Hi Lynn, I'm no expert, but from 33+ years of cooking, this is what I would do...
??? No idea, i've never cooked with it- canned coconut milk - the remaining milk after the can was opened

canned chipotles in adobe sauce once it's been opened---Freeze them individually and remove from freezer for each recipe-

This should keep for at least a month- bread and butter pickles - once the bottle's been opened

Repackage it in an airtight container and it should keep for a week or two- chicken broth - once the can/container's opened

???- canned anchovies once opened

This one will keep for a few days. Better idea is to freeze the remainder in one tablespoon portions- canned tomato paste once opened

a few weeks I would guess- jarred roasted red peppers

2-3 days, but it depends upon how fresh they were when they were frozen- frozen chicken breasts once thawed in the fridge - how long can they stay thawed in the fridge before cooking

4-5 days- cooked chicken breasts

I'd think a couple of days, max because I worry about tomatoes- fresh salsa of tomato, cilantro, lime juice

4-5 days is just a guess- yogurt sauce with lime juice, honey

Maybe a week or so, this has oil in in, doesn't it?- fresh chimchurri sauce - with parsley, mint or cilantro - and lime juice, garlic etc

4-5 days- home made gazpacho (no cream)

4-5 days- home made tomato soup (perhaps with a smidge of butter, sauted onions, fennel, etc)

no idea- opened canned black beans (or red beans, or white beans)

I hope this helps, but I think that there are people here like Annie and KatieC who are far more knowledgeable than me!

- home made Asian peanut sauce (made with natural unblanched peanut butter, canned coconut milk, lime juice, garlic, soy sauce, brown sugar, coriander). I have about a cup of this left over from grilled pork - and I hate to toss it. How long will this be good for in the fridge?
I wouldn't keep it longer than 4 or 5 days...but you can freeze it.

- canned coconut milk - the remaining milk after the can was opened
2 or 3 days...but again, freeze it.

- canned chipotles in adobe sauce once it's been opened another 4 or 5 day thing...but lots longer if frozen.

- bread and butter pickles - once the bottle's been opened They will last months..lots of months. They are pickled.

- chicken broth - once the can/container's opened
I don't keep that more than 3 or 4 days...but I often freeze, that slightly, chip some out and re freeze.

- canned anchovies once opened
a week or more if they are covered with olive oil

- canned tomato paste once opened
2 or 3 days...but I measure this out in globs and freeze and pop into a baggie.

- jarred roasted red peppers
until they get mouldy...which may be in a week or less...or maybe in 2 or 3 weeks....but these also keep well frozen.

- frozen chicken breasts once thawed in the fridge - how long can they stay thawed in the fridge before cooking
I wouldn't keep these more then 2 days.

- cooked chicken breasts
4 to 5 days if refrigerated promptly arter cooking and kept cold.

- fresh salsa of tomato, cilantro, lime juice
8 to 10 days, as long as it still tastes ggood. There si enough acid to retard spoilage.

- yogurt sauce with lime juice, honey
Again a week or more.

- fresh chimchurri sauce - with parsley, mint or cilantro - and lime juice, garlic etc
2 weeks or more....it's a high acid food

- home made gazpacho (no cream)
5 to 7 days, as long as it doesn't get too watery.

- home made tomato soup (perhaps with a smidge of butter, sauted onions, fennel, etc)
4 to 5 days.

- opened canned black beans (or red beans, or white beans) I had a big refrigerator stink from cooked black beans after 5 days.

And remember, some things react with the can....and some cans are clated with a white non reactive coating. if you have a coated can, it's always better to leave the food in the can,w hich is steril, then to move it into a tupper type thing....unless yiou are freezing it.

And now you know why my freezer is full of strange little packages of who knows-what.
Linda C

- home made Asian peanut sauce**I would probably freeze it, but I don't see why it wouldn't keep for a week or so.

- canned coconut milk **coconut milk freezes quite well, but again, I'd say a week or so.

- canned chipotles in adobe sauce **it's pretty easy to tell when they go bad, 'cause mold grows on them (don't ask me how I know this) but as compumom said, it's just as easy to freeze them.
- bread and butter pickles - once the bottle's been opened

- chicken broth **I should think a week or so, you can extend that by taking it out and boiling it every 3 days or so, but again, it freezes quite well.

- canned anchovies **unless they get mold on them or something, almost indefinitely if they're the type packed in salt.

- canned tomato paste **it will separate/grow mold/smell sour if it's bad, it's easy to tell...but again, freeze!

- jarred roasted red peppers**mold will tell you if it's bad, otherwise maybe a couple of weeks.

- frozen chicken breasts once thawed in the fridge -**this depends on the "sell by" date when you put them into the freezer. Generally, however many days were left to the sell by date is the number of days you have left once you thaw them. So, if you froze them on Friday, and the sell by date was the following Monday, you should have 3 days, assuming you used proper sanitation and thawing methods. If you thawed them on the counter instead of in the fridge, the time decreases.

- cooked chicken breasts**4 or 5 days, I guess...they won't be very palatable after that whether they spoil or not.

- fresh salsa of tomato, cilantro, lime juice**It will lose the fresh flavor fairly quickly, maybe a day or two, but won't really go bad for a few more days. It will smell sour when it's bad.

- yogurt sauce with lime juice, honey**That should stay good for at least 4 or 5 days, maybe longer. The yogurt will separate and get watery looking when it starts to go.

- fresh chimchurri sauce **You'll lose the fresh flavor well before it spoils...I'd freeze it.

- home made gazpacho**oh, 5 days to a week or so. You probably won't want to eat it before it actually spoils as it will start to sour.

- home made tomato soup **"Cream Of"-3 or 4 days, no cream, about a week...for either, it freezes well.

- opened canned black beans**I can't say that I've ever had canned beans left over from anything, so I've never tried. But I'd imagine they'd be o.k. for a week or so.

All of this assumes, naturally, that the food is taken out of the can and put into very clean, sealed containers. There are very few foods, if properly handled and refrigerated, that you won't be able to tell if they spoil by smell, sight or a small taste. And, unless you have a problem with your immune system, even if you do eat something that is slightly spoiled, you should be able to handle it. Most of the time, if someone gets food poisoning it's because food wasn't properly handled or stored, not because properly handled and stored food went bad.

Thanks everyone. This is great information. I can't believe I never thought about freezing some of this stuff (you can tell I'm still a newbie in the kitchen). I've frozen my peanut sauce, leftover coconut milk, chipotles.

I'm glad to hear that thawed chicken should be good as the number of days left before it was frozen. I was hoping that was the case, but not sure. I usually only buy chicken if it has a few days more until it expires - and I freeze it immediately if I'm not using it for a recipe right away.

I put my peanut sauce in a freezer ziploc.

but I guess my follow up question is, what kinds of containers for liquids/soups/sauces to freeze in? for things like chipotles, etc. just saran - and then in a freezer bag?

I would never have imagined I could freeze the chimchurri sauce. That is great. I love that sauce but my mouth is sensitive to it, so I always wind up having to get rid of some before I can finish it. Definitely worth my while to freeze it and eat it again when my mouth has heeled.

I buy those little Glad cheap plastic containers...or dump stuff into a freezer baggie, press the air out and freeze.
Linda c

I buy those little Glad cheap plastic containers...or dump stuff into a freezer baggie, press the air out and freeze.
Linda c

You gals are really good!