container for freezing soup

Heth_2

I use microwavable containers that came from Lakeland (they were a xmas pressie). I have the one portion size, so I make the soup, stick it in these, freeze, then take to work frozen and heat up at lunch time in the microwave. I guess this is fairly similar to a take away container, we just never have takeaways so these are a good alternative.

mrs_baggins

squeaky wrote:

Hiya

Was it this one...?

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=278185

how do you post a thread title please??

squeaky

mrs_baggins wrote:

how do you post a thread title please??

There's more than one way to do links. For the simple one like that you just need to copy and paste the address.

There's a really great guide written by sra which will show you how to do links in full colour:-

sra's A-Z guide to MSE

kittiwoz

mrs_baggins wrote:

What about empty (and clean) large yoghurt cartons with lids?

My housemate brought home a couple of large tubs of slightly out of date, extra thick, organic yoghurt from the deli he woks in a while back. I got to use it because he didn't want it since it was out of date and I also kept the tubs which were particularly sturdy ones to use in place of tupperwares. I have only used them in the fridge rather than the freezer but they are very useful, watertight and a very handy size (though maybe less so if you are cooking for a family). Scandalous amount of plastic in them considering they are intended to be disposable though. I think the Yeo valley ones would be less good since they are pretty flimsy and brittle once you remove the cardboard sleeve. It is a great bit of innovative design for disposable packaging, maximising recyclability (I get excited about this kind of stuff because I do industrial design), but it does make it less suitable for reuse. Maybe if you use them it would be best to leave the cardboard on.

I have got in to a habit of freezing liquids in ice cube trays and then putting them in carrier bags once they are frozen. It saves space, helps use up all the blasted carrier bags and is quite convenient in that it makes it very easy to defrost a small amount and leave the rest.