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The best food to freeze, and how to freeze it

When it comes to cutting back on food waste, saving on your family budget, and getting clever with leftovers, the freezer is your friend. Read our guide to the best foods to freeze and how to freeze them, plus top kitchen tips and freezer-ready recipe ideas.

Senior Food Editor

Heather Taylor

Freezer meal ideas

  • Make a big batch of tomato pasta sauce and freeze ready to toss through pasta or use as a base for other dishes, like spaghetti bolognese or chilli con carne.

  • Make a big batch of slow-cooker chicken korma, then add vibrant additions like pink pickled onions, fluffy rice, and crunchy poppadoms.

  • Freeze the filling for this easy chicken, leek and bacon pie and keep a pack of all-butter puff pastry on hand, then defrost and assemble.

  • Make this easy, hearty minestrone soup, then freeze before adding the pasta.

  • Double up the recipe for this sausage and bean stew, then pop half in the freezer for another day.

Petit pois and leeks

Pain au Chocolat

Soffritto Mix

Truffle Butter

Published 3.14.2025