Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Works for me Wednesday -Freezer lunches







At the end of last school year we started experimenting with freezing individual portions of meals for lunch boxes and found that those old Tupperware hamburger pattie containers freeze food into a perfect shape to pop into a Mr. Bento lunch container. I usually spray the plastic with a little pam to make sure they are extra easy to pop out of the tupperware. They are great for lunches or light meals at home. Since they are individual portions they reheat quickly. You can use these for everything from leftovers to individual desserts.

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joining in Works for me Wednesday at Rocks in my dryer and I have been really enjoying the tips.

17 comments:

Rachel said...

Awesome awesome idea! I often have a meal frozen but not in individual portions. Thanks for the idea!

Zen Master said...

Interesting. My kids eat at school. But I should try this for hubby and I.

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Lynnae @ From Under the Clutter said...

I love this idea!

miranda said...

Excellent idea! Can you believe I just threw a bunch of those hamburger patty things in the yard sale box because I didn't know what to do with them. I better go dig them out. This will be great for my kids lunch boxes.

Maggie said...

Miranda- I keep collecting them from garage sales! LOL

Shannon@Idylwild said...

This is a great idea! I have a jumbo muffin pan that I might try out - I could wrap them after they freeze.

Karen@FamilyBries said...

What a terrific idea! Since I don't have any of those nifty Tupperware containers, I'll have to find a nice substitute - I'm off to raid my plastics cabinet :)

Mom2fur said...

I'm going to have to find those burger thingies at a garage sale. Obviously, the 17 year old doesn't bring lunch. But my daughter sometimes likes to pack things for work.
I just have a question, though...don't the mushrooms get all icky when you freeze them?

Maggie said...

Mom2for- I have never had a problem with freezing mushrooms but I always cook them first.

Amy said...

What a wonderful idea! They look so cute in those little containers. I will have to keep my eyes peeled when I do my thrift shopping :)

HopewellMomSchool said...

Cool Idea! I use snack bags for individual servings of left over sloppy joes or Italian beef or other sandwich fillings, but then have to transfer to something to heat it up. I've got a bunch of these hamburger things squirreled away somewhere!

Jendeis said...

Ooh, I love this idea!! Will have to keep my eye out for these types of containers at the dollar store.

Kathy in WA said...

What a great idea! I love anything that can help with lunch preparation. Thanks for sharing!

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Mama of 2 said...

What a really neat idea. I will have to dig my tupperware hamburger pattie makers out from storage.

Mom2fur said...

Hi, again! I'm glad my blog made you laugh yesterday.
Maybe that's the problem I had when I tried to freeze mushrooms...they weren't cooked. Thanks, I'll keep that in mind!

Country Girl At Heart said...

This is great idea. I've never seen these containers. Well maybe that because I didn't even know they exsisted. Thanks again for the tip.

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