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Foods that don’t freeze well:
Raw salad vegetables
Raw eggs in their shells or hard-boiled eggs (You can freeze egg whites separately.)
Raw potatoes or boiled white potatoes (they turn black)
Cottage Cheese
Instant Rice
Custard, cream or meringue pies
Mayonnaise – It separates. It can be used limitedly mixed in with other ingredients in a sauce or casserole
Sour cream – It becomes watery but can be used the same way as mayonnaise
Deep Fried Foods become soggy
Foods That Change in the freezer:
Gravies and sauces separate and will need to be recombined during reheating.
Heavy Cream can be frozen but won’t whip.
Milk can be frozen for drinking but will separate. Shake to recombine.
Vegetables, pastas and grains are softer following freezing. Make sure to undercook them before freezing to help compensate.
Cheeses often change texture. Hard cheeses become crumbly. They freeze best if grated before freezing and can be used in recipes but not for slicing