How do you label stuff for the freezer?

[ForPearlNewt]

If you batch cook and freeze the extra portions, what do you use to label them?

I'm fed up of eating freezer surprise for dinner!

Sharpie

Yep, store in old curry containers for easy stacking, label with a Sharpie.

Sharpie

I normally freeze things in glass jars/boxes (better for you than freezing in plastic). I write the label/date on masking tape with a sharpie and stick it on the lid. Easy to remove once you get it out of the freezer.

Sharpie. By the time there are several crossed out old labels, the tub is past it anyway.

Label maker

I used a label printer that has nice sticky labels. Then stick them on the containers I use, this one:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002DBL4GI?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_16&th=1

Sharpie - with what it is, date (I use a calorie counting app so the date helps match the meal to the correct info) and how many portions

I bought some freezer labels from Lakeland and use a sharpie. Too many freezer surprises before that.

Masking tape and pen. Easy peasy

On masking tape, in biro or Sharpie, stuck on the lid. Labelled with what it is, portion size/number of servings, and the date.

In my mind.
I think: I’ll definitely remember what this is.
And a month later, Whats this?

Takeaway carton and lid, write with a sharpie ‘chicken korma for 3, February 2025’. I do have plastic bags that stand up for soup though, due to the volume.

My freezer is a collection of surprises!

Sticky label and pen, with date and other details added (eg if extra ingredient needed before serving). I have a notebook that I use for meal planning each week. In the front I make a list of planned meals for the week and in the back I have a list of freezer meals, divided into sections of how many portions each tub contains. That way it is easy to pick out a freezer meal to allocate on days where we need it. It's a bit geeky but means the stuff in the freezer gets used and replenished often rather than a lovely curry found 5 years later!

I don't 🤣 and then play that fun game, "pot luck freezer tea" on a regular basis 💪👌🏻 Makes life interesting 🤣🤣

Sharpie and masking tape here too.

I love my freezer roulette game !!

Sharpie here too-generally wipes off easily afterwards

I indicate portion size & if anything else needs adding-eg 'chicken curry 2xsm add sides'

I assumed a Sharpie would be permanent so haven't used one and sticky labels always seem to fall off. Thanks!

Some great suggestions, thank you.

It's all fun and games until what you thought was going to be a casserole turns out to be stewed fruit, then crumble for supper it is!

Probably better that way round than the opposite...