The 15 Foods I Freeze Every Month (Stop Throwing the Rest Away)

Can You Freeze It? The Answer Is On A Clipboard Taped to the walk-in freezer door at the school district where I worked was a clipboard. Every Friday for a whole school year, a baker named Ruth froze one food nobody believed would freeze, then wrote yes, no or “only for soup” next to it on Monday. She tested sixty foods. Fifteen of them changed how my house shops. This video counts them down, with how to freeze each one and the catch on the ones that have one. What’s in this video: 0:00 The clipboard on the freezer door 1:18 15: Zucchini 1:51 14: Tortillas 2:20 13: Grapes 2:53 12: Chopped onions and peppers 3:22 11: Buttermilk and heavy cream 3:56 10: Avocados 4:58 9: Mushrooms 5:29 8: Dough 5:57 7: Cooked pasta 6:54 6: Yogurt 7:19 5: Leftover wine 7:46 4: Mashed potatoes 8:13 3: Spinach and greens 8:39 2: Bacon 9:10 1: Pancakes and waffles 10:33 A week of dinners from this list 11:06 The foods that do not freeze 11:34 Why nobody teaches this 12:01 Your one step this week (Timestamps are estimates from the script length. Replace them with the real ones after the edit.) A few things worth knowing: Freezer food stays safe indefinitely at zero degrees Fahrenheit. Quality is what fades. Cooked food should go into the fridge or freezer within two hours, and leftovers should be heated until hot all the way through (one hundred sixty-five degrees on a thermometer). The USDA’s food safety site is fsis.usda.gov (search “freezing and food safety”). Whole grapes are a choking risk for small children, frozen or not. Cut them in half. Don’t eat cookie dough raw. It contains raw flour and raw eggs. Thaw in the refrigerator and use thawed avocado the same day. My book has every method I use to run my house for less, in one place: Tell me what’s on your freezer clipboard. What surprised you, and what was a disaster? I read every comment. Next video: the pantry shelf Ruth never let anyone clear out. I’m Claire. I spent nineteen years buying food for a school district, and I check what’s actually worth your money. #freezertips #frugalliving #freezermeals #grocerysavings #foodwaste