Mushy beef stew....help please

[Unicornspirit]

Hi, so I'm really new to batch cooking. Made some bits, cooled and froze them in airtight containers. My question is this, got a beef stew out to defrost and reheated once done. It was vile. All mushy and watery and had no taste. I don't understand what I could have done wrong. Had the exact same beef stew when I originally cooked it and froze the second portion. The original was lovely.
I'm worried as I've made a chicken casserole and a chilli and froze them too. Are they also going to be mushy, watery and vile?
I had to throw it away and the whole point of the batch cooking is to save me money.
Any advice appreciated.

Did the stew have potato in it? I always find freezing and reheating anything with potatos in never turns out as nice

Did it have chunks of potato in? That doesn't freeze well at all.
Other vegetables in smaller chunks would freeze better in general than the large chunks often in stews.

No actually, I normally would but ran out of spuds. Had carrot, onion, celery, beef, peas in

How did you reheat it? I find heating on the hob better than microwave as you can better control water levels, by cooking longer if too watery or adding water/stock if too dry.

I did microwave it. Will try the hob next time then.