On Fri, 25 Aug 2017 02:45:03 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Thu 24 Aug 2017 07:29:12p, dejamos told us...
>
>> On 8/24/2017 6:36 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> Just curious if anyone has tried this. I am about to make what I
>>> would loosely call Spanish rice. Not a side dish but a one dish
>>> meal. Brown rice, ground beef, asst. veggies and seasoning. I am
>>> the only one in the house who eats brown rice. My new lawn guy
>>> said he preferred the brown as do I. And I do feed him a meal
>>> from time to time if he is here around meal time. He does
>>> currently have some work to finish up but I am not sure that he
>>> will be back in the next day or three due to a nasty insect bite
>>> that required a trip to the ER. So...
>>>
>>> If he isn't back here in time to eat the rest of it, would it do
>>> well in the freezer? If so, would I be able to reheat from
>>> frozen? I don't really want to freeze it but OTOH, I don't want
>>> to waste the food. Thanks!
>>>
>>
>> I often freeze pork chops and Spanish brown rice in individual
>> serving portions. I usually take them out of the freezer in the
>> morning for work lunches and by the time I am ready to eat it has
>> thawed enough to reheat as normal in the microwave. Works fine
>> for me.
>>
>>
>
>Anything I've ever made containing either white or brown rice has
>frozen well and most everything tastes as fresh as first made.

I agree. I usually make too much chicken/pork fried rice, and what is
left over goes into the freezer. I freeze it in 250 ml (one cup) sour
cream containers for a single serving. It thaws in the MW in a couple
of minutes, and tastes as good as freshly made.

Doris