"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> looking for trouble wrote in news:[email hidden]:
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Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:
I have a huge dilema next week. On top of finals, the new kitten is not feeling well. I want to do a small pork roast and a small pot roast tomorrow but I'd like to make TV like dinners with the leftovers and freeze them for next week. There will be nothing fancy. Just mashed, carrots and maybe some grilled veggies. Has anyone ever done this or should I just buy them from the supermarket?
Michael <- thinking he knows what will be in them if he makes them
Sure you can. I think Gladware (or similar) sells divided containers you can use to freeze then nuke the meals. I know you can buy Rubbermaid divided "plates" with lids for this type of storage; I have several of those. Then you could just toss one in the fridge to thaw during the day and nuke it in the evening.
Jill
Well, the pork roast is in the oven and when it's finished, in goes the chuck roast. Everyone's ideas are great and they are ideas I use all the time. I was kinda' looking for plain old TV dinners, like the frozen ones you can buy. As Barb pointed out, I can just leave the goodies in the fridge all week. However, I'm leaving Saturday and that'll leave the S.O. defenseless 😉
Michael
What, he can't take a container out of the freezer and put it in the fridge to thaw? For shame! As someone else asked, where would you get the little trays they sell them in? But okay, can he handle nuking at 50% power while frozen for say, oh 6 minutes, then finish off at high power until thoroughly warmed?
Steve Wertz <[email hidden]> looking for trouble wrote in news:[email hidden]:
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Michael \'Dog3\' Lonergan said:
I have a huge dilema next week. On top of finals, the new kitten is not feeling well. I want to do a small pork roast and a small pot roast tomorrow but I'd like to make TV like dinners with the leftovers and freeze them for next week. There will be nothing fancy. Just mashed, carrots and maybe some grilled veggies. Has anyone ever done this or should I just buy them from the supermarket?
I even have a huge supply of those Le' Menu(*) plates for just such occasions.
(*) "Le Menu" were the round-plated TV dinners from the early 80's. The plates are made from some early form of melamine and have lasted forever.
-sw
Where did you find those?
Michael
Leftovers from the 1980's, Michael. The no longer sell "Le Menu". The meals were [censored] but the little melanine plates were handy. I think I may still have one or two.
I have a huge dilema next week. On top of finals, the new kitten is not feeling well. I want to do a small pork roast and a small pot roast tomorrow but I'd like to make TV like dinners with the leftovers and freeze them for next week. There will be nothing fancy. Just mashed, carrots and maybe some grilled veggies. Has anyone ever done this or should I just buy them from the supermarket?
Michael <- thinking he knows what will be in them if he makes them
Michael, I've done this type of ready meal. I have found the ziploc divided containers quite useful as they separate the food items. I've used both the 3 compartment and 2 compartment styles. The regular entre ziploc containers are also handy for things like rice topped with a meat sauce. The nice thing about the ziploc containers are not only are they microwavable but they are reusable and they are great for freezing. IMO the homemade ready meals are much more versatile than the store bought ones as you can tailor them to your own specific needs. If you need ideas on what freezes well, check your grocery store's frozen food section.
Andy <q> looking for trouble wrote in news:[email hidden]:
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Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:
I have a huge dilema next week. On top of finals, the new kitten is not feeling well. I want to do a small pork roast and a small pot roast tomorrow but I'd like to make TV like dinners with the leftovers and freeze them for next week. There will be nothing fancy. Just mashed, carrots and maybe some grilled veggies. Has anyone ever done this or should I just buy them from the supermarket?
Michael <- thinking he knows what will be in them if he makes them
Michael,
Sounds like fun! Only where are you gonna find those TV-dinner tins? 😉
I found these TV dinner like trays in the supermarket of all places, complete with snap on lids. This is what prompted the idea.
Michael
If you want the metal ones, check the dollar stores. Dollar stores are also a good source for other foil baking pans for anyone bulk cooking.
I have a huge dilema next week. On top of finals, the new kitten is not feeling well. I want to do a small pork roast and a small pot roast tomorrow but I'd like to make TV like dinners with the leftovers and freeze them for next week. There will be nothing fancy. Just mashed, carrots and maybe some grilled veggies. Has anyone ever done this or should I just buy them from the supermarket?
Michael <- thinking he knows what will be in them if he makes them
I do this all the time - no reason not to. I've been using freezer Press 'n Seal pushed down on top the food items to keep the freezer burn off, but generally, they don't last that long in my freezer. Ziploc makes a divided "TV Dinner" type discardable container with a snap-tight lid. I've never had any trouble with the textures of meat, mashed potatoes, or veggies, although my druthers is to do the carrotsor other vegetable as a fresh cook thing when I reheat the dinner. Still if there is enough "gravy" with the roast, the veggies should come through in fine shape.
On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 11:52:31 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan" <[email hidden]> wrote:
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(*) "Le Menu" were the round-plated TV dinners from the early 80's. The plates are made from some early form of melamine and have lasted forever.
-sw
Those "Le Menu" dinners were terrific - HOWEVER, all the experts recommend (warn) that you not re-use the plastic commercial frozen dinner type containers. Or any plastic commercial frozen food containers. This is because of toxins that are released when they are used more than once.
I'm not saying they are correct, but it leads me not to save any type of plastic container that came with commercially-prepared frozen food in it, except for cold storage only.
I have a huge dilema next week. On top of finals, the new kitten is not feeling well. I want to do a small pork roast and a small pot roast tomorrow but I'd like to make TV like dinners with the leftovers and freeze them for next week. There will be nothing fancy. Just mashed, carrots and maybe some grilled veggies. Has anyone ever done this or should I just buy them from the supermarket?
Michael <- thinking he knows what will be in them if he makes them
Oh absolutely, make your own! Miguel (DH) loves taking my frozen leftovers for work lunches. He'll tolerate the store-bought ones if I haven't cooked anything major for a while (during Summer; lots of salads, burgers, and seafood, not stuff you need to freeze). But he likes mine better, and you're right, you'll know what's *really* in the meat compartment of your dinners... ;-)
-- Jani in WA (S'mee) ~ mom, Trollop, novice cook ~
On 7 Dec 2005 12:04:35 -0800, "Nancy1" <[email hidden]>
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Steve Wertz said:
On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 11:52:31 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan" <[email hidden]> wrote:
(*) "Le Menu" were the round-plated TV dinners from the early 80's. The plates are made from some early form of melamine and have lasted forever.
Those "Le Menu" dinners were terrific - HOWEVER, all the experts recommend (warn) that you not re-use the plastic commercial frozen dinner type containers. Or any plastic commercial frozen food containers. This is because of toxins that are released when they are used more than once.
Melamine is used in a lot of plastic dinnerware. It's supposedly pretty safe unless it catches fire, producing cyanide gas.
MMMmmm.
ObFood: Turkey vegetable soup, egg salad and smoked goat/gouda cheese, and green salad for dinner. Ice storm in Austin tonight.
