Freezing food

Hasten to add I mash the avocado first and season, goes under my scrambled egg for breakfast.

I don't freeze veg apart from spinach cooked in portions. I freeze mince meals made from scratch, pies made from scratch and fruit cake homemade. Pork chops, chicken breasts, sausages and bacon all individually portioned but bought in packs when on offer can't stretch to fish very often now.

That's intersection about freezing avocados, Shell, as I didn't think that you could do that. I remember buying frozen avocados years ago from Iceland, and it was awful! They must have discontinued it after a short time, as haven't seen them since. I freeze bread, so it's always fresh when I need it.

I meant interesting, of course!

I freeze bread all the time as we use very little and mostly for toast so I buy Warburtons Toastie ( look away bread lovers) and freeze it in small bags, two slices per pack.
I always have chicken breasts, salmon fillets and stewing steak in my freezer and usually a couple of ready meals, for days I don’t feel well or don’t feel like cooking.
I do have frozen peas and sometimes frozen chopped onions for convenience.
One other discovery is frozen cauliflower cheese .it is free flow and very very handy , I just decant as much as I need into a dish, grate cheese on top and it is good.

I will freeze anything once, then not freeze again if it doesn't work.

Nice to see you posting M0nica I hope you are coping ok.
Our thoughts are with you.

It wasan instinctive poest!

I freeze fish, mince, chicken, pheasants, partridges.

Home made fish pies, lasagnes, cottage pies, soup, blackberry coulis to go on my Greek yogurt, frozen fruit to go with porridge, apple sauce,

Leeks, peas, broad beans, green beans, blackberries, peppers.

Bread, left over gravy, Yorkshire puddings, sloes, butter when on offer.

Lots of things really.

Used to freeze milk, but think the plastic containers are thinner now, and they crack as they defrost, spilling milk all over. So now I buy long life milk for emergencies. Yogurt doesn’t freeze well either.

I’ve recently prepared and frozen parsnips for Christmas Day and there are chillies frozen from last year.
I freeze meat/poultry particularly any deals at our village butcher or winnings in our pub meat draw.
Otherwise it’s bought vegetables, ice, Viennetta’s, breaded fish, fish fingers, chips, and quiche.
Soon there will be homemade stuffing and cheesecake.

I love a Viennetta Jaxjacky. Today I bought the Yule log one but it won’t still be here at Christmas that’s for sure 🤣

Still a reasonable price too Beechnut

I freeze root ginger in pieces, it’s easy to grate when frozen, skin too. Chilli’s, lemon zest (I zest the whole lemon and freeze in teaspoon measures), lemon juice, bread and birthday cake. Obviously bags of veg, spinach, peas and sweetcorn. I’ve recently got a new large free standing freezer in my utility room so I’m busy filling it with things that make life easier. Recently got sliced mushrooms which are handy if I want to do an omelette. I don’t think anything is off limits to freeze, even cheese, but what the item is like after defrosting may not be as good as the fresh food.

M0nica

I will freeze anything once, then not freeze again if it doesn't work.

With you 100% M0nica. Anything is worth a try.

Terrific to see you back MOnica. Hope you are ....... all words seem inappropriate,

Frankly, as long as it is not moving, I freeze it! So addicted am I to not wasting anything and buying yellow sticker items, we now have three massive freezers!! For two of us!!

For Matts mum: I have an electric hachoir, so buy a large quantity of both ginger and garlic, chop it up and then freeze it. Easy to just break off as much as is needed. I do the same with herbs which we grow. Much cheaper to buy fresh mushrooms, slice or quarter them, bag up and just throw in the freezer. Ditto onions.