I was over at my mother in laws the other week and I noticed a couple of these containers (see pic below) sitting in the sink. As a throw away comment I just said, you’ve been laying the marg on thick to be going through a couple of containers at a time or have you been cooking up a storm?
Her reply was, no I use them as my freezer meal containers, that one’s spaghetti bolognaise for Roger and that one is shepards pie for me I’ll cook up some vegetables to go with it.
I thought that was a really good idea as they only have a small freezer and these containers stack well and are the correct portion size for them. Easily replaced if broken.
Her hints are to label well. If your food does not fully take up the container press a bit of cling wrap on top of the food.
Don’t put containers in the microwave, they are easy to run under some hot water, invert and pop out the food into a suitable heating container if not defrosted.
Yay mum in law!
Use what works for you.
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They work well. I’ve used margarine containers often in the freezer. I can’t remember if I microwaved or not.
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Jennifer, I used to freeze my margarine until I read on that container not to (could just have been that brand) but not done it since or used the containers for anything else.