If you know the techniques of freezing cold meals, you must be aware about the problem of freeze burn caused by insufficient packaging. How many times have you taken out an expensive food item from fridge just to find it dry and streaky? With the right container and some precaution, it is possible to store meal for a longer time without losing its nutritive value and taste. This article intends to show you 7 helpful techniques for storing your meals in freezer.
We all love to find attractive discounts on expensive food items, and we also eager to store them in our freezers. So, when 12 months are over or about to an end, you can still use some of those beautiful vegetable so scarce during the summer. You can care for your investments, ensure nutritive value of food, and enjoy the food item for a longer period with the effective ways of storing foods in freezers.
What is freezer burn? The problem of freezer burn appears as ice deposits on food. When food is being frozen, millions of water molecules within the food form ice deposits. These deposits will move around by evaporation, thus water molecules come escapes from food. Thus, amount of water decreases in food. Oxygen replaces the water molecules of food, thus causing decrease in color, nutritive value and taste. And if temperature is not consistent than water molecule melt and freeze again, developing ice deposit on the surface of food. Freezer burned food secure for food consumption, but it can taste very bad and uneven tenderness. So, how can you prevent your food items from freezer burn?
1. Keep your fridge-temperature below 0 degrees F and don't open it without a reason.
2. Never put hot meals in the fridge. It causes extraordinary heating and freezer burn up on other food item there.
3. Freeze food in a small capacity, not more than a pound for per portion, and use food labels with name of food and the date of purchase.
4. Cover meat firmly with hefty plastic, then in the aluminum foil bags, and then load up in air-tight storage space containers.
5. Blanch and thoroughly wash vegetables, then store firmly in airtight plastic containers. Be sure to keep enough space for development during cold, and close off the top with tidy plastic wrap before you snap on the lid.
6. While storing soup, keep development area at the top, and thoroughly cool. Seal the top area with plastic wrap before covering and cold even in the zipper locks.
7. If your freezer is half empty, complete storage space containers with water, making development area, and lock up. This balances fridge temperature.
