Spotting a theme here? I made a wicked cheese sauce, but just cannot bring myself to make it every day for DS. Hes finally eating home-cooked stuff, as long as its encased in cheesy goodness (even fish, woo!) Hoping I can freeze cheesy mash – I was thinking of making fish pie with sweetcorn or something, with a cheesy mash top in little pots, and freezing it. Assuming this will be OK, but thought id better check with those in the know Macaroni im more dubious about, pasta doesnt freeze well does it? So… can I just make my cheese sauce and freeze that and just whack it over fresh cooked pasta and veg? Thankee… really would be a major help. (any other cheese recipe suggestions also gratefully (haha) received)
Yes to all. As you say sometimes pasta doesnt freeze that well, but its ok imo. However as you suggest an alternative may be do freeze some sauce separately. Its only a few minutes to cook the pasta fresh. How about cheese omelette (if your ds can have egg of course) I made it for dd2 tonight, she is almost 2. You can add veggies. I stirfried a few strips of pepper (mushroom would be good too). add one beaten egg. Flip over like a pancake to cook both sides. Add a bit of grated cheese – yum
thinking about it, when ive frozen pasta (lasagne DOES NOT work) its been all mushy and gross – maybe I overcook it. But DS would love the mushyness as hes used to the Hipp jars. (wish to hell Id done BLW, would hvae made my life SO much easier) thanks all for your replies – will use my useless expensive Annabel Karmel trays for something helpful for something other than butternut squash.
I always make cheese sauce in large enough quanitities to use one and put two portions in the freezer for quick suppers.
yes you can. I always cook up big batches of white/cheese sauce and freeze up in portions, it works fine. Pasta dishes freeze just fine, its just plain old pasta on its own that doesnt freeze very well. Basically if its in an oven dish and can be reheated in the oven then you can freeze it.
Yes you can freeze the sauce and it works fine, you can also freeze your fish pie and cook from frozen as long as its heated through properly. Heres a really good recipe for a quick fish pie, so even if you were pressed for time you could just make it from scratch very quickly – the recipe says use cod but any fish will work, plus its a great way of getting some veggies on the plate too: www.britishpotatoes.co.uk/quick-fish-pie/
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Yes, you sure can! Freezing cheese sauce can help extend its shelf life and allow you to use it at a later time. Imagine having a delicious cheese sauce ready to go whenever you need it!
Yes to all. As you say sometimes pasta doesnt freeze that well, but its ok imo. However as you suggest an alternative may be do freeze some sauce separately. Its only a few minutes to cook the pasta fresh. How about cheese omelette (if your ds can have egg of course) I made it for dd2 tonight, she is almost 2. You can add veggies. I stirfried a few strips of pepper (mushroom would be good too). add one beaten egg. Flip over like a pancake to cook both sides. Add a bit of grated cheese – yum
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Spotting a theme here? I made a wicked cheese sauce, but just cannot bring myself to make it every day for DS. Hes finally eating home-cooked stuff, as long as its encased in cheesy goodness (even fish, woo!) Hoping I can freeze cheesy mash – I was thinking of making fish pie with sweetcorn or something, with a cheesy mash top in little pots, and freezing it. Assuming this will be OK, but thought id better check with those in the know Macaroni im more dubious about, pasta doesnt freeze well does it? So… can I just make my cheese sauce and freeze that and just whack it over fresh cooked pasta and veg? Thankee… really would be a major help. (any other cheese recipe suggestions also gratefully (haha) received)
thinking about it, when ive frozen pasta (lasagne DOES NOT work) its been all mushy and gross – maybe I overcook it. But DS would love the mushyness as hes used to the Hipp jars. (wish to hell Id done BLW, would hvae made my life SO much easier) thanks all for your replies – will use my useless expensive Annabel Karmel trays for something helpful for something other than butternut squash.
I always make cheese sauce in large enough quanitities to use one and put two portions in the freezer for quick suppers.
Yes, friends. It freezes beautifully. I used my silicone baby food molds
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You can even make your own nacho cheese! I usually add a sprinkle of chili powder, some jalapeños and viola! Nacho dip for chips or peppers!
Check out this video to see how easy it is to make and freeze this delicious cheese sauce.
But what you may not have realized it that you can FREEZE it (or maybe you did realize this, but then I really need to know why you didn’t tell me?).
HOW TO FREEZE NACHO CHEESE – STORE EXTRA NACHO CHEESE SAUCE FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR & SAVE MONEY
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