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Originally Posted by Shelby&Seymour  I was wondering if anyone has had any luck with Freezing "ready made meals"??? They have chicken breasts on sale this week and I LOVE to marinate them in italian dressing and bake or grill them. I was thinking about making them with rice..... and since they are on sale, making about 4-6 extras and freeze them (possibly with the rice in individual containers). Has any done this kind of thing? Like buying large quanities of what is on sale and "loading" the freezer with some in-expensive meals?
If I do this for a few months, I may end up with a freezer of dinners AND keep my grocery costs down............... but I just wonder about putting this stuff in the freezer and if it will lose it's quality. What do ya think? Would it be worth it? |
Kroger sometimes puts chicken breast on sale for $1.99/pound. I usually stock up then and it lasts us for 1-2 months. I also buy the family size meat which lasts us 1-2 months too. I have a freezer just for meat and it taste fine. Just one tip. Don't defrost the meat in the microwave. Either let the meat sit in a pot with hot water for about 30 mins - 1 hour or put the meat in the fridge the night before.
I don't know how to cut back. I already keep my spending to a minimum. I'm doing fine right now, but I will have to come up with something to cutback if things get worse. I wish I had more time to search for deals on groceries.