Cooked Breakfasts - Freezing?

TheChillPill

I very rarely have time for breakfast in the morning (especially the preparation and cleaning up thereafter), however last weekend I bought so 'breakfast ready meals' that I could just stick in the microwave.

Having been having these all week, I've found having a breakfast makes a big difference to my energy - and more importantly, I'm having 3 set meals a day and sticking to it (whereas before I would 'nibble' stuff throughout the day).

So, I figured I could prepare a load of breakfasts at the weekend, stick them in some tupperware and freeze them, taking them out and into the fridge the night before I need one.

Before I go ahead and do this, is it ok to cook, freeze and microwave these? I'm thinking of adding - Sausages, Bacon, Beans, Hash Browns, Black Pudding and possible mushrooms.

Just want to be sure I don't poison myself :rotfl:

Ladygrim

What a great idea.

Id like to know this too.

Can anyone help?

LG

mrssnowy_2

Question for Ladygrim please -
What is the Babycham bottle?

nick_b

mrssnowy wrote: »

Question for Ladygrim please -
What is the Babycham bottle?

I'm guessing she's saving up coins in a Babycham bottle.

dorry_2

well, you must be able to do it and they sell them frozen like that, but I don't know if they are cooked then we warm them when microing

someone must know on here??

angie_loves_veg

TheChillPill wrote: »

So, I figured I could prepare a load of breakfasts at the weekend, stick them in some tupperware and freeze them, taking them out and into the fridge the night before I need one.

Before I go ahead and do this, is it ok to cook, freeze and microwave these? I'm thinking of adding - Sausages, Bacon, Beans, Hash Browns, Black Pudding and possible mushrooms.

Just want to be sure I don't poison myself :rotfl:

It is perfectly safe to cook, freeze, defrost then microwave a sausage.

Cooked, frozen, defrosted microwaved bacon is safe (I have done this as part of sauces etc)

Beans microwave of course, but I have no experience of freezing them first. I have frozen other beans (eg canellini within a sauce) and they have reheated fine.

Cooked hash browns will reheat fine

No experience of black pudding (just NOT my thing!!)

Mushrroms will freeze OK, but I find they can be a bit watery when microwaved - maybe try them separately first to see if you like them - they will be safe, you just may not get on with their texture.

hth

ravylesley

I can't see any problem with any of the ingredients.Sounds like a good idea to me and might nick it for hubby as he works odd shifts and you can eat a cooked breakfast at any time of the day

Lesleyxx

THIRZAH

I've seen recipes on American websites for something called a "Breakfast Burrito" which seems to be an entire cooked breakfast wrapped in a tortilla which can be frozen then microwaved-don't think they include black pudding though!

TheChillPill

Thanks for all the replies, I'll go ahead and give it a go then :-)

If I'm never heard from again, you know black pudding isn't safe to freeze and reheat :-D

MoneyGypsy

Hi,

you could also try making a batch of pancakes, freeze them, and then do them in the toaster. Add some fruit and yoghurt. V. quick.

Lol.

mattogier

Black pudding is cooked already (Boiled) - I usually buy a big one from my local butcher (Made from Happy Pigs) - I then slice it and freeze it flat on a tray to be boxed when frozen) - these slices then fry in a little butter on no time and taste great - plus they aint full of MRM that the supermarket ones are!

Cooked eggs do not freeze well - they go rubbery - the supermaket frozen egg things are full of additives (and are usually wet eggs from battery hens so not happy hens) - better to cook freeze then other items and add to fry pan with fresh (free range) egg to thaw and cook into a B'fast omlet or treat as my fav microwave meal from my youth - a couple of slices of bacon (raw), a few sliced mushrooms (raw), a hand full of grated cheese, fresh cracked pepper and a couple of eggs over the top. Pop this in the M/Wave for a few mins and slap between two pieces of fresh bread or toast with masses of butter and
brown sauce!