What foods can/can't you freeze?

JulieGeorgiana

Strawberries are lovely when you add sugar while defrosting, turns the liquid to a syrup! Perfect with Icecream!

I cook kidneys beans, chick peas etc, bag and freeze them!

Rice can be frozen, but you must reheat it to a VERY high temperature to kill the bugs! I had to 'research it a few years ago! But we always freeze rice!

Little_Miss_Determined

Reheating rice is quite dodgy I thnk. Years ago, I worked in a kitchen for a while and on a food hygene course we were told that its ok if you cool the rice very quickly (spread it on a metal tray and put it in the fridge - Though usually you're told not to put hot things in fridges) then eat it cold from the fridge or if you are reheating. When you reheat make sure it is VERY hot. To be honest I don't usually risk it and cook the rice from fresh each time.

As I said this was years ago so the advice might have changed. Maybe someone else with more up to date knowledge can verify.

flea72

of course you can freeze rice - alot of frozen ready meal contain it, and you can buy big bags of cooked rice in the freezer section

you just have to cool it quickly and reheat it till very hot - rinsing under cold tap cools it within minutes, drain well, then freeze. dont defrost it, just cook from frozen in the microwave til piping hot

i think i have frozen everything at some point or other. flour, bread, cheese, fruit, chutney, vodka - havent got ill from any of it (other than the last one lol, but i think that was due to the quantity, rather than the quality lol)

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booter

I find that I always do a little too much rice when cooking chilli/curry etc, so each time, the small amount leftover goes immediately into an old plastic takeaway tub or tupperware and straight into the freezer - which I put on "fast freeze" for half an hour or so. When I've added enough for a meal, then it's into the microwave. (Until piping hot!) No more wasted rice for me! I do the same with any leftovers - spag bol/chilli/curry/stew - anything one-pot if there's not enough left over for a meal.

Home made sponge cakes freeze fine and take little time to defrost (don't put filling in til defrosted).

I'll have a go at freezing just about anything if it looks like it may go to waste if I don't - I've rarely frozen anything that I can't use for something!

newMS

as per the title can fat free or low fat natural yogurt be frozen? I used to buy the small pots for marinading chicken and putting in currys but i can't seem to find the small pots anymore and would end up throwing a lot away if i bought the large pots.

Thanks in advance for any help

zippychick

You can indeed. I freeze it in ice cubes and then pop them in a bag when they are set

Ill merge this with freezing quick questions later
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lisa26_2

Has anyone ever tried this? Did it freeze and reheat ok? We're getting a dominoes later and its bogof when you collect at our local one. We'd normally just eat most of a pizze each but I'm dieting at the min so I'd like to just share one and freeze the other for another day....no point not getting it.....wouldn't be very :money: seeing as its free!!!

Slinky

Can't see why not. OK so maybe they freeze their bases and thaw to cook, but can you see yourself being poisoned by a twice frozen and recooked pizza base?

jcr16

not sure, as you don't know if any of it has been frozen before.

you could eat it cold next day for breakfast or lunch tho. i always think takeaway pizza is so much nicer cold the next day.

lisa26_2

I wouldn't have even thought of that!!! Don't think my stomach is quite that delicate! More worried about it being yukky when I reheat it lol!!