8. Bulk Cooking – Cooking for one? Make meals in bulk to use up all the ingredients and store any left-overs in the freezer for a lazy day – curries, casseroles and stews work well for this.
9. Whole Grains – such as quinoa, barley and brown rice, which notoriously take a long time to cook, freeze well after cooking. Simply wait for it to cool, then stack in flat freezer bags in the freezer, and take out when you’re short on time and want something easy for dinner. Simply add to the pan from frozen or microwave until hot.
10. Vegetables – If you have unused vegetables that are past their best, use them to cook up a sauce or soup, which can then be frozen and stored in the freezer.
12. Grapes – Freeze ‘em and have them as the perfect summer snack, straight from the freezer.
13. Lemons & Limes – Chopped lemon & limon slices can be frozen then added straight into your G&T/drink.
14. Bananas – Overripe bananas can still be frozen, even once they’ve turned brown. Keep them in the skins for making banana bread – just defrost in microwave when you’re ready to bake and then you’ll have a ready mashed banana. For smoothies, peel and chop in half or slices before freezing, and freezer in storage containers or reusable freezer bags and add a portion of frozen banana to your morning smoothie.