What foods can/can't you freeze?

bluedog

Is it possible to freeze kiwi fruits please? I mainly want to use them for smoothies so if it makes them mushy, it won't matter.

thriftlady_2

This might give you an idea of what you can freeze.

a chicken
5 x1lb mince
some bacon
sausages
white fish fillets
salmon fillets
mackerel fillets
prawns
chicken livers
hm chili con carne
hm chicken stock and beef stock
hm courgette pasta sauce
hm tomato sauce
stewed quince (must eat this before am inundated with this year's crop)
black, red and white currants
gooseberries
blackberries
loganberries
mango chunks
blueberries
brown bananas
peas, sweetcorn, broad beans, green beans, diced peppers
half a carton of plain yogurt to use as starter in yogurt making
cooked beans -kidney, haricot and chickpeas
hm muffins
vanilla ice cream
swedish meatballs
packet of frankfurters
3 hm chocolate lollies
4 hm loaves
6 hm cinnamon rolls
pittas
loads of cubed breadcrusts and breadcrumbs (all of which had been previously frozen as loaves)
6 small hm pancakes
hm beetroot soup
a lump of peeled ginger
some ice cubes of lemon and orange juice (keep forgetting to use these)
half a packet of ground coffee

sorry was that too much information

thriftlady_2

bluedog wrote: »

Is it possible to freeze kiwi fruits please? I mainly want to use them for smoothies so if it makes them mushy, it won't matter.

i haven't tried it, but I've seen kiwi slices in a mixture called 'Californian fruit salad' in the freezer at a farmshop. Try it and see

vij

I freeze down the bones from roast joints and vegetable peelings until I have enough to make a really good stock. Great for a cheap soup bulked out with dumplings, you can also freeze down the jelly part of meat dripping to use in soups, just pour it off the pan let it cool, lift off the white dripping and keep in the fridge for roasting or frying and freeze down the brown jelly part. You can also freeze egg whites if you have used the yolks for something.

thriftlady_2

You can also freeze meat drippings and things like lard, goose fat etc, although they keep for ages in the fridge too.

ocemeer

I freeze lemon and limes once i have squished them for juice in a plastic box, when i have enough i then make marmalade.
fresh chillies - if on offer or reduced will buy them and freeze in a box if i dont have time to jam them, then as required chop whilst still frozen and use as required.
My biggest tip is to label everything you put in the freezer as there is nothing like opening what you think is mashed potato or stew and realising its stewed apple or something.
I tend to cook at weekends as tend to work long hours and freeze single portion lots of food, slice up the bread and freeze that so i can just fish out separate portions of food as required.
wish i was more organised wheere packed lunches are concerned.

lil_me

For labels use masking tape, cheaper than sticky labels

Got a question, well 2, I bought carrots to make a carrot cake but have ended up with not enough time and they are about to go funny, had to sling one, if I grate them then freeze then they'll be ok for a cake won't they ? Or will I need to blanche them/the grated bits.

Also cabbage, got a savoy but I am the only one who eats it, slice/portion and freeze as it is or blanche it ?

Pink.

Hi lil_me,

I blanche everything because that's what my mum told me to do, but from reading posts on Old Style a lot of people don't bother with both carrots and cabbage.

Freezing carrots

Can I freeze savoy cabbage?


Pink

lil_me

I'm going to freeze them whole I think reading that, not as if I will be grating them by hand and doubt it'll matter if they go a little squidgy as they are going in a cake.

Will get onto them now before I got to bed if I don't need to blanche them, fresher the better I suppose when freezing.

Thanks PW super thread finder as usual just realised why my cabbage search failed, helps if I spell it right!

Raspberry_Swirl

i read on here a lot about people freezing homemade muffins. i made some ham & cheese muffins from Tana Ramsay's book and it even said in there they could be frozen, but when i defrosted one it looked slightly blueish around the pieces of ham. i threw them all away as it didn't look right at all.

i've got a great recipe from this site for breakfast muffins and want to freeze them. they contain the usual muffin mix and then dates, pecans.... will these freeze/defrost ok?