Frozen Food's New Wave

[Alex]

Article in The Atlantic 

 

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But sometime over the past decade or so, the freezer’s reputation started to change. No longer simply a tool for convenient, mediocre eating, it transformed into a second pantry, stocked with cooking shortcuts and premade foods that satisfy more discerning tastes. Frozen aisles began featuring a wider range of options: protein-packed rice bowls, Salvadoran pupusas, Indian curries. The widely adopted air fryer, whose selling point is making anything crispy, pairs better with frozen foods than the microwave does. 

 

[Maison Rustique]

Now that I am an elderly single person who has no real desire to cook just for herself, I often find myself wishing my freezer space was the size of my fridge space. If I buy fresh foods, I often end up throwing out at least half because I can't use it fast enough. I do better with prepping or cooking and freezing stuff in small quantities. Maybe when I get moved, I can get a smaller fridge and a small freezer.