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Uncooked ingredients like beans, no, but any cooked food should be OK. Freezing will turn moisture to ice crystals which explode cell membranes and break food down. Dried beans should keep forever almost. Its dried to keep. Eventually insects will invade that stuff in the cup board tho'.
Just remember plastic is NOT a vapor barrier. If you freeze bread, for example, I quadruple bag it in plastic shoppers tote bags. The fridge constantly re-circulates air in it to eliminate frost. It will freezer burn your food.
I hate the grainy feel of freezer burn... At the max maybe two weeks.
Beans freeze fine. Sounds like you might have a space problem on your hands, though.
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