Freezer containers (merged threads)

tr3mor

Get them at a chinese supermarket if you have one nearby, I think ours sell them about a quid for 10, or £20 for 500, if you want lots of them

Redrose

As you know from my eailer topic about me getting a large SC, what type of containers or bags to i get to freeze the excess food i make.

Also can most types of cooked food be frozen, ie like carrots, mash, i also do to much, but usually just let them cool, and put them in the fridge for the next day.

Thanks

ukbadger_2

Hi - I bought some lakeland bags recently which they market as being especially good for soups and casseroles and I have to say they have worked pretty well for me. Bit pricey but can wash and re-use - good investment.

For other bags Wilkinson's are a good option , good range a excellent prices.

Will try to paste in details from the Lakeland website but not sure I will be allowed ?!

Ok - looks like it has worked but no picture

Soup 'n' Sauce Bags

Anyone who regularly makes batches of home-made soup, stock and sauce is going to love these bags.

Being heavy gauge and gusseted, filling them is very easy because they stand upright of their own accord, leaving your hands free for pouring.

Taking up much less space in the freezer than ordinary storage boxes, they are helpfully graduated, and have strong zip-seal fasteners to keep their contents secure.


1 Litre
Pack of 20
Ref 10914 Price: £3.95

Quantity:
1.5 Litre
Pack of 20
Ref 10915 Price: £4.95
Quantity:

[Deleted User]

I shall hot foot it to Bluewater to the lakeland shop on Friday and buy some as I make a lot of soups and stew type thingys with my slow cooker and am running out of space in my freezer.Cheers for that ukbadger

ukbadger_2

Try to just go straight to the freezer bag section !!!!

I am like a kid in a sweet shop when I go to Lakeland , I now have to take someone with me to prevent the 'Oooh a little container for 2 digestives... how useful' syndrome , although I have never once thought the banana guard thing was an essential item so maybe there is hope for me yet.

Hope you find the bags as useful as I do

Hx

MikeLB

Just avoid using plastic ontainers, the freezers weaken the plastic and the lids end up splitting after a few uses.

If you can get them cheap or resue any you get from food you buy - Foil containers and paper lids are very handy esp to divide it up into easy to cook / reheat individual portions and you can write on the lid what it is! Thats my prefereed option and you can wipe clean the trays and lid and get 2 or 3 uses out of them easily each time.

Churchmouse

I love empty ice-cream containers. The Carte d'or type. They're really sturdy, stand up to the microwave for defrosting and they're free!!! (Okay they cost for the ice-cream, but I was buying that anyway:D ) I find you can re-use them time and again, depending what you're storing. Once used for curry, they have a somewhat limited use! When stained or whatever, just bin out!

Just edited to say, you should only gently defrost in the microwave, then transfer to another container for full reheating. Apparently ice-cream containers plastic is not the same as that designed for hot stuff,- something to do with it being softer. Having said that I have some commercial storage boxes supposedly OK for microwave cooking and they feel exactly like ice-cream tubs!

sooz

ukbadger wrote:

Hi - I bought some lakeland bags recently which they market as being especially good for soups and casseroles and I have to say they have worked pretty well for me. Bit pricey but can wash and re-use - good investment.

For other bags Wilkinson's are a good option , good range a excellent prices.

Will try to paste in details from the Lakeland website but not sure I will be allowed ?!

Ok - looks like it has worked but no picture

Soup 'n' Sauce Bags

Anyone who regularly makes batches of home-made soup, stock and sauce is going to love these bags.

Being heavy gauge and gusseted, filling them is very easy because they stand upright of their own accord, leaving your hands free for pouring.

Taking up much less space in the freezer than ordinary storage boxes, they are helpfully graduated, and have strong zip-seal fasteners to keep their contents secure.


1 Litre
Pack of 20
Ref 10914 Price: £3.95

Quantity:
1.5 Litre
Pack of 20
Ref 10915 Price: £4.95
Quantity:

here is the link

http://www.lakelandlimited.co.uk/product.aspx/!10914_10915

they used to do these bags in supermarkets too - were called "pour and store" .anyway, i love them, but they stopped doing them - but have recently found sainsbury's selling them again. one size only - 1 litre, made by poly-lina. pack of 8 for just under 2 quid - but i'll have to make a trip out to lakeland to buy the next lot - if i can control myself when i'm in there!

Aril

The bags that cereal come in make excellent freezer bags...I use them for bread etc and marg pots for leftovers. Cheap and recycling!
Aril

Churchmouse

ukbadger wrote:

Try to just go straight to the freezer bag section !!!!

I am like a kid in a sweet shop when I go to Lakeland , I now have to take someone with me to prevent the 'Oooh a little container for 2 digestives... how useful' syndrome , although I have never once thought the banana guard thing was an essential item so maybe there is hope for me yet.

Hope you find the bags as useful as I do

Hx

I'm so glad there's someone else!:D I am constantly amazed at the things I didn't know I couldn't live without until I saw them in Lakeland:rotfl: My one saving grace though is that I too could not be convinced of the need/usefullness of the banana guard!! My family mock me for my fascination with this shop, but they like me to "visit" often so I come back with bags of the Aussie liquorice!!