Recipe: How to freeze pasta and sauce

Hi Barb - you certainly can freeze marina/meat sauce. I've done it many times - when I make a big batch, I let it cool just a bit, then I divide it up into freezer bags according to size and just put it in the freezer. You can also use plastic containers. I like the bags because you can put them right into hot water for thawing.

If you wanted to freeze pasta, I don't see why you couldn't do that, too - after all, look at all the products out in store freezers like lasagna that you put in your ovens right out of the freezer.

I think I'd use disposable foil pans if I were going to freeze the pasta with the meat sauce already added. You could then just put them right into a pre-heated oven and bake without worrying that a glass baking dish might crack.

I remember one time freezing just plain leftover pasta and then dropping the freezer bag into boiling water to reheat. Just don't over cook it, because it wouldn't be al dente anymore.

Try it!! I think you will be surprised that it comes out so good.

June