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Foods That Cannot Be Frozen Successfully

What foods cannot be frozen successfully? – Oliver K.

A few foods are totally ruined if you freeze them:

* Raw eggs in their shells might explode because liquids expand when frozen.

* Lettuce, whole avocados and vegetables or fruits made up of a lot of water (celery, cucumbers, radishes, raw potatoes, melons) are virtually inedible after freezing.

* Any salad that includes mayonnaise

Foods That Can Be Frozen 

Foods you can freeze but in order to enjoy eating them, they must be cooked after they defrost:

* Fresh tomatoes can be tossed into the freezer.  The skin pulls off quite easily when they’re frozen, but the only way to make them edible is to cook them in soups or stews.

* Yogurt and cottage cheese - cook after defrosting

* Fresh parsley and cilantro - cook after defrosting

* Onions cut into 1/2-inch pieces - cook after defrosting

* Milk can be frozen in plastic containers and, when thawed, used for cooking.  Make sure to leave at least 1 inch of space in the container because liquids expand when frozen - use for cooking, not drinking.

* Whole vegetables such as green beans, sugar snap or snow peas, garden peas and asparagus can be frozen whole once they are blanched (cooked in boiling water for 1 minute and then plunged into ice water to stop the cooking process) - cook after defrosting

* Vegetables cut into 1/2-inch pieces, including cauliflower, broccoli, bell peppers and zucchini, can be frozen once they are blanched (cooked in boiling water for 1 minute and then plunged into ice water to stop the cooking process) - cook after defrosting

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