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10 freezer fillers

Make-ahead ideas to freeze now and serve later

1 Spinach lasagne

Cook 2 sliced onions in butter with 2 crushed garlic cloves. Add 400g chopped spinach and wilt. Mix 1 tub ricotta with 4 tbsp, then mix into the spinach. Leave to cool. Layer up with the spinach and some from a jar. Finish with a layer of pasta, cover with more sauce and sprinkle with parmesan. Cover, then freeze. Cook in a 190C/170C fan/ gas 5 oven for 1-1½hrs. Serves 4.

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