How long can I keep a cooked dinner in the fridge

viv0147

Hi everyone, I made a sausage and mash dinner today with onion and mushroom gravy and it was delicious.
I live alone and whenever I make a cooked dinner, I do 2 one to eat on the day, and I eat the other normally the day after, I keep the 2nd dinner in the fridge with a cover over it, now assuming I don't feel like the dinner the following day how long is it safe to keep in the fridge ? thanks

GreenNinja

I would say 2-3 days

I do the same as you incidentally

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Penny-Pincher!!

I freeze meals like this all the time and they are fine, but I would keep covered in the fridge upto 2-3 days.

HTH

PP
xx

beemuzed

I'm a coward - probably wouldn't keep in the fridge longer than until the next day, but would happily freeze!

Margaret54

Hi i would keep a cooked dinner in the fridge 1-2 days and it is always fine.

tryingtobegood

I used to have a cooking day on a Sunday and made enough meals to do me until the following Friday. These were mainly mince or chicken based dishes and I kept them in portion sized boxes to take out when needed. I never had any problems with the food going off. I always let the dishes cool and transferred them to the fridge as soon as possible. If I knew it wasn't going to get used then it would go into the freezer.
I am now thinking.....why am I not that organised now??

Swan_2

I agree with the 2-3 days camp

although I'm sure I've eaten things that have been around a quite a bit longer than that & lived to tell the tale

jo1972

I'm terrible, if it's not eaten on the day it's cooked then I have to chuck it, unless I can freezer it first of course. I'm the same with best before dates, I would rarely eat something with today's date on it and definately never if it was yesterdays. I think I must've been scarred by a bad bout of food poisoning in my earlier years!!

free4440273

just make sure the fridge is cold enough also (adjust the temperature accordingly)

viv0147

Thank you all for your replies it has put my mind at ease