Can I freeze / store it?!

crazyravr wrote: »

You can store / freeze pretty much anything for later use. Its the way you reaheat things (microwave / toasted oven) that will make it taste as good or lets just say "not as good"

Yep. I'm a batch cooker and while I use my microwave to defrost things, but I tend to follow up with broiling or baking if I can. If I'm at work and eating a freezer meal, I usually just microwave it until it's warm.

CaptainQuarry wrote: »

I have bought some of those tin foil trays so will go for the cooking in the oven approach

I agree microwaves can make the food quality diminish a lot!

Sorry to sound stupid but is 'broiling' the same as boiling? Probably an American - English cross over word lol

actually, BOILING is in a pot with water, as you would cook pasta or boil eggs. BROILING is in an oven with intense, direct heat. if you have a toaster-oven that sits on your counter, you'll find it often has a broil setting. i have a Breville Smart Oven that I use to reheat some left overs. good luck!

You can freeze and reheat, but it will tend to make the eggs rubbery. I would prepare and freeze everything but the eggs, then I'd reheat, crack in fresh eggs and finish it off. It wouldn't add much time but would turn out much better.

Microwaves only ruin certain things. Anything with a fairly uniform, wet texture (soup, stew, curry, pasta sauce) turns out fine in the microwave. Anything with a variable texture or any element of crispiness, like pies, pasties, crumble, cobbler, pizza, will not turn out very well, it will tend to become soggy and sometimes tough. Microwaving affects food in a similar way to steaming, so if you wouldn't steam it, don't put it in the microwave. And dumplings on stew are ruined by the microwave, but really, they don't turn out well reheated by any method. I make large batches of stew but only enough dumplings for that one meal. When I reheat leftover stew I'll add fresh dumplings and cook in the oven till they are done.

I'm with catof the ga... Because this contains egg and potatoes which aren't a good after microwaving, prepare all and freeze before cooking. Only then bake, broil or grill.

Also we Americans grill over charcoal. We broil under intense heat in our ovens.

The potatoes might turn black if you freeze them, I had a few dinners I tried freezing and the potatoes turned black and mushy.