Tempting nibbles

[Patchninja]

My MIL is 88 and doesn't have much of an apetite. Apart from that, she's great. Runs all over the place and is full of beans. I fill her freezer with soup as she likes that, but I'm trying to think of other things that make a tasty and nourishing nibble. She likes cheese scones, so I make those. I'm wondering about twice baked cheese souffles for the freezer.....any ideas?

[Nicos]

Sorry- no idea....
But...does she like the savoury 'cakes' the French have for aparos?
I know those freeze really well

[Patchninja]

Yes! Good idea.

[scarey55]

how about cocktail sausages with mustard or ketchup to dip in, they are easy to warm through in a microwave and are really easy to eat.

[scarey55]

Sorry, just re-read and I guess you are looking for stuff to fill the freezer. I'll put my thinking cap on.

[Guest]

Proper sausage rolls seem to be the winner in my family. Weekends visits consist of sausage rolls (you can even hide veggies in them) then one of the following fruit scones, cheese scones, cheese or cheese and marmite or cheese and bacon straws/ twists, individual deep filled fruit pies, various cake, flapjack.

When my Nanny was about, we used to get sent away with a tub full which got eaten during the week. However if you freeze I tend to bag/ wrap with foil then a layer of kitchen roll then, bag or foil again. I have only frozen some of the pastries and cake before don't know what the others would be like.

[Dorothy rouse]

Cheese straws will keep well I an airtight tin.

What about some little savoury quiches, individual ones?

Little homemade chicken nibbles, cooked then frozen?

[Lisasbolt]

You could try, cheese, potato, onion or leek pies.
i find both puff and short crust pastry freezes really well. You could get some of those little tin pie cases. like on pukka pies. Lovely size for a dinner or lunch.

bet you could do sweet ones as well.

[Lisasbolt]

These look nice


Mini Quiche - Best Recipes

this is copied but looks nice

Phyllo dough triangles are super easy to freeze and stick in the oven when you have no time. I like to stuff mine with:

- sauteed mushrooms and gruyere
- fig jam and asiago
- spinach and feta

this is off the top of my head but cannot see why it wouldn't work

Also mini yorkshire puds freeze well, pop in a cooked sausage. freeze some gravy in ice cube trays. hey presto

[Nicos]

Gawd...you lot have got my mouth watering!!!!

[sparrow100]

Would she be interested in stuffed potato skins? You can bake the potatoes in advance, halve & scoop out as much of the middles as you want and stuff with things like cooked mini meatballs in tomato and basil sauce. The beauty of doing it yourself is you can make sure the spuds aren't enormous. Cook from frozen in this case - 20-30mins at 220C.

[Patchninja]

Thank you for your ideas - somereally great ones! I feel a cooking session coming on for her freezer!