The best food to freeze, and how to freeze it

To save money

Freezing leftovers or opting for frozen fruit and veg over fresh is often a savvy move for your family’s food budget. Look out for our great-value, family-size packs of frozen berries.

To save time

Learning to love your freezer means you can cook once, eat twice – and save time cooking dinner. We’ve got lots of batch-cooking recipes to inspire you, for everything from soups and stews to slow-cooker meals.

To cut down on waste

Frozen ingredients, like our handy pre-chopped soffritto mix or chopped ginger, will keep for longer so you can use less.

• Label your food, so you remember what you’ve frozen (a Sharpie on a zip-lock bag is super easy).

• Food will lose flavour in the freezer, so try to rotate your dishes and aim to eat them after two months.

• Think about moisture. Something with a high water content – like fresh berries – probably won’t freeze well in its pack, so try spreading out on a baking tray, freezing, then transferring to a zip-lock bag.

• Allow leftovers to cool to room temperature before freezing it.

• Freeze food in zip-lock bags, aiming to remove as much air as you can to prevent freezer burn.

This is genius, time-saving and flavour-boosting M&S frozen food. Browse our range in store, from rich stocks and sauces to handy frozen fruit and vegetable mixes, pastries, desserts, shortcut dinners, pizza and more. Or explore M&S Recipes for thousands of freezer-friendly dinner ideas.