Reverse Meal Planning

Baileys_Babe

ajmoney said:

Do you guys freeze spinach in portions?  I bought a bag yesterday and have only just seen that it has tomorrow's date on it and I definitely won't eat it all by then.

Yes, I just bung the spinach in the freezer, if I can be bothered I chop it first. My Mum messes around blanching it first, I can't tell the difference so I never bother.

JIL

I also just put my spinach in the freezer as it is. 
I break off bits to put in omelette, scrambled eggs, toppings on pizza, in pasta and currys.
I buy it fresh for the weekend use, I like a muffin with a fried egg and spinach, any leftovers go in the freezer.

Suffolk_lass

ajmoney said:

Do you guys freeze spinach in portions?  I bought a bag yesterday and have only just seen that it has tomorrow's date on it and I definitely won't eat it all by then.

@joedenise I buy the frozen to cook with but you can freeze it. I recommend you cook it all and let the bit you are not eating get cool before squishing it into ping-pong sized portions and freezing. It is excellent added to curry! I only cook and squish because space is at such a premium in my freezer

ruby_eskimo

Same as denise, I just buy frozen spinach as I can't be bothered with dealing with the fresh stuff most of the time

Lunch today is going to be beans on toast, using the half tin of beans in the fridge that DH saved yesterday and dinner tonight will be chinese style beef and broccoli from the freezer with rice and kimchi.

Suffolk_lass

Courgette soup made with last summer's courgettes, onions, and shop bought carrots and sweet potato. That will go another couple of days of lunches this week. We had the last of the spot the meat chilli last night. Stir-fry tonight unless I just add grilled strips of beef to steamed veg

rtandon27

Suffolk_lass said:

...spot the meat chilli last night...

Love this SL! - Of course I'd never actually admit to the OH that this is my strategy when cooking!

That being said, OH made an AMAZING veggie red curry yesterday - this from a man who doesn't do vegetarian or curry - LOL
He followed a 3-2-1 recipe from the doctor's kitchen utoob video & we served it with rice.  We were both pleasantly full and there are two smaller portions left for another day.

joedenise

Sweet and sour pork with rice for dinner tonight using up the LO roast pork from Sunday.  

ajmoney

The spinach is now in the freezer so now for my next question.  Do you just blanch it from frozen? 

joedenise

I like my spinach chopped so defrost slightly and then then chop with a sharp knife before cooking so really depends on how you are going to be using it.  If you are just going to be cooking it to eat as it is then you can probably just cook from frozen but I tend to use it in curries or scrambled eggs which is why I like it chopped so it stirs through better.  I find it tends to clump if I just chuck it in frozen.

Not sure that really helps you though @ajmoney.

joedenise

Using up half a bag of stir fry veg from the freezer for dinner tonight.  Making a beef in black bean sauce with noodles so everything is from freezer or store cupboard.