Freezer meals are pretty easy because all the work is done on the weekend. And because it is being cooked from scratch, they can be made without using processed ingredients. Besides soup, it can freeze pretty much anything, like chicken curry, ropa vieja, or chilli.
I freeze them in these trays so there is no extra or wasted plastic.
I second the freezer meals! What I like to do is make things that I can make a very large batch of to make food prep easier when I want a quick healthy meal. My favorites to make are chicken pot pie, pesto, kale pesto, pulled pork (not healthy), and falafel. All of these things take lots of time and or ingredients. So when you make them, you make a big massive batch and then divide them into meal portions for freezing. This way all I have to do is grab 1 portion of say pot pie, thaw it out in hot water or in the fridge the day before, pop it in the oven with some pie crust or crescent rolls on top for 25 min and BAM, I’m eating stuff from my garden in the middle of winter with little to no effort!
How do you store them after they are frozen? Do you move them into a different non plastic container or leave them in the trays?
We have some of these but I haven’t used them yet b/c I am not sure what to put them in after freezing and if it’s a ziplock it doesn’t seem like this beats vacuum sealing. I am looking for some ideas because I would also like to cut down on plastic.
It beats vacuum sealing cause you can put like 20 servings of food in one big bag, but they remain separate servings that you can thaw one at a time. I often just use a zip lock, but I just reuse the same one over and over again.
I use them for freezing stock, and it’s nice to know that each cube is 125 ml.
Freezer meals are pretty easy because all the work is done on the weekend. And because it is being cooked from scratch, they can be made without using processed ingredients. Besides soup, it can freeze pretty much anything, like chicken curry, ropa vieja, or chilli.
I freeze them in these trays so there is no extra or wasted plastic.
https://www.soupercubes.com/collections/souper-cubes-freezer-trays?srsltid=AfmBOorSupnZ3fDY4FBdnUP3B6suVlt2no6aBPbIPx7NpoiVQ1d0IuVn
I second the freezer meals! What I like to do is make things that I can make a very large batch of to make food prep easier when I want a quick healthy meal. My favorites to make are chicken pot pie, pesto, kale pesto, pulled pork (not healthy), and falafel. All of these things take lots of time and or ingredients. So when you make them, you make a big massive batch and then divide them into meal portions for freezing. This way all I have to do is grab 1 portion of say pot pie, thaw it out in hot water or in the fridge the day before, pop it in the oven with some pie crust or crescent rolls on top for 25 min and BAM, I’m eating stuff from my garden in the middle of winter with little to no effort!
How do you store them after they are frozen? Do you move them into a different non plastic container or leave them in the trays?
We have some of these but I haven’t used them yet b/c I am not sure what to put them in after freezing and if it’s a ziplock it doesn’t seem like this beats vacuum sealing. I am looking for some ideas because I would also like to cut down on plastic.
I kind of do both. You can leave them in the tray, since they have a lid.
It beats vacuum sealing cause you can put like 20 servings of food in one big bag, but they remain separate servings that you can thaw one at a time. I often just use a zip lock, but I just reuse the same one over and over again.
I use them for freezing stock, and it’s nice to know that each cube is 125 ml.