Freezing Leftovers

[FoxyRoxy 35]

What r some of the things u freeze? Looking for ideas to freeze in portion size for lunches at work. Can u freeze the emily bites cupcake dinner things?

Yolo

[Sannah 258]

Hi!

I freeze just about anything. I have a husband that does not eat left overs. I made him single portion meat loaves and they work great. Pasta, chicken dishes, morning sandwiches and more. Emily bites i made some and froze them, but I don't recall which ones, had no problems. If you are unsure freeze a small batch (or a single serve) and see. I have never really had anything that didn't work. Even whole wheat pasta did good.

I hope this helps!

Best,

Sannah

[ArtSong 291]

Hi!

I freeze just about anything. I have a husband that does not eat left overs. I made him single portion meat loaves and they work great. Pasta' date=' chicken dishes, morning sandwiches and more. Emily bites i made some and froze them, but I don't recall which ones, had no problems. If you are unsure freeze a small batch (or a single serve) and see. I have never really had anything that didn't work. Even whole wheat Pasta did good.

I hope this helps!

Best,

Sannah[/quote']

This is going to sound really lame how do you freeze that kind of stuff? In dishes in a normal freezer or drop freezer in plastic tupperware things? I have never done the freezer thing with leftovers.

[legal loser 77]

I freeze just about everything as well. I live alone so I have leftovers on a regular basis. It's actually very nice to be able to pull tomorrow's lunch out of the freezer and put in the fridge at night and by lunch the next day it is thawed out. When I was first post op, I froze portions in ice cube trays and then moved to plastic bags. Perfect size control. Now that I can eat approximately 1/2 cup, I tend to freeze in containers.

Experiment on what tastes good after being frozen and what doesn't work for you.

[Sannah 258]

This is going to sound really lame how do you freeze that kind of stuff? In dishes in a normal freezer or drop freezer in plastic Tupperware things? I have never done the freezer thing with leftovers.

It's not lame!! I had tons of questions when I started too. I have froze in all of the above. I have a chest freezer in the garage. So what I do is decide how long it will be in the freezer and then determine what to put it in. So the small meatloaves for example will be eaten in a months time. So I cook them, cool them and place is a sandwich bag. If I make a big meal I freeze it in our storage containers, the lids are real tight so they last longer. I have used ziplock freezer bags, storage containers plastic and glass. Sometime in plastic wrap, tin foil or the alike and the the freezer bag.

I also make low sugar freezer jam every summer in Tupperware and those last a year. The freezer is real helpful!!

I made the spaghetti muffins and froze those. Tons of great things we can do!! At first I felt weird and then I realized manufactured make tons of frozen meals. I made and froze a lentil and rice dish. It went nicely!!!

I hope you have fun!

Best,

Sannah

Sent from my iPhone using VST

[Sannah 258]

I freeze just about everything as well. I live alone so I have leftovers on a regular basis. It's actually very nice to be able to pull tomorrow's lunch out of the freezer and put in the fridge at night and by lunch the next day it is thawed out. When I was first post op' date=' I froze portions in ice cube trays and then moved to plastic bags. Perfect size control. Now that I can eat approximately 1/2 cup, I tend to freeze in containers.

Experiment on what tastes good after being frozen and what doesn't work for you.[/quote']

Nice!! I freeze baby food in The Perfect Cube trays. Each cube is an ounce. One serving for the baby. I like your idea for us adults!! freezer saves us from so much waste!! Gotta love it!!!

Sent from my iPhone using VST

[FoxyRoxy 35]

I have started prepping my portions out and freezing them so far turkey chili turkey meatballs spaghetti squash with shrimp and Alfredo sauce mini crab cakes etc... tomorrow we r making the emily bites taco cupcakes and was thinking about freezing a couple of those?

Fyi something i learned this summer is u can freeze whole tomatoes for the garden thaw when ready to use and the skin peels right off great for Soups and chili

Yolo

[Sannah 258]

look at you going to town!! garden tomatoes are the best!! So yummy!!!

Sent from my iPhone using VST