Do you know which foods not to freeze?
Making the purchase and thinking about the menus for the whole family takes a lot of time. One way to optimize this time is to cook on the weekend and freeze the meals for each day. Having frozen food, both raw and cooked, can allow you to save a lot of time, to invest in more rewarding things. But there are foods that you should not freeze.
Examples of foods you cannot freeze
1. Mayonnaise
Even if you do more than you need, do not put the excess in the freezer, it will form an unpleasant and tasteless mass when you take it out of the freezer.
2. Lettuce and other salad leaves
Do not ever think of freezing them raw! They will form large ice crystals that will break their structural walls and leave them useless when they are thawed.
3. Eggs
By freezing them whole, they expand and break. Of course, you can freeze them without a shell, in bags, yolks, and whites aside.
5. Avocados
Freezing them whole is a mistake because the freezing changes the consistency. What you can do is peel and crush them with 1 tablespoon of lime or lemon juice (that prevents it from getting dark). That will keep for months and serve for guacamoles or dips.
6. Tomatoes
Here there is a division of opinions. Some say they only freeze well once cooked. I have seen that they freeze well (to cook) putting them first in trays covered by baking paper, in layers, until they have frozen. Then, you can put them in bags. To defrost them, just put them under warm water: the skin will come off.
7. Potatoes
Do not freeze raw potatoes because they become gritty and unpleasant. If, for whatever reason, you do it, cook them first and put them in bags.
8. Cheese
Cheese should not be frozen, it loses aroma, flavor, and texture. Knowing that and if you have large pieces that you will not be consuming shortly, you can freeze them cut into quarters or into smaller, well-wrapped pieces. Then, take out just the piece you need, let it thaw in the fridge and have it at room temperature for one hour before eating it.
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