Let’s say that your friend is coming over for a few glasses of wine, but you remembered that you didn’t put the few bottles you had in the fridge. If you put the wine in the freezer, will it be slushy by the time they get there? Or does it only chill and not freeze? …
Yes, you can freeze your soup with a Pyrex container. Contrary to popular belief, Pyrex containers are freezer-safe and will handle freezing temperatures. However, it would help if you were careful with a couple of factors, especially those involving extreme temperature changes over a short period. For example, you shouldn’t put a boiling Pyrex dish …
Dried fruits and vegetables are delicious and healthy snacks whether at home or while you’re camping. Freeze-drying and dehydrating are two methods of food preservation that have been around for decades. However, while some people use these terms interchangeably, there are five significant differences between these two methods. Differences that matter between freeze-drying and dehydrating …
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Welsh Cakes are popular not just in Wales but across the UK as a sweet baked snack. They resemble similarities to scones but are flat and cooked in a griddle instead of the oven. Welsh Cakes can be easily frozen by letting them cool to room temperature, place them in a ziplock freezer suitable bag …
Tuna pasta bake is one of those rich, delectable, flavourful, and yummy, versatile dishes most of us know how to cook because it’s so tasty and satisfying! It makes a fantastic snack for student meals or a main course for family suppers, depending on how you take your tuna pasta bake. But what if you …
If you grow your own, or merely taking advantage of the season and wondering how to freeze tenderstem broccoli, don’t fret. To freeze tenderstem broccoli you should first soak the forests in brine water for 30 minutes before blanching in hot water for 3 minutes. Immediately cool in a dish of cold water and ice …
Pears are a fantastic fruit. They are super easy to freeze, especially if you’re planning on using the fruit as part of a smoothie in the near future. The entire freezer preparation process takes around 10 minutes for a full bag of pears – slightly longer if you’ve got more. Simply wash and peel the …
Shallots are a fantastic vegetable which can be purchased from major supermarkets and even grown in your garden. The vegetable is commonly used in salad dressing and sauces. It adds a lot of nutritional value and flavour to otherwise relatively dull meals. Shallots freeze best when chopped up into small pieces, washed and stored in …
Sausages are great, but much like all meats, they can go off in the fridge relatively quickly. The good news, however, is that sausages can be frozen and easily last 12 months or more. Many people think that the drawback to freezing sausages is that you have to defrost them before using them, however, that’s …
Jambalaya is one of my all-time favourite meals. As a result, I end up making wayyy more than I can possibly eat. To avoid wasting food (especially food I love) I freeze it. So many people I speak to don’t realise that you can actually freeze jambalaya. Jambalaya can be frozen in much the same …