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Inspire me! What's in your freezer?

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jenrendo · 18/06/2012 20:59

So, I have a little freezer compartment but am about to get a lovely tall freezer to keep in our basement. I am very excited (loser, I know) but would love some ideas as to what to put in it! I batch cook already, but am stuck in a rut with three or four dishes which are bolognese, chicken curry, beef and beer stew and lasagne portions. I have a fantastic butcher round the corner and lots of plastic boxes. I am armed and ready. What scrumptious things do you batch cook? :)

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jenrendo · 20/06/2012 19:37

Anyone?!

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DistantShip · 20/06/2012 19:47

Erm simple stuff like soup of any variety, chunk pea curry, pancakes (the sweet ones).

I also stock up at the butcher once a month and have a stash of frozen veggies.

Tis great!

DoingItForMyself · 20/06/2012 19:49

soup
stock for risottos etc
but to be honest, my freezer is mainly full of random leftover portions of dinner, various bread and meat, bags of peas & chips, fish fingers etc and several flavours of ice cream

batch cooking is all well and good, but if you have the butcher round the corner why not just pop there once a week instead?!

MamaMary · 20/06/2012 19:52

Sorry - I'm boring. Bologneses, a beef stew made with wine; balti korma chicken. These are my staples. Love them though! My butchers is also great and he does stuffed chicken breasts wrapped in bacon (stuffing made fresh with no additives etc) and I freeze them for a stand-by dinner too. I also freeze his delicious sausages.

MrsPnut · 20/06/2012 19:52

I make a Spanish type chicken dish with chorizo, peppers, paprika and tinned tomatoes that freezes well.

Tinkerisdead · 20/06/2012 19:53

Sausage and bean stew/sausage goulash
Chicken, ham and leek in a white sauce use in a pie or like a chicken strogonoff
Pies
Bolognese
Chilli
Chicken and chorizo stew
Mousaaka
Lasagne
Meatloaf
Meatballs in tomato sauce

Thats whats in mine anyway.

PigletJohn · 21/06/2012 02:24

You can also freeze part cooked ingredients.

e.g. browned diced meat, can go into a casserole or a pie, is quicker and cleaner than browning and having smoking fat in the kitchen each time, or bits of turkey cut off the carcase for using when Christmas is forgotten, or slivers of baked ham or gammon for a minestrone later.

If you know anyone who has leftover wine (is there such a thing?) it can go in ice-cube trays for adding to stuff you're cooking later. You can also do this with stock or other liquids and use small quantities instead having to thaw out a big tub.

Chicken stock; minestrone base (with lots of solids but not the pasta), most other substantial soups. Sometimes gravy, if you have done something that makes more juices than you need, such as a large pot-roast, and make a vast quantity.

Part-used packs of barbie stuff

Cartons of milk

Fil up any gaps with double-wrapped sliced bread for toast (frozen bread goes stale very quickly)

You can make a week's worth of sandwiches, take out a packet in the morning and it will be ready to eat at lunchtime.

Opened packs of ground coffee (there is disagreement over this)

You know you can freeze things in a cooking post (if it has sloping sides so wilkl not crack) then tip out using hot water and wrap in film. When you want to reheat you unwrap and put it back in the pot, so no need to leave the pot in ther freezer

melliebobs · 21/06/2012 08:09

Chilli
Sausage casserole
Ham in coke
Pork in coke
Sausage in onion & mustard gravy
Beef and mushroom in red wine
Butter chicken curry
Soups
Spag bol

100 slow cooker recipes by hamlyn is well worth investing in

bronze · 21/06/2012 08:15

One - The remains of half a pig, about eight chickens, some pigeon breast and a rabbit
Two- macaroni cheese by the billion post (ds3 sleeps better if he's eaten and it's a
Guaranteed eat)
Shepherds pie, lasAgne
Stock
Soup
pizza bases
(potato waffles shhh)
Sauces (made up for pasta etc)
Icecream

bronze · 21/06/2012 08:15

Sorry you asked to be inspired
I failed

jenrendo · 21/06/2012 19:16

Wow thanks for all the great suggestions. I know I can go to the butcher every week but we have an incredibly busy time coming up and I wanted lots of dishes just ready to warm up. PigletJohn thanks for all the tips too, although I agree it's hard to find left over wine! We live in Canada and over the summer months have family and friends coming over for their holidays for the next 3 months almost non stop. I don't want to give them a BBQ everynight!

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