Kitchen

[peachesncream]

Soups, stew, chili

Pasta dishes, enchiladas, cheese grits 

Chicken pot pie, quiche 

Scones, cookies, cake (slices or single layers), pie crusts

Tortilla roll ups, breakfast tacos

Mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes

Mashed avocado

Cooked rice

Around here, it's more like "What don't you freeze?" lol.

[Daysdee]

I do homemade spaghetti sauce, meat loaf in small portion or a slightly different recipe of meat balls.  I did some soup the other day because I made too much; don't regularly freeze soup.  I also make what I call "my own TV dinners."  When I eat out I always have some to bring home-- other than sandwiches, I freeze my leftovers and have a good dinner on a night I don't want to cook.  Also, when I bring a sandwich from a restaurant, I find reheating in the air fryer works better than microwave--bread doesn't get soggy.

[Yahooey]

Love beef chili- when I make a batch, I know there will be 2 large containers for next time. So nice in the winter. 

This isn't cooking - but I always look forward to my frozen pesto packets made from backyard basil. 3 harvests from 8 plants and I'm good for the year.

[froggy]

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@Mominohio wrote:

Homemade soups, a lot of them.

Lasagna

Enchiladas 

And I bake a lot, sweet breads, cookies, coffee cakes etc. to freeze.

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Oh, me too! Baked goods freeze fabulously. I make all our yeast dinner rolls, sometimes up to 12 dozen at a time and keep them in the freezer to be handy. 

And almost any casserole is double the amount needed for two so I just separate into two baking dishes and put one in the freezer before it's even cooked.

I rarely freeze soup because my DH LOVES homemade soup and he just wants to eat it every day until it's gone.

[Chicagoan]

I dice and freeze fresh sweet onions in a gallon size bag, I also do the same with fresh bell peppers and diced ham in a quart size bags.  I love having onions already prepped and ready for sauteing.  I store sauteed bell peppers and onions in a 8 oz mason jar in the fridge for the week and are ready for omelets or served with scrambled eggs and sandwiches.

[mousiegirl]

@QVCkitty1   I freeze a lot.  Homemade soups, pasta sauces, taco meat, ready to heat and serve, leftover grilled steak for steak tacos later on, tons of basil that I grow to add to soups, sauces, make pesto, etc., and bell and chili peppers, and green beans that I grow, etc.

The other day, I made a vat of pinto beans, mashed while still in the pot, then froze, so all I have to do for refired beans is to heat a container of them.

I also bake and freeze cookies and mini loaves.

[brandiwine]

I do the usuals like you guys, but in the summer when my basil is growing faster than I can cut it, I make pesto.  It freezes beautifully and family and friends really appreciate a container or 2 in the winter months.  I include a batch of homemade pasta and they are very happy.

[mousiegirl]

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@brandiwine wrote:

I do the usuals like you guys, but in the summer when my basil is growing faster than I can cut it, I make pesto.  It freezes beautifully and family and friends really appreciate a container or 2 in the winter months.  I include a batch of homemade pasta and they are very happy.

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@brandiwine  Basil is my cash crop, along with chiles. 

[QVCkitty1]

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@mousiegirl wrote:

@QVCkitty1   I freeze a lot.  Homemade soups, pasta sauces, taco meat, ready to heat and serve, leftover grilled steak for steak tacos later on, tons of basil that I grow to add to soups, sauces, make pesto, etc., and bell and chili peppers, and green beans that I grow, etc.

The other day, I made a vat of pinto beans, mashed while still in the pot, then froze, so all I have to do for refired beans is to heat a container of them.

I also bake and freeze cookies and mini loaves.

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@mousiegirl, Your freezer sounds delicious !!

[gloriajean]

I do this alot too!  Lately I've been buying organic carrots in large packages and slicing them, blanching 5 min. and packaging them 2 cups in baggies to use for soups, stews, or just a side vegetable with our meail.  Can't buy frozen carrots anywhere, just mixed in others.  Today will be another cooking day for freezing.  My husband and I are on the Fast Metabolism Diet since November, and I'm always cooking and freezing our portions and that works out well.