on freezing sandwiches that may help so I've added your thread to it to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

Burp_2

We never get around to making sandwiches to take to work the following day and end up either missing out on lunch or buying it!

Somebody suggested to us that you can make all your sandwiches for the week ahead and then pop them in the freezer taking them out when you need them - are they right?

OH likes ham, cheese and chorizo/pepperoni with branston on his rolls - can you freeze all that on a sandwich?

Can you freeze egg mayo/Tuna mayo sandwiches?

Obviously I know u can't add the salad on to freeze!

Thanks

Burp x

raptorman

Just seen this and my wife reckons it depends on the filling
but she say's with regards to mayo she doesn't think you
can freeze it because of the oil used to make mayo.

jo1972

There's a thread on here somewhere about freezing sarnies.

Meats are good to freeze but I think raptorman is right you can't freeze mayo, just add it before eating.

I'd be interested to know if defrosted sarnies are any good as I find when I freeze bread and defrost it it dries out a bit??