These foods lose flavor, texture, or overall quality when frozen
Freezing is a great way to safely preserve the freshness of most foods. But unless you know which foods you should not freeze, you may be compromising taste.
Here are some foods you should not try to freeze:
Battered and fried foods
Cooked egg whites and yolks, as well as icings made with egg whites
Cottage and ricotta cheeses
Custard and cream pies or desserts with cream fillings, meringue
Mayonnaise
Soups and stews made with potatoes, which can darken and become mushy when frozen
Soups and stews thickened with cornstarch or flour
Sour cream
Stuffed chops or chicken breasts
Bread crumb toppings
Cream cheese
Crisp vegetables and fruit with high water content (radishes, celery, melons, lettuce, tomatoes, cucmbers, avocados, kiwi fruit, citrus fruit
Instant rice
Gravies and sauces with wheat in them
Most spices and many extracts
Artificial sweeteners
Cheese in blocks
Yogurt
Well-done pastas (to freeze pasta undercook it)
Salads containing meat, fish, poultry or eggs
Thawed foods previously frozen
 
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