Freezing sandwiches

nik0510

Hello all, am looking for some help, am changing to a full time job soon and am looking at making sandwiches and freezing for the week. Can someone tell me what ones freeze well, we like cheese, ham (cooked and sliced at home), tuna and salad cream, egg and salad cream. Realising I need to be more organised!! Thanks in advance:)

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PasturesNew

As a rule of thumb, anything hard's fine, softer stuff is where it might 'separate' and go a bit odd looking.

You can eat most of the food once defrosted, the trouble is it sometimes doesn't look so great.

cheese/ham = hard. Fine
tuna = hard. Fine .... salad cream = soft, could be a bit offputting.

nik0510

Thank you PN, will try the cheese and ham, if I did a bowl of tuna/salad cream and egg/salad cream and left in the fridge in a lock n lock tub how long would the contents last for? at least then it would take minutes to make in the morning

FabFifty

If you prep tuna mayo or egg mayo it should keep in the fridge for at least a couple of days. Regarding freezing sandwiches - the bread may go soggy upon defrosting. We just prep and refrigerate our lunch the night before.

Bumblebear

I've started freezing sandwiches - I'm a complete convert! I'm veggie and found Quorn ham on offer in Morries, I've frozen Quorn ham and cheese sarnies with pickle are fine. I usually have soup for lunch so sarnies, an "economy" pack of crisps and yoghurt is making a nice change for a couple of weeks (and has been fairly inexpensive too)

purpleybat

i too knock up sarnies for work while cooking the evening meal. I find as i'm in the kitchen keeping an eye on things it's no great hardship to make at the same time.
if I want cucumber or tomato in them I slice and bag separately cos they make the bread soggy

Bellisima

Don't freeze egg mayo as I'd read boiled eggs do not freeze well. I checked in my freezer book and it says "Hard boiled eggs do not freeze well as the white develops a granular and leathery texture which is generally considered unacceptable." I would imagine water veg like cucumber and tomato would not be good either.

pinmoney

Hello, my HB (the masterbaker) makes me a packet mix of multigrain bread in his breadmaker which I slice into 12-14 slices and freeze in pairs to be fished out of the freezer to be defrosted in the microwave while I eat my breakfast. The bread is tasty and moist and does not go soggy - even if it has not fully defrosted while I fill it. I then throw in my filling (little gem lettuce is good value for salad - it keeps for a week in the salad crisper and you can easily tear off leaves as you like). I would keep your egg/tuna salad cream mix in a tupperware (or similar) in the fridge as a boiled egg or can of tuna should last you for 2 days if you like a generous filling. Happy experimenting!

Brambleberry

This thread has made me hungry for my freezer roast chicken sandwiches! They are simple, but foolproof and tasty.

Start with an end-of-day yellow sticker rotisserie chicken, let it cool and strip all the meat from the carcass, including any jellied juices that are there. Slice and chop the meat, making sure you get a good mix of light and dark. Spread 10 slices of bread with butter/marg and add the chicken, followed by salt and pepper. Slice and wrap tightly in cling film and freeze. Freeze any leftover chicken in a bag for other quick meals. Pick out one sandwich each morning and it should be defrosted by lunch. Used to save me a small fortune in lunches!

hil_billie

Aside from freezing, you could consider making two or three days of egg sandwiches and keeping in the fridge, that way you can alternate with frozen ones. If you look at shop sandwiches you'll see they have up to four days sell-by date.