Open most small freezers and it’s less storage, more archaeology. A bag of something unidentifiable wedged behind the ice trays, half a loaf gone solid, and a tub of something you’re fairly sure predates your current sofa.
None of that needs a bigger freezer to fix. It needs the contents to hold their shape, so everything else has somewhere to go. Here are two buys that do exactly that, for a cramped freezer drawer or a single shelf at the top of the fridge.
A tub that holds its shape, and everyone else’s
The Sistema KLIP IT Food Storage Container, 9.6 Litre is less a lunchbox and more a straight-sided tub, big enough for a double batch of chilli or a loaf’s worth of bread rolls. It’s made from polypropylene, so it’s BPA and phthalate free, and the clips on each side snap down for an airtight seal that keeps its shape even with something stacked on top. That’s the bit that matters in a freezer. Contents that keep their shape stay stackable, and stackable is the whole game.
Good to know: take the lid off before it goes anywhere near a microwave, it isn’t rated for that. It’s dishwasher safe, though the clips tend to last longer kept on the top rack rather than knocking around on the bottom.
Freeze dinner in portions, not one solid brick
The other classic freezer problem is the soup, stock or bolognese that sets into one big dish-shaped lump, so you either eat all of it tonight or none of it. The Souper Cubes 2 Cup Silicone Freezer Tray with Lids, 2-Pack gets round that with two built-in two-cup (500ml) sections and a fill line, so you freeze exact portions, pop them out once solid, and stack the blocks like bricks instead of one awkward dish. The silicone is food-grade with a steel rim built in to keep the tray rigid, and the lid clicks on so nothing spills before it sets.
Good to know: most sauces and soups take up to about 24 hours to freeze solid enough to pop out and stack, so leave the tray flat overnight before you try. It’s also oven safe up to around 415°F without the lid, which is a nice bonus rather than the actual point of buying it.
A label and the date still help, nothing here reads minds, but once the containers hold their shape you stop playing freezer Jenga every time you want a fish finger.
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