Here's one I froze earlier...

Simply put, I love freezers. They are brilliant: my bread never goes mouldy, I can keep ingredients like ginger root in there for ages and best of all, you can freeze meals.
This can be handy in several ways:

Before...

• Simply can't be bothered to cook? All you need is a microwave with most pre-frozen meals. Whap it in there until the meals completely thawed out and piping hot and you're done. Nice.
• Too many ingredients? Sometimes you get a pack of veg or meat that is way too much to cook for more than a one-person portion. Now, this is fine if you're eating with people, or if it doesn't go off for ages.But otherwise there's loads of leftovers and this can be a massive. But, if you freeze it then you can have it anytime for about a month. Much easier.
• In a rush? No worries, zap one of your frozen meals in the microwave and you can have it in minutes. If you've made something packed with veg then you'll have a properly healthy meal too. It's like having a ready meal, but homemade, healthier and much tastier.

Tonight, I've opted to defrost a chicken stir-fry I made a couple of days ago (the recipe of which I might pop up soon). Now, this stir fry is rice based, so you have be a little careful with freezing. The main thing when freezing rice is to cool it down really quickly after its cooked and not leaving out to attract bacteria. You can do this by chucking a container full of your meal into some cold water or just popping it straight in the freezer - watch that you don't defrost other things in the freezer while it's still warm though!
But, once you get past the hoo-hahs of freezing rice, defrosting is simple. It took about 10 minutes in the microwave to heat up and it was still just as good as when it was first made.