Essential Freezer Items: Feasts from the Freezer

Ingredients

Essential Freezer Items:

• Pastry shells
• Phyllo dough
• Puff-pastry dough
• Tortillas
• Wonton skins
• Breadcrumbs-homemade
• Grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
• Frozen vegetables
• Flavored butters
• Nuts and Berries

Directions

Check below for storage life.

• Poultry, uncooked--9 months
• Poultry cooked--4 to 6 months
• Steaks--6 to 12 months
• Chops--4 to 6 months
• Hamburger--3 to 4 months
• Ham, cooked--1 to 2 months
• Bacon--1 to 2 months
• Meat casseroles, cooked--3 months
• Lean fish--6 months
• Fatty fish--2 to 3 months
• Shellfish--3 to 6 months
• Vegetables--8 to 10 months
• Fruit pies, unbaked--8 months
• Fruit--6 months
• Butter--6 to 9 months
• Bread, cake and cookies--3 months
• Soups and stews--2 to 3 months
• Ice cream and sorbet--2 months