I am new to couponing and I bought a used freezer that I plan on using to freeze extra sale items I buy. I was wondering, what can you freeze and it thaw ok? I recently learned that freezing bread works very well. I heard milk is ok too. What else, other that the obvious meats and such?


Yogurt?
Sour cream?
Dressings?
Mayo?

You can freeze yogurt, but the consistency will be different when thawed. If you freeze it, I think it's best to just let it thaw a little bit & then eat it as an ice cream/frozen yogurt treat.

These other things I do not believe are freezable. We freeze meat, bread, juice, homemade applesauce, freezer peaches & freezer jam, peeled & sliced apples for pie. Berries.

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fruit and veggies bought while cheap and in season. Berries are a great one. I also freeze sliced peaches, or peach cobbler filling. I also freeze green beans and grated zucchini from my garden, pureed pumpkin from Halloween.

Dairy separates when it freezes, so dairy items that freeze well are more the exception than the rule. Cheese freezes well, if it is already grated. That's a great one to stock up on when on sale.

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Milk, hard cheeses (pre-grated), butter, veggies, fruits, meats and a bunch of other stuff.

I would not freeze/ take consideration when freezing:

Mayo - shelf stable until opened, then store in refrig
Dressings - oils do not really freeze and see above about Mayo
Yogurt - only if you want to eat it frozen. It will separate funky when defrosted.
Sour Cream - same issue as yogurt, gets strange once unfrozen, had some freeze in the refrig back in the corner and it was okay for cooking with, but not as a topping for baked potato.
Cream cheese or any other soft cheeses unless you will be cooking with it right away.
Eggs - can break them out of a shell and scramble them a bit and freeze for fast omlets or whatever, but do not freeze whole eggs.
Milk - can be frozen but will often turn "yellowish" once un-frozen. Some people can taste the difference, but others have no issues with it. Just shake very well when it's defrosting.

I can't really think of anything else that I don't freeze.

Sometimes it will be trial and error as well.

those of you who freeze fresh veggies, do you have to boil them a bit first or do you freeze them raw?

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Non-dairy coffee creamer freezes really well and I stock up any time I can get a good deal.

Someone mentioned bread. I find that if I put an additional wrapper on a loaf of bread it seems to taste fresher when thawed. I also look for day old treats, freeze them and then "nuke" them in the microwave for about 20 seconds or more depending on the size. It freshens most things like this right up.

I also freeze broth or stock from the meat I'm cooking to be used later for gravies and soup.

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I freeze cooking onions, I chop them up first and then just put them in a ziploc, take out what I need.

I also freeze tomato sauce. I buy the industrial size. It is cheaper than buying a bunch of small cans. I divide up the large can into portion size plastic containers and just thaw when I need one.

I freeze veggies also. If I have corn, peas, green beans or such left over from a meal I throw it into a large container together and then use when I make a veggie or beef stew.

My mom gave me a good recipe for freezing fresh corn
9 cups corn (cut off of cob)
3 c water
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon Salt
Boil for 5 mins. Cool & put in freezer bags & freeze

I buy ground beef in large packs and divide them up into smaller ziploc bags. Larger packs are cheaper per pound. You can do this with any meat. Hot dogs, sausage, chicken.

Speaking of sausage I got 10 rolls of Jimmy Dean sausage on sale for $1.00. It only had 10 days left for sale life. Which was okay for me cause I was freezing it anyway. I took all 10 rolls and put them in bowl and then proceeded to make small patties out of them. I take out a few each time I need them for breakfast and cook. This way I don't have to thaw out a whole roll and cook more than I need. It will make the sausage last longer.

I freeze OJ, Lemon Juice, Bread, (I make my own bread crumbs and croutons with old freezer bread)

I even freeze partially use SOS pads. This way they don't rust on the side of the kitchen sink before I need to use it again.

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The directions that I have found and use is:

You need to clean and cut up your veggies first then water-blanch Asparagus,Bell Peppers, Broad or LIma Beans, Brussel Sprouts, Carrots, Corn, Green Beans, Peas, Spinach and other dark leafy greens, and mixed vegetables

You want to steam blanch Pumpkin and other hard squash until tender.

Broccoli and Cauliflower you will want to STeam-blanch for 5 minutes.

And Beets you will want to cook for 25 to 30 minutes depending on size. (I can my beets though cause I pickle them).

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