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Baby food, ice cube trays no longer big enough, what else can you use?

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fizzbuzz · 31/12/2006 16:16

Dd has been eating really well, to the point ice cube trays aren't really doing the job anymore. Also she is more interested in real meals more than bits and bobs.

What can you freeze bigger portions in that don't take lots of space up in already crammed freezer?

Have read about yoghurt pots etc, but do they survive microwave?

Also read somewhere on here about someone who froze them directly into freezer bags. Is this OK?

Any advice gratefully received

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lulumama · 31/12/2006 16:17

can you not just give her what you are eating?

lulumama · 31/12/2006 16:19

but if not, i used to do the freezer bag thing or little tupperwares

Tommy · 31/12/2006 16:35

I used the soft muffin cases - you can out them in oven and freezer and then pop the dinners out of the pan and put them in bags.

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Tommy · 31/12/2006 16:36

that made no sense at all - sorry

flexible muffin moulds - really useful!!

colditz · 31/12/2006 16:37

i froze them directly into freezer bags, but to be honest all out food is pretty child safe anyway. I don't cook much for the 3 year old that isn't ok for the 8 months old.

Miaou · 31/12/2006 16:49

I just gave ds more ice cubes. I don't have a microwave so it was much easier to just put a few on a plate to defrost themselves.

Agree, ds mostly ate our food, but it was SO useful to have stuff frozen (even it is just cubes of what we ate!) for those days when I just didn't want to eat!

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fizzbuzz · 31/12/2006 17:06

Miaou, never ever have a day when I don't want to eat, am v jealous of you.

I loathe cooking, and would rather do one huge load at once, hence need for freezing.

Thanks for all help, will investigate freezer bag option Colditz, as have to cram whole week into about 2 cms in freezer, and this seems most space efficient way of doing it, as I guess they mould themselves together.

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Wilbur · 31/12/2006 17:12

I was going to say the same as Tommy - silicon muffin trays. I still use the giant ones now for freezing pasta sauce and casseroles in bigger portions for ds1 and dd (5 and 3) so they're not just for babies.

Miaou · 31/12/2006 17:15

fizzbuzz, I don't mean not eat at all, just when you don't fancy eating a hot meal, just want cheese and biscuits or the like!

Forgot to add, once frozen in cube trays I then used to decant into freezer bags and label them (peaches look a lot like sweet potato ) - that way you could squish them into any available space

pesme · 31/12/2006 17:34

i use yogurt pots and defrost into a dish before cooking.

DoesntChristmasDragOn · 31/12/2006 17:47

Yes, freezer bags mould themselves together and then you can't seperate them!

Freezer bag put into a yoghurt pot or tupperware and then frozen... remove pot/tub when frozen.
Ikea do large ice cube trays - 4 yoghurt pot sized ones.
I used the glass jars from commercial baby food, sealed with a cellophane lid meant for jam making.
The options are endless but none will fit a week's worth of food into 2cm of freezer space

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fizzbuzz · 31/12/2006 20:11

Hmmmm don't have any yoghurt pots, but if you decant them from ice cube trays into bags, don't the cubes stick together?

Dp has to seperate frozen chicken breasts and sausages with a mallet and chisel(seriously)

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DoesntChristmasDragOn · 31/12/2006 20:14

No they don't because they were frozen when you decanted them. Any sticking together is minimal and can be remedied by shaking/knocking the bag gently.

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fizzbuzz · 31/12/2006 20:25

Sounds good to me! No need for hammer and chisel then!

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WeWishUAMerryXmasNANappyNewYr · 31/12/2006 20:36

we use yoghurt pots and a few of those plastic tubs with lids incase we go out.

ELF1981 · 31/12/2006 20:43

I found these useful. I got them at Boots. They're very nice. I broke one of my lids and joined the AK website and emailed them - they sent me a new pot and lid as a replacement!
They also do smaller versions.

WeWishUAMerryXmasNANappyNewYr · 01/01/2007 00:35

£6 yoghurt pots are free!

wethreebobkings · 01/01/2007 01:07

Do not microwave yoghurt pots.

WeWishUAMerryXmasNANappyNewYr · 01/01/2007 01:20

no you take it off the pot before microwaving!!!

eidsvold · 01/01/2007 03:15

I used the smallest zip lock bags, little tupperware or small jelly moulds.

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fizzbuzz · 01/01/2007 10:08

Were people really posting at 3.00am this morning?!

thank you all for your help, have decided to go down yoghurt pot and decanted ice cube tray, as this is minimal financial outlay.

Still have to work out how to cram it all into an already overstuffed freezer, full of things that no one ever eats I may say! Is anyone elses freezer like this?

Have just extracted rogue breadroll, and unitentified burger type thing from back of freezer....

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DoesntChristmasDragOn · 01/01/2007 10:18

It was a happy day in the Dragon household when I left the freezer door open last year and had to get rid of stuff that had been in there since 1995...

eidsvold · 01/01/2007 10:21

fizzbuzz - I am in Australia hence the weird time of night to be posting on threads

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fizzbuzz · 01/01/2007 10:26

Ahh that explains it, thought people were posting when they were getting in from their New Year revelry..

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