Oh, you better believe you can freeze the gravy. That’s the liquid gold. Pour it into an ice cube tray, freeze it, then pop the cubes into a bag.
Then, whenever you need a hit of savory goodness, you just grab a couple of gravy cubes. It’s like having a tiny, delicious army ready to deploy at a moment’s notice.
One time, I forgot to label my gravy cubes. A month later, I found a bag of mysterious brown cubes in the freezer. I thought they were frozen beef broth. I made a terrible soup.
Trust me, label everything. Future you will thank present you. Present you is a bit of a mess, but future you is organized.
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How To Use Your Frozen Turkey
The best part is the payoff. Your frozen turkey is a blank canvas for mid-week sloth. Pull out a frozen pancake of shredded meat and get creative.
You can make a quick turkey pot pie. Or a turkey salad sandwich. Or just throw it into a pan with some barbecue sauce and pretend it’s a pulled pork sandwich. I do that. No judgment.
My personal favorite is the lazy turkey soup. Just toss the frozen block into a pot with some broth, frozen veggies, and a handful of noodles. It tastes like you tried hard, but you didn’t.
And that’s the beauty of it. You did the hard work once. You roasted that bird while sweating and drinking wine. Now you get to coast for months.
Freezing cooked turkey is not just a chore; it’s a gift to your future self. It’s a way of saying, “Hey, I know you’re tired. Here’s some delicious protein I prepared earlier.”
So, go ahead. Strip that bird. Bag it up. Flatten it out. And stick it in the freezer with a sense of victory. You’ve just saved yourself from eating takeout pizza for the third time this week.
And if you forget about it for six months? Well, that’s a problem for another day. Today, we celebrate the miracle of frozen leftovers.
Just don’t forget to thaw it before you try to eat it. I’ve tried to bite a frozen turkey brick. It’s not a good time. Trust me on that one.
