Freezer containers (merged threads)

Jo_R_2

Hi all :j

I have a bit of time off work, and an itch to be making some homemade stuff to freeze. Can anyone suggest what freezing containers might be useful?

I am particularly thinking about freezing bolognese sauces, lasagnes, soup portions both family-sized and individual, and fruits in various forms - fresh berries, stewed apples etc.

I have some large sandwich-boxes but find them too bulky as our freezer is quite small, would I be able to freeze anything in plastic bags maybe?

Thanks!

wigginsmum

Yes you can freeze in plastic foodbags - lay them flat to freeze to start with, then you can stack them more easily.

twink

would it work if you put the filled bag in a box then freeze it when its frozen take out of box and it will be nice and flat to store or does that sound daft

sundin13

With my little one's food, I always froze it in icecube trays and then popped them out into freezer bags. It meant that I didn't need loads of containers, and I could defrost appropriate amounts. Plus the bags could sqush into the little freezer around the other stuff.

mummysaver

Oh, perhaps not quite so old style, but I save the plastic containers on the rare occasions that we have a Chinese takeaway (not very often as we have a round trip of 20 miles to collect it!), and then use these - so kind of recycling and a bit OS I guess!

comping_cat

mummysaver wrote:

Oh, perhaps not quite so old style, but I save the plastic containers on the rare occasions that we have a Chinese takeaway (not very often as we have a round trip of 20 miles to collect it!), and then use these - so kind of recycling and a bit OS I guess!

I do the same (not that we have chinese food very often) I also bought some containers from Asda the other day for less than 50p each, which are perfect for the freezer!!!

melt71

I asked on Freecycle if anybody had any spare containers for this purpose and a lovely OS lady offered me a load of plastic tubs in various sizes (marg, ice cream etc). I've got enough for all my freezer meals I use the smaller ones for this as my freezer is also quite small so I don't have much room. Plus a large one to put my washing powder/soda crystals mix in and a couple for my oats and muesli and a few spares for random leftovers in the fridge!

ChocClare

twink wrote:

would it work if you put the filled bag in a box then freeze it when its frozen take out of box and it will be nice and flat to store or does that sound daft

I do this all the time with freezer bags and it also works if you use foil for things like eg shepherd's pie - line your usual dish with silver foil (leave a big overlap each side so you can wrap it up afterwards). Prepare the pie, fold the silver foil over the top, then bung it in the freezer. After a couple of hours, when it's hard, take it out of the dish and just have it in the freezer wrapped in the (dish-shaped) foil. The other advantage of this (apart from not hi-jacking your best dish in the freezer for weeks!) is that when you're ready to cook it, it's just the right shape to go back in the dish (still with the foil on). All you need to do is fold back the foil covering it (or rip off the excess). Cook your pie and throw the foil away - and there's no messy washing-up, or very little anyway! Result!

Rachie_B

i use freezer bags for soups etc

but ive also just purchased 5 deep lidded freezer to microwave containers from wilkos for 79p they stack on top of each other

they had various other things like lidded foil trays etc

all very reasonable price

FunkyFairy

I have a load of sweet tubs from DD's school tuck shop. I use them for everything.

I also use marg containers and ice cream ones the cartdor ones are good and strong