Can you freeze it?
Freezing at 0°F keeps food safe indefinitely — the real question is what comes back out. Each page gives the verdict, what happens to the texture, how to freeze it right, and the refreeze answer.
YES, FREEZE IT
Freeze away — these hold up.
- Asparagus
- Bacon
- Bagels
- Blueberries
- Bread
- Broccoli
- Butter
- Cake
- Carrots
- Casseroles
- Cauliflower
- Cheesecake
- Cherries
- Chicken Breasts
- Cinnamon Rolls
- Cooked Chicken
- Cooked Rice
- Cookie Dough
- Cookies
- Corn on the Cob
- Corned Beef
- Crab
- Cranberries
- Egg Dishes (Casseroles & Scrambles)
- Flour
- Fresh Pasta
- Fruit Pie
- Garlic
- Ginger
- Green Beans
- Ground Beef
- Ground Turkey
- Hot Dogs
- Kale & Cooking Greens
- Lasagna
- Mango
- Margarine
- Muffins
- Nuts
- Pancakes & Waffles
- Pecan Pie
- Peppers
- Pie Crust
- Pineapple
- Pizza
- Pork Chops
- Pork Tenderloin
- Quiche
- Ribs
- Rotisserie Chicken
- Sausage
- Scallops
- Shrimp
- Smoked Salmon
- Soup & Stew
- Steak
- String Cheese
- Tortillas
- Turkey
- White Fish (Cod, Pollock)
- A Whole Chicken
- Butternut & Winter Squash
- Yeast
FREEZES, BUT…
Safe to freeze, but the texture pays — know what you’re getting back.
- Almond Milk
- American Cheese (Processed Slices)
- Apples
- Avocado
- Bananas
- Biscuits
- Buttermilk
- Cabbage
- Cantaloupe & Melon
- Celery
- Cheese
- Chocolate
- Clams, Mussels & Oysters
- Coconut Milk
- Coffee (Ground & Beans)
- Cooked Fish & Shellfish
- Cooked Pasta
- Cottage Cheese
- Cream Cheese
- Deli Meat
- Doughnuts
- Eggnog
- Eggs
- Fresh Herbs
- Fried Chicken
- Grapes
- Guacamole
- Half-and-Half
- Ham
- Heavy Cream
- Hummus
- Kefir
- Lemons & Limes
- Lobster
- Mashed Potatoes
- Milk
- Mushrooms
- Onions
- Parmesan
- Peaches, Plums & Nectarines
- Potatoes
- Pumpkin Pie
- Raspberries & Blackberries
- Ricotta
- Salami
- Salmon
- Salsa
- Sour Cream
- Soy Milk
- Spinach
- Strawberries
- Sweet Potatoes
- Tofu
- Tomatoes
- Watermelon
- Whipped Cream
- Yogurt
- Zucchini
DON’T FREEZE IT
Don’t bother — freezing wrecks them (or USDA says not to).