Question for Terry

[days_unfolding]

When you make a dinner that you've frozen, do you thaw and cook it in the microwave (if so, for how long), or what do you do?

(You can tell that I don't cook much-;))

Thanks!

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[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

Basically, yes. I'll give you the long version ;)

My microwave is fairly small, and the times might not be right for bigger ones.

I freeze most things like stir-frys in one-cup containers (margarine containers). I take them out of the freezer, put them in a pyrex measuring cup and give them 4 minutes to defrost them, mix them up, and give them another 2-3 minutes to get all the cold spots heated up. You can let them sit for a few minutes to let the heat even itself out.

If I make full dinners in TV-dinner style plates, I think I usually give them about the same treatment. 4 minutes, rotate, another 2-4 minutes depending on what the dinner consists of.

I try to make the dinners so everything takes about the same amount of time - ie, keeping food volumes about the same for different compartments, if that makes any sense. It isn't that critical.

I currently have some meat loaf dinners - meat loaf slices, corn, and a potato-cheese dish. Sometimes I'll take the meat loaf out after the first 4 minutes and make a sandwich out of it while I'm heating the rest. There's lots of ways to do it.

I warned you it was the long version ;)

[days-unfolding.livejournal.com]

My word, you're up late. Thanks for the info!