Freezing baked potatoes - 3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Weight Loss Community

jademarlene · 02-19-2009, 10:28 PM

Has any one ever frozen a baked potato? I was thinking about baking a whole bunch of potatoes and freezing them, to pull out for lunches and dinners when Im pressed for time.

zenor77 · 02-19-2009, 10:54 PM

I don't see why it'd be a problem. You can buy many potato products that are frozen (cooked or par-cooked.)

Will you be reheating them in a microwave or eating cold? If you have access to a microwave you can just pack a raw potato and "bake" in the microwave in very little time.

jademarlene · 02-19-2009, 10:58 PM

The grocery store near me is having a really good sale on the nice russet potatos so I was going to stock up on them.

WormwoodDoll · 02-19-2009, 11:41 PM

Can you freeze potatoes?

I freeze bread and blueberries...but never thought of potatoes. I waste mine all the time.

zenor77 · 02-19-2009, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by jademarlene

The grocery store near me is having a really good sale on the nice russet potatos so I was going to stock up on them.

Then bake and freeze away. I'm quite certain they'll be fine. Of course, you could do a test run just to make sure.

mayness · 02-20-2009, 10:30 AM

Yup, baked potatoes freeze just fine.

I think the only way you CAN'T freeze potatoes is raw... everything else I've tried seems to work pretty well.

nelie · 02-20-2009, 10:43 AM

You should be able to freeze potatoes raw if you are going to 'do something' with them. I froze some sweet potatoes not too long ago and then whipped them out for a recipe. I'm not sure how they'd taste if you tried to make them into 'baked potatoes' but things like mashed potatoes, used in soup, etc, they should be fine.