Flash freezing keeps foods separate and easy to portion by freezing individual pieces before storing them together. Freezing foods quickly helps preserve texture by preventing large ice crystals from ...

The technique is clutch for all sorts of other foods, too. Flash freezing—spreading out individual food items on a baking sheet to freeze before packaging—helps preserve texture, prevent clumping, and ...

Freezing food -- though frozen food might get something of a bad rap among those more fussy foodies and chefs -- can be a convenient and effective way of prepping in advance, making your life easier ...

Allie has been Lifehacker’s Food Writer since 2021. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Ithaca College in drama and studied at the Institute of Culinary Education to earn her diploma in Pastry and ...