Posted by Kirsten on 20 Feb 2012, 02:32PM
Hi everyone - it is fantastic to be back in the Pink after having my son, Oscar.
Now - I need a little help from my friends! A girlfriend and I were chatting last night about the best meals that will freeze.
She was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and has been well supported by family and friends but is COMPLETELY over spag bol and lasagna.
So I said I would reach out to our Network and ask for suggestions of the best meals that we can provide for the freezer. That way I can let everyone else know what else they can cook for her.
I got the ball rolling by taking us back to the 80's with a bit of Apricot Chicken.
Cant wait to hear what you love or loved to have in your freezer!
Looking forward to hearing from you
Kirsten
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I was lucky enough early on to have a friend who set up a roster of meal delivery. That way none of it really ever needed freezing. We had an esky at the fron door so no-one would have to disturb me if I was resting. Some of the best were hot roast dinners being delivered to my door and just needing popping in the oven to keep warm. Others delivered all the bits ready to go so it was just a matter of cooking up - no preparation - a favourite here was tacos or chicken schnitzels with salad and fresh veges.
I also loved chicken soup, vegetable and minestrone soups. Other favourites that the girls liked were Fish Pie, chicken casseroles, beef guiness casserole.They especially loved stuffed potatoes, honeyed carrots and nice fresh bread. My son would eat none of it because I hadn't cooked it - we sometimes quickly put everything into our pots and pans so he would think I had cooked it but he wasn't easily fooled.
I was lucky to have it coordinated - my friend did this over email and everyone checked so as not to double up and I provided a list of family favourites and things the kids disliked - this worked well.
Beef or chicken curry with rice portions freezers well.Even just freezing the rice and then all you have to do is a stir fry to go with it.My daughter is a vegetarian and I'll sometimes make a batch of falafel balls or lentil/bean patties and freeze them.So if she is tired and late home from work then she can just heat them up and add a salad. When the lift was being repaired at my mum's unit block she ordered "lite and easy" for a week so she didn't have to lug groceries up 3 fights of stairs.It was reasonably priced too.
Tonya xx
Katrina's Kitchen - Murrumbeena
Hi KP - great that you are back in the pink.
We occasionally get meals from Katrina's Kitchen in Murrumbeena (website www.katrinaskitchen.com.au). They have a good selection of ready-made meals that you can just pop in the freezer. Prices are reasonable and the meal sizes are decent. While the food isn't wildly exiciting, they are very handy to have in the freezer when you are feeling tired, or want meals to take to someone, but don't have time (or skills) to cook. They deliver also.
As far as home-made foods, I have found casseroles and soups freeze the best. A hearty soup with lots of vegies and meat or chicken is always a good option to freeze. It's also easy to heat up and easy on the mouth, if you have ulcers.
Hope that helps. Cheers. Kym :)
Thanks team
Am loving all the ideas - thank you soooo much
x
Hi Kirsten
I often freeze some meals as i like to make casseroles and chicken curry's in my slow cooker and it makes too much for just one meal. As Tonia said rice is a good one to freeze along with chicken curry,different casseroles, thick soups, Beef or chicken chowmin that is home made with mince or chicken, veggies,spices,curry, and chicken noodle soup, yum. Italian meat balls in sauce with pasta cooked later. Have a look at the slow cooker mixes at the supermarket, you can get so many different ideas from them and they are yummy and freeze well. Cheers Jo xx
frozen food
When a friend of mine was diagnosed many years ago, I made her home-made soup, but only the broth. I found that the chickens that I bought from our local halal butcher (in Footscray) made the type of soup that I had only tasted in my youth (made by my Lithuanian mother & grandmother), & that I had enjoyed at Sheharezade in Acland st before it closed.
Having lots of herbs in the garden, I chucked a lot of these in, then strained the broth & froze in small containers. I did not add onion, garlic or pepper as I was not sure whether my friend would tolerate these when she was on chemo. I figured that she could pull these out in single serves & add fresh vegetables or noodles or spices etc at will.
There is a theory that micro-nutrients are more easily absorbed by upset stomachs, when they are broken down over several hours of cooking.. . . & Chicken soup is a 'cure all' in just about every culture in the world.
I can imagine that the slow-cooker would do similar things to the food if the 'micro-nutrients' theory is correct. Regards, Adele (not the singer!)