My oven has a delay bake function. I had never tried this until last night, I had always wondered on the safety - health wise on this one.
But last night we decided to try it. I have to leave the house at 3:30 for Gym twice a week and we get home about 7:50 pm with tired hungry kids. I have been utilizing my crock pot a lot more, and when hubby is home he usually throws a casserole in, but when he is gone I am limited to what I can get on the table in 10 minutes. And you can only eat from the crock pot so much.
We bought a Stoufers Frozen lasagna family size. Put it in the oven at 3:30, set to start baking at 6:30 for 75 minutes. So it sat - frozen and very slowly thawing for 3 hours. It worked great. But I am wary on the safety of this. If I could do this with homemade frozen casserole type dishes it sure would open up some options for me.
I would set it up at 3:30 to start cooking at 6:15 or 6:30 Maybe even 6:00 since cooking from frozen I'd have to add some additional time. So it would be sitting frozen in the oven for 2 1/2 to 3 hours.
What if I limited it to dishes that only contain cooked meat or eggs before being frozen - no raw meat products...
I just wanted to get the feeling of those of you who know a lot more about food safety on this one. I'd sure hate to give my kids food poisining.
But last night we decided to try it. I have to leave the house at 3:30 for Gym twice a week and we get home about 7:50 pm with tired hungry kids. I have been utilizing my crock pot a lot more, and when hubby is home he usually throws a casserole in, but when he is gone I am limited to what I can get on the table in 10 minutes. And you can only eat from the crock pot so much.
We bought a Stoufers Frozen lasagna family size. Put it in the oven at 3:30, set to start baking at 6:30 for 75 minutes. So it sat - frozen and very slowly thawing for 3 hours. It worked great. But I am wary on the safety of this. If I could do this with homemade frozen casserole type dishes it sure would open up some options for me.
I would set it up at 3:30 to start cooking at 6:15 or 6:30 Maybe even 6:00 since cooking from frozen I'd have to add some additional time. So it would be sitting frozen in the oven for 2 1/2 to 3 hours.
What if I limited it to dishes that only contain cooked meat or eggs before being frozen - no raw meat products...
I just wanted to get the feeling of those of you who know a lot more about food safety on this one. I'd sure hate to give my kids food poisining.