What do you freeze?

[Anonymous]

I have recently been freezing unused wine for cooking and whole ginger root. I save a bunch by doing that. Does anyone else have some helpful hints about freezing?

[Anonymous]

I'm sure you already do this, but i buy chicken breasts in bulk, and freeze them individually for easy defrosting and quick meals.

Sometimes I throw overripe bananas in the freezer and use them for banana bread later on.

Make and freeze different pasta sauces - bolognese, etc.

Make and freeze meatballs.

[Anonymous]

Don't wash fruit (I'm thinking berries.) before you freeze them. Wash them after you take them out of the freezer, otherwise they freeze in big frosty clumps.

[Anonymous]

Anything saucy: jarred tomato sauce, alfredo sauce, nacho cheese... we don't eat these things often, and we never use a whole jar, so if I didn't freeze the leftover, it would go to waste.

I also freeze brown rice for my toddler, since it's stupid to spend 40 minutes cooking two tablespoons.

[Anonymous]

We bought a vacuum sealer and freeze everything!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't wash fruit (I'm thinking berries.) before you freeze them. Wash them after you take them out of the freezer, otherwise they freeze in big frosty clumps.

A random woman at a store suggested to me once that I freeze berries on a cookie sheet and then put them in a bag/container after they're already frozen and that seemed like a great idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't wash fruit (I'm thinking berries.) before you freeze them. Wash them after you take them out of the freezer, otherwise they freeze in big frosty clumps.

A random woman at a store suggested to me once that I freeze berries on a cookie sheet and then put them in a bag/container after they're already frozen and that seemed like a great idea.

The thought of trying to find space in my freezer for a cookie sheet is making my mind boggle...

We freeze leftover bagels (cut in half) and overripe bananas.

[Anonymous]

Cookie Sheet poster here: I have one of those bottom drawer freezers so it's not an issue for me, but I do also do have a small cookie sheet that would fit in most freezers and is actually really useful.

[Anonymous]

I go food shopping once a week and put the meat, chicken etc in the fridger not freezer. Do you usually put all meats/chicken in the freezer right away after shopping or keep in fridge. Is it better to freeze and unfreeze OR keep in fridge risking freshness?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cookie Sheet poster here: I have one of those bottom drawer freezers so it's not an issue for me, but I do also do have a small cookie sheet that would fit in most freezers and is actually really useful.

Not washing poster here: I've heard of that too, but I'm too lazy. I have also heard that once the fruit is frozen individually on the cookie sheet, you can bag it and it won't clump.

[Anonymous]

There are a lot of tips on cooking websites about what and what not to freeze-if I remember correctly, anything that hasn't already been frozen once can be frozen except pasta, rice, smoked salmon(apparently freezing affects the taste and the texture)

[Anonymous]

When you thaw the berries, are they soggy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When you thaw the berries, are they soggy?

Yes. I've found that I can only use them for cooking or smoothies once I've frozen and thawed them.

[Anonymous]

I also use the cookie sheet tip for freezing finger foods for my toddler. I cube and bake sweet potatoes, for example, and freeze them on the little baking sheet that came with my toaster over. Have to butter it first, though, or the pieces are hard to get off.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand why you freeze on the cookie sheet. Why not just put the pieces in a container and freeze. I other words, is there an advantage to using the sheet?