Can I freeze mashed potatoes once cooked and mashed?

Hello and thank you for your question. Your cooked mashed potato is perfectly fine to be frozen! This is a great way to reduce the amount of food you waste – put it in the freezer, in a sealed container and save it for a rainy day! Click here to read about packaging your frozen food. But buying frozen food is an even better way of reducing the food you waste because you only need to take the portions you need from the freezer. Also, you can put the portions you do not want back into the freezer for a later date.

But when putting your cooked mash in the freezer, do wait until it is cool first! Otherwise it will warm the frozen foods around it, which will partly defrost them – adversely affecting their quality!

The New Ice Age Team