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Default Is it better to cook first or freeze first?

"U.S. Janet B." wrote:
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> I'm making lasagna. I want to break down a full recipe into several
> bread loaf pans. Do I want to bake the lasagnas first or should I
> parchment and foil the pans, assemble the lasagna and freeze first?
> Janet US


For what it's worth, here's what I always do -

My full recipe uses a 16 ounce box of lasagna noodles (cooked first)
With all my fillings, it will fill a 9X13X2 baking dish to the top.
Leftovers will fill one bread pan (I use pyrex glass bread pans)

I cook the 9X13 pan right away. The bread pan, I cover with foil
and freeze. It's never in the freezer too long though...no more
than one month.

Either way will give you the same good results.
Cooking first and heating up later in microwave tastes like fresh.
Saving one to cook later will just take a bit longer.

Frozen cooked lasagna is fantastic no matter whether you cook it
now or cook it later. Same taste. The frozen commercial lasagna's
only taste bad and watery due to their cheap recipes.

HTH!