freezing meals and freezing ingredients

[judydawn]

Yes both those meals are available in the frozen dinner section at the supermarket.  

[Cornish Cream]

Yes both those meals are available in the frozen dinner section at the supermarket. 

What were you doing looking in there

[judydawn]

    Never buy it CC but wanted to see if you could freeze tuna mornay    That's one way to find out just what you can and cannot freeze.

[KerrynN]

I made the tuna mornay from the Budget Busters book (with some tinned tomato added as it wasn't all that nice looking) and have frozen two serves of it. We had since eaten one of the frozen ones and it was fine.

Kerryn

[kezza]

Okay, after reading this thread I am going to start freezing.  I am gob smacked that you can freeze egg whites and yolks.  Also, I had no idea you could freeze lasagne.  Thankyou everyone for all your tips. 

[Halex]

I freeze anything & everything.

I have 5 egg white frozen atm, just waiting for  more so I can make meringue.

When I make lasagna I make 2. I buy the foil trays from the reject shop. I make one in my lasagna dish & 1 in the foil tray. The foil tray one goes in the freezer. I do this with lots of pasta dishes & stews.

I figure freeze it or throw it out, so freeze it, if it doesnt work you havent lost anything.

Milk, cream, cheese etc  on special are great to freeze.

Beware you freezers will be bursting with food, LOL

H

[Netstar]

When I make lasagna I make 2. I buy the foil trays from the reject shop.

Hally - Can I ask you what will probably be a silly question, do you make and bake the 2 lasagnes and then freeze in the foil trays or do you freeze them unbaked into the foil trays and then bake them on the day you plan to eat them?

We're going on holidays tomorrow and I was planning to bake a lasagna tonight to take with us.  I was going to bake one, cut it up into individual serves, freeze and then take the frozen serves along.  But now I'm thinking it might be better to make it, freeze it unbaked in the foil trays like you said and then bake in the foil trays while we are away.  Do you just bake it like normal in the foil tray??

[KerrynN]

Netstar I do lasagne both ways - that is sometimes I freeze it before I cook it and sometimes after. Depends on the situation but either way works fine. You just need to adjust the cooking time (I cook with foil on top for a while so the cheese doesn't burn).

[Netstar]

Thanks Kerryn.

[obbie]

I usually make my lasagne and freeze unbaked.
Then bake when you eat it.

Robyn

[Frozzie]

I freeze mine unbaked in the dish.. Find it better that way like with most things.. If you can freeze uncooked then cook it straight from the freezer pretty much i find its better 😊

[Halex]

I am not sure how others do it, but mine is basucally cooked.

The bol sauce is made, the bechamel sauce is made, I layer it with fresh pasta, grate cheese in the top & then freeze it.

Just pop it in the oven to heat it up & the cheese to melt.


H

[Frozzie]

Oops yes i do the same .. I meant the constructed lasagna dish is uncooked 😄😄

[Cuilidh]

I freeze just about eveything I make - most Sunday mornings I do my weekly cook, separate it into portions then into the freezer to eat during the week.  Unfortunately my freezer is too full at the moment - I think I may have to look at vacuum packing which will take up less room than the plastic containers I current use, then I can cook more!

[fundj&e]

vacuum packing or using zip lock bags is the way to go Cuilidh. i stocked up in vacuum bags in bali so much cheaper over there