Freezing Leftovers and Meals

Freeze lasagna? Freeze Casseroles? Freeze Soup? Rule of thumb – YOU CAN FREEZE ANYTHING (well most things!). Check out these tips on how freezing meals can make cooking from scratch work for you.
 
Smoothies - Instead of painstakingly chopping fruit each time you have a smoothie, chop all the fruit, mix it up, separate it into sandwich bags and put them in the freezer – giving you bags of smoothie mix ready to blend.

What’s more, smoothies taste much better and are thicker when the fruit is partially frozen when blended (ideally let the fruit defrost for 1 hour beforehand).
 
Mediterranean Veg - Exactly the same scenario as with the smoothie mix - chop-mix-bag-freeze! Then you’ll never struggle again to decide what to have with your dinner.
 
Tubs - If you're put off from cooking in bulk because you're worried about the leftover food, panic not and start collecting those margarine tubs for freezing leftovers.

Organisation - Finally, if you're really organised, get your dinner out of the freezer before work, set the oven to come on at 17:15 and reheat you're dinner as soon as you get in. How’s that for easy cooking!

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Warren Nash This guide was written by Warren Nash on 25/09/2008