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I freeze sauce, soups, etc. in the quart size plastic containers the soups come in from Chinese take out. They are the perfect portion size for DH and I to have two good soup bowls or for sauce for noodles. I freeze with meat and as long as its not in the freezer forever it's good!

If it has meat in it, then definitely freeze. For sauces without meat, I'd say it depends on how much extra you have. Canning is a PITA, so it has to be worth it!

@anbanan15: Oh, Vodka Rigatoni sounds very yummy. Care to share the recipe. I don't usually make my own sauce so I never froze it either.

Yep when i make sauce i make a huge batch (and it usually is meat sauce) so i freeze them in the big chinese soup containers!

I make a marinara that doesn't have meat, and I freeze it since the recipe calls for SO much. It ends up great frozen, I just put it in a ziplock container and then I put the container in a freezer bag.

ETA: You can definitely freeze it with meat, however. The only thing I'm iffy about freezing are soups with pasta in them, since the pasta gets kind of mushy.

I freeze our homemade meat sauce all the time. Not a big deal. I like to leave some sauce on the side in tiny containers for homemade pizza!

I used to can chili without issue, but I won't do it now. Unless you made the sauce with a trusted canning recipe, you can't can it anyway. Freezing is so much easier, anyway.