Lakeland Soup 'n' Sauce Sealed Freezer Clear Storage Bags, 1 Litre - Pack of 20

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Extra care needs to be taken when using fish in your soup. These make a great tasting soup, but extra care needs to be taken when freezing. For best results, make and freeze your soup base and prepare the fish separately. For best quality, soups will last about 3 months in the freezer, though certain vegetable-based broth soups can be safely enjoyed 6 months or more out. Preparing soup for friends and family (especially for expecting moms) makes mealtime easy for the person you’re gifting it to!

It may seem fussy, but if you toss hot soup into the freezer, it will develop large ice crystals and freeze unevenly. (Which means mushy soup when it thaws!) Cooling soup also protects the contents of your freezer. No one wants the hot soup’s steam to thaw out all the other food. Step 4: Avoid Freezer Burn Hot tip–>Prepare your noodle soup recipe just as you normally would, but leave the noodles out! Freeze the base of the soup. Freezer meals or frozen soups are great meal prep options for an expecting mom or for families going through a hard time. Recyclability – both types can be recycled (though silicone recycling centres are more limited) so both are an eco-friendly alternative to standard resealable plastic bags.

Soup can be found in so many forms that it’s impossible to cover all soup types in one freezing method. Below, we have outlined a few popular soups, so you know how to go about freezing them and whether it’s possible to do: How to Freeze Soup with Cream Soups that aren’t so good to freeze are soups with dairy or soups with noodles. Not so say you can’t freeze soups with dairy or noodles, but there are some extra precautions you should take! Helpful Tip #1–> If a recipe calls for sauteing or cooking vegetables in the soup, try to undercook the vegetables if you are planning on freezing your soup.

There are some soup recipes that are perfect candidates for freezing and some soup recipes that you just shouldn’t freeze. The perfect soup freezing candidate is a soup that is brothy, full of hardy vegetables, and proteins. You can keep soup in a freezer for up to three months which is plenty of time to create a large batch and then use it as you need it. Why not spend a couple of hours making some batches of different soups? Durable kitchen bags can be re-used time and again, like the press-seal reusable freezer bags from Russbe. You’ll also find biodegradable food bags, made from fully biodegradable materials that are free from microplastics, like food and freezer bags from Biobag. We rate how easy the bag seals are to open and close at the beginning and the end of our ease of use test. Durability/leakageHelpful Tip #2 –>The single most important thing when freezing soup is to let the soup cool before placing it in the freezer.

Certain starches tend to soak up all the liquid when frozen and become soggy when reheated. That’s why we avoid freezing soups that contain: Soup is the ultimate make-ahead freezer meal. Because most soups can be stored in the freezer for at least three months, it’s a great dish to make on a Sunday afternoon and enjoy for weeks to come.Lifespan – silicone isn't biodegradable, whereas PEVA is. This does mean that silicone freezer bags will last longer. Find a flat space in your freezer and place the soup in the freezer until your ready to eat it! Step Three Reheat Soup Odour – our tests have found bags of both types can have residual food smell after being used and cleaned. We found one type of bag tends to hold more smell than the other though. Cool: Once you’ve made your soup, allow it to completely cool. You never want to place a hot (or even warm) dish into the freezer, so allow it to cool down. We found some key differences in our tests that Which? members can log in to read. Not a member? Join Which?

Seal type – while not a hard and fast rule, we've seen press seals (where you push the bag's sides together) are more commonly used on PEVA bags, while zip seals (where you pull a plastic bar across to close the bag) appear more often on silicone freezer bags. Next, follow the soup recipe. Remember not to add any cream or noodles to the soup. You will prepare that separately right before serving your soup. Freezing soup in one- or two-person portions not only helps the soup freeze faster but is the perfect plan for a make-ahead lunch or dinner for smaller families. Consider what works best for you before you freeze. Step 2: Choose the Right Soup ContainerIt may seem like freezing soup is as easy as preparing a cup o noodles, but if you don’t take a few extra steps before freezing soup, you could end up with freezer-burned soup or mushy noodles. After letting the soup cool completely, pour soup into a freezer safe container. Here are a few things to keep in mind when preparing to freeze soup. Freezer Bag Holder Stand - these make prepping a bunch of freezer meals so much easier. No more spills! Odour – our tests have found bags of both types can have residual food smell after being used and cleaned. But on the whole, we found silicone tends to hold more smell than PEVA.