Freezing Soup. Sounds easy but I have a problem!

paddy's_mum

Empty pop bottles. You can find them strewn everywhere. Wide necked ones such as Lucozade Sport make things easier.

Pick them up and feel virtuous that you're helping to keep Britain tidy. Wash thoroughly, fill and freeze. Once emptied, wash and put in the recycling bin.

Everyone gains, nobody loses and you've saved both money and the planet!

maman

Not done it myself but a friend uses polystyrene drink cups.

RosyRed

I use the Chinese takeaway plastic rectangular trays.Pound shops usually have them,about 10 in a pack.They hold 1-2 portions depending on appetite and last for ages if you are careful( i've got some 12 mths old and still fine.'.They also stack well in the freezer,and are microwaveable.

MrsTinks

I love the drinks carton idea I've got a freezer with a flat top tray for icecubes where I normally lie it flat to freeze before moving it down into a drawer but the square carton idea sounds good too! The flat idea has the benefit that the soup does defrost quicker though

SailorSam

MadamMadness wrote: »

(don't forget to label the bag, or you'll have loads of mystery soup to eat up)[/QUOT

I keep meaning to do that, everytime time my soup has turned out to be gravy or curry i say i'll label it next time.
But i haven't up to now, there you go ... a New Years resolution, things to change.

maryb

empty orange juice cartons. They are foil lined and stand up easily in the freezer for freezing then they stack neatly on their sides. And if you get the ones with a screw top it's even easier, assuming your soup is not too thick to fill them throgh the spout

GrumpyButGorgeous

I gave this a go a while back and the results put me off, i made a big pan of butternut squash soup, cooled it and poured the soup into sandwich bags (OH got wrong ones) put these inside plastic bowls to keep shape and put in freezer, this is the strange bit..... for some reason when i looked at the soup the next day one of the bowls had sort of evaporated an almost full bowl of soup had reduced by more than half, any idea how this happened? did i do something wrong or is it normal that it reduces in size?
thanks

Primrose

I use empty one pint plastic milk bottles for freezing all soups which I have whizzed with my stick blender. Chunky soups are more difficult to funnel through the open top. A one pint bottle will hold two portions. Just leave a little air space when filling to allow for the liquid to expand when frozen. If you want to thaw it through quickly you can either do so in a microwave or put the container in a saucepan of hot water.

alfiesmum

I find that putting the bag inside the tub then freezing doesn't work. Because if you try to take it out of the bag whilst frozen, there are folds of the bag locked into the frozen soup, and they tear, and you've got plastic bag in your defrosted soup!. I would need it out of the bag to put frozen into the microweave or pan. My way around this is to freeze in a Tupperware box, and then take out as soon as frozen and pop into a freezer bag after it's frozen. So you can use the tub again sooner.

JillS_2

GrumpyButGorgeous wrote: »

I gave this a go a while back and the results put me off, i made a big pan of butternut squash soup, cooled it and poured the soup into sandwich bags (OH got wrong ones) put these inside plastic bowls to keep shape and put in freezer, this is the strange bit..... for some reason when i looked at the soup the next day one of the bowls had sort of evaporated an almost full bowl of soup had reduced by more than half, any idea how this happened? did i do something wrong or is it normal that it reduces in size?
thanks

No, not normal at all for it to reduce - liquids normally increase in volume when frozen. I should think the most likely explanation is that some has spilt or perhps something else dipped into the bowl and splashed some out. Have you looked at the rest of the freezer?