[FOOD] Is this ok?

simmed

I'm a student so I'm not an expert on cooking..

Basically I make a soup base with onions, peas, cheese, and vegetable stock powder. After cooking it I have a sludgy, very rich mixture, which I then put into a plastic tub and freeze. Whenever I feel like a bit I spoon a bit out of the frozen mixture out of the tub, put it in a cup/bowl and add boiling water, a bit like a home made "cup a soup" except it's a million times nicer. I tend to make big batches of it in one go, which saves time.

Anyway, are there any problems with this? It's not going to go bad in the freezer, correct? And I'm not going to get plastic poisoning because the frozen mixture really sticks to the tub and I have to really scrape it out?

sproggi

What you are doing sounds fine, most problems come from defrosting and then refreezing things again in the same state e.g defrost a cooked chicken and then freeze it again.
The plastic will not harm you, my freezer must be about a quarter full of plastic tubs of leftovers etc

Sproggi

MrsAtobe

Not an expert on cooking? I've been cooking for 20 years and never thought of doing this, well done you! PS mind if I nick the idea?

Sunflower1227

Hi liking this idea, will nick it too, if you don't mind, but I will freeze it in ice cube trays, easier to access smaller amounts.

lickylonglips

could you not freeze this mixture in an ice cube tray, then when frozen, transfer to a plastic bag so that you can take exactly how much you want - 1 cube, 2 cubes.... - without having to scrape it out?

simmed

lickylonglips wrote: »

could you not freeze this mixture in an ice cube tray, then when frozen, transfer to a plastic bag so that you can take exactly how much you want - 1 cube, 2 cubes.... - without having to scrape it out?

Sounds like a good idea

I want to try a "home made ramen" type of thing next. I've always loved instant ramen (aka instant noodles) but it's so unhealthy, just basically fried noodles and salt. Instead I'm going to:

- buy dry noodles which can be cooked just by adding boiling water to them
- make another rich sludgy/powdery mixture, will probably use a small amount of chicken, mild chili, scallions, pak choi, carrots, peas, vegetable stock (everything very very finely chopped)
- again, freeze this mixture. When you want a snack, simply boil the kettle, get some noodles, get some of the mixture from the freezer, and there you have it.

Would this work? Any tips of what would go in the mixture? Might aswell overload it with flavour, because it's got to be so rich that a small amount of it can flavour a bowl of noodles and the soup.

After that, maybe a homemade "frozen curry". I'm just obsessed with the idea of cooking in bulk (like 10 meals worth of curry), freezing it, and having it available at any time for a really quick meal (defrost the curry, put it on chips/rice -> a tasty, healthy, instant meal). The only thing I can think of is that this wouldn't really work with stir frying as that has to be cooked in small amounts at a time..

Flibsey

wow this is such an amazing idea!!!

for the curry, get yourself a copy of the tak away secret from the works for £1.99 and make his curry sauce base. it's amazing.

simmed

Flibsey wrote: »

wow this is such an amazing idea!!!

for the curry, get yourself a copy of the tak away secret from the works for £1.99 and make his curry sauce base. it's amazing.

Really? Is it healthy?

Fruball

simmed wrote: »

Sounds like a good idea

I want to try a "home made ramen" type of thing next. I've always loved instant ramen (aka instant noodles) but it's so unhealthy, just basically fried noodles and salt. Instead I'm going to:

- buy dry noodles which can be cooked just by adding boiling water to them
- make another rich sludgy/powdery mixture, will probably use a small amount of chicken, mild chili, scallions, pak choi, carrots, peas, vegetable stock (everything very very finely chopped)
- again, freeze this mixture. When you want a snack, simply boil the kettle, get some noodles, get some of the mixture from the freezer, and there you have it.

Would this work? Any tips of what would go in the mixture? Might aswell overload it with flavour, because it's got to be so rich that a small amount of it can flavour a bowl of noodles and the soup.

After that, maybe a homemade "frozen curry". I'm just obsessed with the idea of cooking in bulk (like 10 meals worth of curry), freezing it, and having it available at any time for a really quick meal (defrost the curry, put it on chips/rice -> a tasty, healthy, instant meal). The only thing I can think of is that this wouldn't really work with stir frying as that has to be cooked in small amounts at a time..

I make Chicken Ramen and use Thai Red Curry paste - its divine!

zippychick

simmed wrote: »

Sounds like a good idea

I want to try a "home made ramen" type of thing next. I've always loved instant ramen (aka instant noodles) but it's so unhealthy, just basically fried noodles and salt. Instead I'm going to:

- buy dry noodles which can be cooked just by adding boiling water to them
- make another rich sludgy/powdery mixture, will probably use a small amount of chicken, mild chili, scallions, pak choi, carrots, peas, vegetable stock (everything very very finely chopped)
- again, freeze this mixture. When you want a snack, simply boil the kettle, get some noodles, get some of the mixture from the freezer, and there you have it.

Would this work? Any tips of what would go in the mixture? Might aswell overload it with flavour, because it's got to be so rich that a small amount of it can flavour a bowl of noodles and the soup.

After that, maybe a homemade "frozen curry". I'm just obsessed with the idea of cooking in bulk (like 10 meals worth of curry), freezing it, and having it available at any time for a really quick meal (defrost the curry, put it on chips/rice -> a tasty, healthy, instant meal). The only thing I can think of is that this wouldn't really work with stir frying as that has to be cooked in small amounts at a time..

We have a home made pot noodles thread. I tried it once (HFW recipe)but it wasn't that nice.!

Love the idea of the soup though. Can you post up recipe/method? Am i right you are basically reducing the soup and freezing like so?

I freeze curry and pilau rice in chinese take away tubs. And all sorts!!!

Cooking for the freezer may help & batch cooking

Emm-in-a-pickle

Simmed, you STAR! Am now inspired for quick veggie fix for DGD. Thankyou!!!