How Long Foods Keep + How Foods Freeze

How Long Will it Keep?

The general rule for frozen meals is 3-6 months.
Have I waited longer?...yep.
In fact one day a year I make homemade turkey meatballs and my Ukrainian Grandmother's pierogies in a 14 dozen amount. Yep...14 dozen. And it lasts us an entire year and they are great until the end.

What I generally do is when I am making a dinner I make enough for 3 meals and freeze two of them. Then each Monday is Make-Ahead-Monday. On Sunday I pull one out of the freezer to thaw it in the refrigerator. Then we have it for dinner on Monday and that makes clean-up easy and fast since my house is always a wreck after the weekend.

This keeps your frozen meals in constant rotation.

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Food that Freeze Well

Cheeses

(on their own)
Part Skim Mozzerella
Parmesan

(in a recipe)
Cheddar
Monteray jack
Part Skim Mozzerella
Parmesan

Breads
Any variety of store-bought bread.
Homemade bread.
Tortillas
Pitas
Puff Pastry
Pie Crust

Dairy
Sour Cream (in a recipe)

Soups/Stewsbroth based soups




Foods that thaw into a Grossy-Gross Mess


Dairy
dairy based sauces
sour cream (alone)

Cheeses
most cheeses on their own except mozzarella and parmesan.

Fruits/Veggies
watery vegetables and fruits like tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, etc.

Soups/Stews
cream based soups