Make a double batch of this quick vegetarian chili, full of black beans and sweet potatoes, and eat it for lunch the next day or freeze the extras for another night. The starches soak up all the liquid (even when you’ve let your soup cool in your fridge), and will be soggy once defrosted. If your soup contains things like dairy, pasta/grains, or chunks of potatoes, you might want to think twice about freezing it — your soup may change texture or lose quality when reheated. Squeeze out any air before tightly sealing and laying bags flat in the deepest part of your freezer. Also it stops any veg in the fridge drawer spoiling if you get it all prepared in advance and frozen, saving your some pounds of dollars too.

Just make sure to leave at least 1/2 inch of headspace in the container (your soup will expand while freezing), and seal the container tightly. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.WW Points and other Slimming or Weight Loss programs - due to plans regularly changing and updating, we recommend calculating with the official tools you get as a member to those plans to ensure accuracy of values.

Stir after each 30-second interval and continue microwaving until the soup reaches a safe temperature. Stove-top reheating: Reheat thawed soup on the stove top until heated through using medium-high heat for broth-base soups and medium heat for purees or stews. Then, place a layer of Glad ® Press’n Seal ® or Glad ® FreezerWrap on top of the soup to create a barrier. Once you’re done, you can drop your reusable food bag straight into the dishwasher, for even faster clean up.While a number of the silicone bags do well in our tests, the PEVA bags we test do a lot better on the whole. We fill the bags with water to their capacity and check for leaks throughout the seal ease of use test. We also use various sizes of lakeland stack-a-boxes which, as the name suggests, stack very neatly in a freezer. To thaw in the microwave, place the bag on a dinner plate and thaw in bursts until you can break the food apart or wiggle it out of the bag.

No fancy labeling or colors, just a clear bag that delivers the ability to stash your leftovers, soups, and sliced fruit in the freezer for up to 6 months. One last pro tip for freezing soup: make sure to accurately date and label your soup leftovers so you’ll be able to identify them at a glance and so you’ll know when to use them by.Use our Test Kitchen's easy methods and tips for how to freeze soup in bags or containers so quick dinners are just a few steps away whenever you need it. PEVA (polyethylene vinyl acetate) – the material is commonly used as a safer substitute for PVC (a mass produced plastic that contains harmful chemicals). Sturdy Soup ‘n’ Sauce Freezer Bags that stand upright of their own accord, making them really easy to fill because both hands are left free for pouring. If the item comes direct from a manufacturer, it may be delivered in non-retail packaging, such as a plain or unprinted box or plastic bag.

There's nothing that can warm your heart like a steaming bowl of soup—that is, until you've eaten it for lunch four days in a row and have to toss the rest. Unlike silicone, PEVA is biodegradable which means its lifespan is shorter but it's also easier to recycle. You can either put the whole batch in one bag, or you can make smaller servings using multiple bags. Recyclability – both types can be recycled (though silicone recycling centres are more limited) so both are an eco-friendly alternative to standard resealable plastic bags. Below, you’ll find the top freezer bags we tested to freeze everything from soups to stews, meats, vegetables, and more!

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