How To Freeze Pasta Portions
As quick and easy meals go, it’s hard to beat a pot of pasta. It takes less than half an hour to boil the water, cook the noodles, and toss them with sauce. Throw together a salad while they’re cooking, and you’ve got a complete dinner.
Yet there are occasional times when you’re so rushed, or so hungry, even the half an hour it takes to make pasta is half an hour more than you can spare. You just need to eat and go, NOW.
At times like those, the freezer is your best friend. With its help, you can keep pasta on hand that’s already cooked-so all you have to do is zap it in the microwave and it’s ready to eat. I saw this idea on What Lisa Cooks and had to give it a try!
How To Freeze Pasta Portions
All you have to do is portion out your pasta-about half a cup at a time-onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Email Me This Recipe!
Need to save time? Have this article emailed straight to your inbox + sign up for all the latest recipes!
Place baking sheet in freezer for about 10-15 minutes, until the pasta is hard enough to pick up and the bunches don’t fall apart. Then just put them in a zipper bag and stick them in the freezer for later use.
When you need a quick meal, just grab a pasta ball, run it under warm water, and microwave it in a damp paper towel for 20 seconds. Or, even easier, dump it straight into a pot of your favorite sauce.
You can plan ahead for emergencies by cooking up a whole pot of pasta and freezing individual portions for later use. Or you can use this method as a way to save leftovers from a pasta dinner, rather than leaving them in the fridge to be forgotten.
Either way, you’ll have a quick meal on ice that’s literally ready in a minute.
How To Freeze Pasta Portions
Email this recipe!
Get this recipe emailed straight to your inbox!
Ingredients
- 1 box of your favorite pasta cooked
Instructions
- Portion out your pasta-about half a cup at a time-onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Flash freeze it for about 10-15 minutes, until it is hard enough to pick up and the bunches don’t fall apart. Then just put them in a zipper bag and stick them in the freezer for later use. When you need a quick meal, just grab a pasta ball, run it under warm water, and microwave it in a damp paper towel for 20 seconds. Or, even easier, dump it straight into some hot tomato sauce.
Nutrition
Nutritional Disclaimer: Family Fresh Meals is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is only an estimate. We recommend running the ingredients through an online nutritional calculator if you need to verify any information.
Did You Make This Recipe?
Make sure to share it with me below!
Is the freezing time 2 months for home made pasta too? like, making the dough/noodles and cooking them, then freeze them?
I have never frozen homemade pasta Annie, but I think the time should be about the same.
I asked this question to one of my favorite bloggers and her answer was not helpful, but since you’ve opened the possibility of this easy start of a meal, how much sauce would you freeze to cover that pasta? Now that will help me. I love leftovers, but like it to come out even-ish.
A serving of sauce is usually 1/2 a cup 🙂