Can you eat the same food if it's reheated?

I prefer to eat my food right after cooking it, to me it taste better. some foods can get rubbery after re-heating it in the microwave. But I use the conventional oven a lot to re-heat and the food taste better.

I always had maids who took care of the kitchen cooking as many times as I wanted and that is history now. What I do is I cook good amount of food that will last for atleast two days. I keep what is left, in the fridge cling wrapped. That food is not eaten the next day but may be two or three days later. It is taken out as and when I want it and I steam the food which keeps it moist and at the same time it gets its freshness.

If you make a large batch of something,portion it,freeze it or refrigerate it once it's cooled,then reheat it thoroughly and eat it when you want it,there shouldn't be a problem. There is a food hygiene risk with leftovers that get left out..That's why some places don't like giving "Doggy Bags" to take away,as they've been blamed when someone got food poisoning from a doggy bag that went nasty.Hot Food,once prepared,is best eaten there and then.While the food is kept at a hot serving temperature,(86C)the bugs that might cause food poisoning can't function. While cooling from serving temperature through eating temperature and then to room temperature,there is a risk they can then start to multiply..why foods left out over time will get mouldy,though that's only the visual side..what could harm you isn't usually seen. In short,if you have prepared food,and wanted to keep some once you've eaten for later,let it cool (putting hot food straight into a fridge is not a good idea-it will warm up the fridge and it's contents,bringing them into the at risk temperature zone.) -commercial kitchens use units called blast chillers to quickly chill foods so they can then be refrigerated. Reheating the same food more than once is probably not a good idea for these reasons.I don't know about reheating food altering the taste,though...

I most of the time cook double one for the day and the rest I freeze it for next week or so or I might used it the next day...but never reheat food twice only reheat what you need! most cooked food will keep well in the fridge for at least 3 days.

I see nothing wrong with eating the same foods again. If I like a certain food I can eat it over and over for days. If after reheating it once there is still a lot left, I usually freeze it and then if I feel like eating it again, it is there.

sometime i eat some reheated food in my homr,especially when my mother sick. i know that it is not healthy, but i think, it is still feasible to eat. like what you have said, cooking twice a day is really consume many time. and i dont have so much time to do that. when you reheated your food, i think the taste dont get big change in taste. and dont reheating the twice in the same food, it really bad for your health, for once it is okay, twice is not allowed. it is will better if we eat a fast food than eat food that reheated twice.

Well, we have to be practical this days most especially that prices of basic commodities have gone up and what your doing is certainly practical and cost saving. I know that reheated food may not be as great tasting as newly cooked food, but I think with respect to health, there is no reason why reheated food may be bad for health. Not unless the food is spoiled already and you reheat it, then it might not be good for health already. Spoiled food will not become good food even if reheated.

If it's a stew, I think it will make it saltier because the stew would lose the fluid. If it's something dry and you reheat it in the microwave, it will also lose some of the fluid so perhaps it will affect the flavor of the food. But like you say, it can be quite pricey to be cooking twice a day but if you like your food hot, you can cook small amount at a time. Some food can be kept for long without losing the flavor but there are those that will not keep for long. If I were to prepare food just for myself to eat, I would make very simple meals that I can make quick and cheap like a sandwich or just cook instant noodles.

I'm sorry you feel that way. It's uneconomic right? Indeed I thought that, and the trouble it is to cook twice a day, uhh, really not worthed.

They say it's unhealthy, this id due to the radiation from the microwave. Well almost everything has radiation but microwaves have more of it. That's why people recommend not reheating your food twice. I just reheat my food using the stove or oven. The only time I use the microwave is when I'm too lazy to use the oven

My mother in-law cooks our foods every lunch, where she and my father in-law only eats them for lunch. At night when my husband and i comes home from work we would reheat them in the microwave so we could eat it for dinner. It's usually that way for our weekday dinners. But during weekends i do the cooking at lunch an sometimes, i would just reheat the leftovers and fry something to add for dinner. It's effort , time and budget saving that way. I think, reheating it twice isn't good to the taste anymore.

I was also picky before because i was used on eating different dishes every meal. But my mom changed the way she cooks, so we always had to reheat food to save money. I don't think it is unhealthy to reheat the food. Many people are using the microwave, I think every single family has one, and I have never heard any news that it's unhealthy. Maybe it's because microwave has radiation. But every electronics has radiation, even the cellphone, so i think it's normal.

I haven't noticed any change in flavour over the years. Healthy? I don't know. I sometimes eat it cold, in the summer mostly.

Well, with leftovers I typically reheat them once and I find, the food still taste delicious! If you cook the food, then refrigerate it, then reheat it, I think its still fine and a majority of the taste is preserved! If you reheat it for the second time, I don't think the food taste good anymore so I would probably eat all the food the first time I've reheated it. Reheating food over and over again is nasty and makes the food bland!

I don't see why not. I usually make up big batches of chicken soup and I live off of it for several days. I think perhaps you were thinking if you reheated the whole batch over and over again instead of just taking a portion out and reheating it.

reheating once is fine. of course there are times when we have to eat reheated food to avoid wastage of left over food.

I eat reheated food too especially when we have left over at dinner,I usually brought it to the office for lunch hehe to save.I guess it won't alter the taste if you reheat it,still the same taste.

It's always better to eat hot foods than the cold leftovers so I don't see anything wrong with reheating the food that you eat. You can say that it is not healthy based on the ingredients that you use in making the dish and not because of the reheating process. You see, there's a difference when you reheat a vegan dish and re-firing an all-meat dish right? Both reheated, but it's the component that counts. Busy people that has little time to be in the kitchen usually buys instant or fastfood dishes and they just heat them in the microwave, and when they can't consume the food, they place it in the fridge and ready to refire them as their next meal. Just don't do it twice, as the taste is altered the first time, what more the second time. Though for me, homemade meals are still the best and makes your tummy scream for more. Happy Mylotting to you besweet! And stay sweet!

Well if you only have to reheat it once it is perfectly fine. But if you have to reheat it like 3-4 times then that wouldn't be so nice:P Most people nowadays don't have the time to cook 2 times a day so I think we all reheat our food. Happy Mylotting!

I ... I don't think it's unhealthy. For a while, when I was really strung out for money, I'd make something like a large pot of chili and freeze portions and heat them up for my meals over the week. I think what you heard is because of how microwaves work and how the particles and other stuff used to heat food in them might cause the food to be unsafe.