Microwave meals

Burnsy2023 · 21 May 2011 at 12:29

So, for work, I cook meals from scratch put them in tupperware and freeze them, ready to be microwaved at work.

So far I have done:

Thai curry & Rice
Beef bourguignon with rice
Lasanga

I currently have some stewing beef steak, what should I make that would reheat well?

Also any other meal ideas would be welcome.

Razor-BladE · 21 May 2011 at 13:59

Some sort of fried rice?

Glaucus · 21 May 2011 at 14:31

Stew and dumplings

Loads that can be microwaved.
Any sort of pasta bake is good, as are a lot of pasta dishes with wet sauce, like **** Bol.
Mash and sausages

Disco Boy · 21 May 2011 at 14:46

Buy some beef mince too and use it and the stewing steak to make chilli con carne. Then you can have chilli and a jacket potato.

vicisthebest · 21 May 2011 at 16:34

Some sort of beef stew/casserole.

You could also make a beef goulash - yum

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/180653/beef-goulash

memyselfandi · 21 May 2011 at 16:47

Beef stew or some form of chilli. Personally I tend to lean towards the latter.

Participant · 21 May 2011 at 17:21

Sausage and lentil stew. Bit wintery, but reheats well.

Geeman1979 · 21 May 2011 at 17:25

Sausage Casserole also reheats well.

Van Hellseek · 21 May 2011 at 19:57

Shepards/cottage pie.

-BA- · 21 May 2011 at 20:01

I make big batches of chilli and stroganoff then portion up, freeze and use for lunches. For ease, I tend to use microwaveable bags of frozen rice. If you have access to a Cash & Carry card, they sell Uncle Bens 147g bags (12 packs) which are just about the right portion size.

I make both my chilli and my strog with turkey (mince for chilli and chunks for strog) to keep the fat content down. Works out really well.

mufc802 · 22 May 2011 at 12:29

Uncle Benz rice packets are nice and easy to make. I know they're ready made but they taste very nice.

jp_bl_68 · 22 May 2011 at 12:37

AcidHell2 said:
Stew and dumplings

I think the quality of stew really suffers from freezing. Whenever I've thawed and microwaved mine the gravy's always too thick/lumpy and the meat can toughen up.

Curry might be a better idea.

paspc · 22 May 2011 at 18:25

Curry works very well. It keeps the flavour even after freezing. And curry always tastes yum

jp_bl_68 · 23 May 2011 at 00:17

Bear in mind that spicy food gets spicier once defrosted. I'm not sure why.