Last night I chopped up onions, ginger and spring onions and have wrapped them up in cling film for use tonight. I also sliced a bulb of garlic and it is living in a small container of sunflower oil.

At least I now know I’m not alone in being seriously anal retentive (but not so active, unfortunately) about food prep!

I do a lot of food prep on the wkend.

I’ve got tupperware containers that are meant to keep vegies crisp, and so far it’s worked for me.

I do try to work out a rough menu plan for the week, do my shopping, and then chop up capsicums, zuchinnis, carrots, broccoli, etc etc and store them in the tuppercare containers. They last for at least 5 days without looking iffy, so that means if I do my prep on Sunday, I get enough food to last us for the working week.

With meat & seafood, years of having to wait impatiently for meat to defrost in the microwave and not being organized enough to take them out of the freezer the night before meant that I’ve learnt to do the hard work PRIOR to freezing them.

I sliced and diced and prep my meat/seafood, and then place them in ziploc freezer bags, in a flat layer so they defrost quickly.

When we get home from work, I pop the meat in the microwave to defrost (takes abt 10mins), feed my little boy, and by the time he’s done, the meat is defrosted, and either hubby or I will cook whilst the other bath the boy.

HTH!

Jade.

And no, no space for any other white goods, we’re all full up with a fridge and washer-dryer.

Neil ate one of the pizzas on Saturday night, so there’s bit more space now. Hehe.

If we’re freezing stuff I tend to put them in ziplock bags and try to get as much air out as I can. Seems to be okay so far.

Assuming you have space for it, a chest freezer? There are 200 liter freezers here for about £120 (based on the current exchange rate). I just baked a pork roast and divided it up. It should last me almost two weeks of dinners assuming I do not get tired of it.

The ‘ice glaze’ can be a bit of a scam since you pay for the weight of the ice. It does help protect some foods from freezer burn but it is usually better if you buy fresh and vacuum pack easily divided portions.