Freezer Food

We put this question to our readers—and now we're a little bit worried about you.

Your freezer can do more than just preserve your food. It can actually make it taste BETTER.

There's no reason NOT to stock your freezer with these.

A few containers of this comforting, low-carb vegetarian main will make the chilly days to come better—promise.

The easiest way to make white chicken chili is to freeze and then slow cook.

A few tips on which common ingredients to keep cool—and which to keep in the freezer.

Coffee, sugar, and vanilla. That's all you need to make this fancy-sounding, but very simple dessert.

You don't need to do the whole hot-water bath thing if you want to preserve fruits and vegetables. Here are 3 alternative methods.

Of all of the kitchen appliances, the microwave is the most misunderstood. One mad scientist turned an empty office into a microwave mythbusting lab and put the most common microwave misconceptions to the test.

The dirty little secret of microwaves? The defrost button can't be trusted. Here's how to go your own way.

This is your desert island list. If your desert island was really cold.

Frozen chickpeas are a thing. We find out if they're worth it.

Are there some fruits and vegetables you can actually use year-round?

Forget traditional pie crust.

(In a few weeks, that is.)

All of the flavor, none of the prep work.

How'd the humble waffle make its way into (almost) every freezer in America? One of our founding fathers had something to do with it.

With these ingredients always on hand, there's no Thai (or Indian) (or Chinese) recipe you can't try.

It's time to give these chilly little guys some respect.

Sure, skipping that whole "thawing" thing saves time and energy, but does it produce the same results?