What other brilliant frozen food have I missed?

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So the recent thread resoundingly in favour of frozen mash made me buy some… and yes Mumsnet is quite correct.. totally converted. Which got be wondering what else have I missed?
My frozen foods are just the usual chips, peas and fishfingers. What other game changers are out there?

Yeah i'm not fan of frozen broccoli either , fine in a stirfry or pasta bake, but eaten as a side, i've got to have fresh. I also hate frozen carrots. They're only fine in soffrito mix.

This post reminded me to get those 4 x frozen jacket potatoes - (I mean 4 x spuds, not frozen 4 times!). Yes they are a bit dry but by the time I have smothered them in butter and cheese they are ok!

Does anyone remember the Kerry gold frozen cream sticks? Always handy Christmas time. I don't think they do them now. I used to pinch some out of the freezer.......

Yeah they were great, we used to have them at Xmas too. And I also used to pinch them!

I wonder why they were discontinued?
Always useful to have in the freezer.

IME frozen broccoli and cauli need to be steamed not boiled/simmered. I steam mine and they turn out fine.

I use a lot of frozen fruit for breakfast on top of greek yogurt. I usually blitz blueberries raspberries, strawberries, and leave in a fridge box that has a basket to let the juice out, then I drink that!

yes they were brilliant and so handy. I used to like the cylinders of frozen orange juide too.

Just bung a load into bake, cool a d freeze. They'll be better.

So I have tried several of these, so thankyou.
Frozen mash… will never be without it
Parathas.. yes they’re delish, but too pastryish to replace naan as my bread of choice to have with a curry. I completely see why you would have with jam, but I’m not going to go there
Diced onions I will buy once I’ve used the onions I already have
Soffrito I already use

some great ideas. Thank you.

Frozen Pret almond croissants from Tescos absolutely delish

I am in reduced circs and only have use of work microwave. They'll be fine with lashings of butter and cheese!!!

Yes I wonder. I remember loads of recipes from USA using frozen orange juice!!!

We lived on those! One cylinder made a litre of orange juice and it was our main drink as kids. Frozen concentrated Florida orange juice.

Well, that and the litre drums of apple juice that you’d make two holes in so it would pour without glugging.

I have a fabulous recipe for an orange ice cream made using the concentrated orange juice. So sad we can’t get it anymore.

Yes and you can get mini croissants in the freezer section of supermarkets.

Ooh frozen kale cubes sounds like something I might want to add to stews and beans too.

Thanks for this. I love Paratha.

Can you get frozen bolognaise anywhere?

As in, just the mince, tomato, onion mix etc. to mix with pasta, add potato on top etc.

I really like these, which I get from Home Bargains.

I could make them myself, but having them in the freezer helps on the days where I have little energy.

I freeze all my cheese - feta, grated cheddar, parmesan.

Frozen grapes.

Dark chocolate in the freezer.

Smoked salmon (cut a pack in half), smoked mackarel.

Chicken breast wrapped in parma ham, optional asparagus, wrapped in baking paper

Discounted houmous frozen.

Frozen dates - just discovered these are really nice chopped and frozen.

Aldi hash browns. Just like McDs.

I know this is a super old thread but just wanted to add that frozen broccoli is absolutely fine for roasting with some oil and salt. It comes out perfectly. Just roast it till it starts to char.

I wouldn't have it as a boiled/steamed side, but nice like this. Likewise frozen cauliflower. Frozen cauliflower makes a decent cauliflower cheese without having to blanch first.

Did you hear that there are forever chemicals in baking paper? I was horrified to hear that!

Where are you getting these from????

Any supermarket has them, look in the Asian / world food section of the freezers. They're usually with the pakoras, frozen garlic and okra etc

https://www.asda.com/groceries/product/frozen-world-foods/riyas-family-pack-plain-paratha-20-pk/6312348

Costco handmade garlic naans are also very good. 10 big ones for about £4.50. They come in 2 packs of 5 and will last a few days after opening in the fridge, but in keeping with the thread, I cut them into pieces, freeze and then reheat in the toaster so DP wonders why his morning toast tastes of garlic.