Save Money by freezing homemade meals
January 24 2013
Prepare to Eat Smart – Freeze your culinary delights
Making meals ahead of time and then freezing them to either take for lunch or to eat for dinner at a later date makes a lot of sense and saves a lot of cents.
Many of MealEasy’s fast and delicious meals are easily frozen and can then be thawed and reheated for a supper quick weekday super. And because the MealEasy Meal Planner allows you to change the portion size of most of the meals, you can plan on cooking extra to save for future meals. Each recipe states whether or not it is freezable, so you don’t have to guess.
The key to successfully freezing meals is to tightly wrap any foods and try to remove as much air as possible; air is the enemy when it comes to freezing foods. Always remember to allow your foods to cool to room temperature before freezing, and it’s best to freeze them in a single layer so that they freeze more quickly; you can stack them when foods are completely frozen.
If you plan on doing a lot of freezing, investing in a vacuum food sealer might be worthwhile. Food sealers are wonderful for freezing uncooked meats and vegetables. If you don’t have a food sealer and are freezing meats, it’s important to double wrap them in plastic wrap and then place them in a freezer bag to be able to keep them for a longer period of time. Foods frozen in its supermarket wrapping or butcher shop’s brown paper will not last as long in the freezer.
