Bread
Freeze bread for up to 5 months
Cheese
Hard cheeses such as cheddar and colby and soft cheese like mozzarella can be frozen for up to 3 months. For bags of individually wrapped cheese sticks I throw the whole bag into the freezer. For sliced cheese packs I put the entire pack into a freezer bag and then into the freezer. Cheese cubes in bags are a little more work. I take them out of the original bag, lay them in layers on top of plastic wrap, wrap them tightly, then put them back into the original bag if it zips up.
Fruits and Vegetables
Fruits
Most frozen fruits maintain high quality for 8 to 12 months. Unsweetened fruits lose quality faster than those packed in sugar or sugar syrups.
Vegetables
Most vegetables will maintain high quality for 12 to 18 months at 0° F or lower. However, it is a good idea to plan to use your home frozen vegetables before the next year crop is ready for freezing
- Bacon: 1 to 2 months
- Breads: 2 to 3 months
- Casseroles: 2 to 3 months
- Cooked beef and pork: 2 to 3 months
- Cooked poultry: 4 months
- Cookie dough: 3 months
- Frozen dinners: 3 to 4 months
- Hot dogs: 1 to 2 months
- Lunch meats: 1 to 2 months
- Sausage: 1 to 2 months
- Soups and stews: 2 to 3 months
- Uncooked chicken (parts): 9 months
- Uncooked chicken (whole): 1 year
- Uncooked steaks, chops, or roasts: 4 to 12 months
- Uncooked ground meat: 3 to 4 months
Product | Practical Storage Life (in months) |
Vegetables | |
Broccoli | 15 |
Green Beans | 18 |
Brussels sprouts | 15 |
Carrots | 18 |
Cauliflower | 15 |
Corn on the cob | 12 |
Peas | 18 |
Potato Chips | 24 |
Spinach | 18 |
Fish and Shellfish | |
Oily fish (herring, salmon, mackerel, etc) | 4 |
White fish, cod, haddock, etc. | 8 |
Flat fish, sole, plaice, etc. | 10 |
Prawns, lobster, crab | 6 |
Clams, oysters | 4 |
Other Foods | |
Ice Cream | 6 |
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