Interleave sheets for bulk freezing suggestions please

littlemoney

I want to freeze bacon, chicken breasts and other stuff in individual quantities rather than the pack I buy it in as I can't use it all in one go. I am seeking suggestions of what I can buy to place between the rashers etc so I can remove from the freezer and defrost only the quantity I need. Ideally something that is reuseable. I use to use the free food bags in the supermarket but as they are no longer available I need to buy something.

buildersdaughter

I use baking parchment.

TheCheerleader

I save the empty plastic bag inside cereal boxes specifically for this purpose. Cut into squares, it works perfectly!
 I also save bread bags to reuse as sandwich bags, and also to store/ freeze garden produce. 
 I keep and reuse empty ziplock bags from ‘church’ cheese, for when I buy cheese from counters to keep fresh. HtH

buildersdaughter

I hoard those cereal bags when i get them as they are excellent for keeping bread nice! We don't really like breakfast cereal, and have porridge mostly (Co-op comes in plastic bags) but I ask others to save them for me. You can buy waxed paper, but it's not as easy to get as baking parchment

-taff

Freeze them individually on a sheet, then put in a bag. They shouldn't stick then.

ToastLady

-taff said:

Freeze them individually on a sheet, then put in a bag. They shouldn't stick then.

Similar to the way I freeze items that I want to keep separate. Am a great lover of using baking trays lined with either parchment paper or reusable baking tray/oven liners, then bag when frozen. I bought a pack of 4 of the liners in Lidl years ago for very little, and they are still going strong. 

littlemoney

-taff said:

Freeze them individually on a sheet, then put in a bag. They shouldn't stick then.

Perhaps I have been unlucky as they stuck together in the bag after freezing separately.

Green_hopeful

We use Teflon baking sheets to freeze chicken pieces and other meat and then store them in Tupperware once frozen. 

ToastLady

Green_hopeful said:

We use Teflon baking sheets to freeze chicken pieces and other meat and then store them in Tupperware once frozen. 

That's the word I was trying to think of when I posted above about baking liners...Teflon. Thank you. 
Like you, I used to always use containers to store food, and I still do with some things, but ziplock bags are one of my favourites now.

-taff

littlemoney said:

Perhaps I have been unlucky as they stuck together in the bag after freezing separately.

I have that problem with ice cubes sometimes so I take the whole bag out of the freezer and drop it on the floor from a standing height.

carriebradshaw

I use baking parchment  to put in between things like home made burgers or lorne sausage but with other things as some posters have already said, freeze flat on a tray first then bag up once frozen solid. I don't always have space for a tray & so often use the clean lid of empty ice cream tubs (the not printed side)  so I can tuck a few things in tighter spaces to freeze before bagging up.This also saves me moving things around to get bigger trays in & helps me keep it all organised.