To freeze spaghetti?

[Zuloo]

DH made spaghetti for lunch, with a small amount of tomato sauce and chopped up ham. We‘re going on holiday tomorrow so using up whatever is in the fridge.

However, he made enough to feed a small army! I don’t fancy eating it again for dinner and breakfast before we go away in the morning.

I don’t suppose it freezes well….?

It'll be fine, do it.

Pasta freezes absolutely fine!

You buy frozen pasta so why shouldn’t it be ok?

Ugh no, I can't imagine eating defrosted pasta. Bin it.

Tupperware and have for lunch?

but no I wouldn’t freeze

How come he made so much?

Can you? I can’t remember ever seeing frozen pasta! Then again , I‘ve never looked for it

No idea. Trying not to be annoyed. He likes to go in about avoiding food waste then does stuff like this 🙄

You can buy frozen lasagne and other pasta ready meals. I probably wouldn’t freeze pasta I made at home though

Totally fine! Pasta bakes freeze really well. I know this isn’t a bake, but it’s the same thing.

I freeze home made spag Bol all the time. Which I then reheat in microwave. My only thought though is the ham… as I have never reaheated ham🤔

I wouldn't personally. I hate wasting food too but know that I'd never end up defrosting and eating frozen leftover spaghetti. But hey if you want to, go for it...

It freezes brilliantly. DH and DD take leftovers for their lunches every day, spaghetti is a favourite so I always make a huge pot and freeze it in tupperware lunch boxes. They say it microwaves well straight from frozen and tastes absolutely fine.

Freeze it in individual portions, you have nothing to lose. Try one portion for a lunch one day. You will then know whether the other portions are good enough for a main meal, ok for a lunch, or should be binned.

Stir the sauce in and it will be fine to freeze

Completely fine to freeze and bizarrely the freezing process then reheated from frozen in the microwave makes it better for you!
It reduces the sugars in it and doesn't give as high a sugar spike after. It's a well known trick used by diabetics/ gestational diabetes. I used to call it the ice fairy method!
Just splash a tablespoon of water on when reheating

It'll be fine.
But actually I find pasta doesn't freeze very well. Spag Bol sauce fine. But fully made spag Bol doesn't defrost very well. When I freeze a spag Bol, when I defrost it, I find it watery and the pasta part not very nice.

Totally fine!

It'll be fine

Thanks! I’m going to give it a go. Will be handy to have some food ready for when we get home from our holiday.

I've never frozen pasta because its quick enough to cook from fresh and I assumed it would be soggy next time round.

But to me the obvious solution would be for DH to freeze it in meal size portions since it is a problem of his making, then he has a ready supply of lunches.

I've refrigerated cooked spaghetti before and if I haven't used it within a few days I bin it, but never frozen it. I guess it can be done but would make sure it's defrosted and then heated up very throughly !

I've frozen cooked pasta with no sauce lots of times, first time, DD cooked far too much. I put it in a food bag and froze it. When ready to use it just put in a pan of boiling water for 30 seconds to a minute and it's perfect.
Now if I'm cooking pasta, I cook enough to freeze a couple of portions