I spent time in the kitchen the other day while Mr T was sleeping. In less than an hour's time, I had chopped up and flash frozen Onions and Green Peppers to use in the next couple of months. After buying veggies and letting them go to waste in the past, I have started working harder at finding ways to have fresh veggies on hand at all times and not waste any $$$.
It's so easy to chop up Onions and Green Peppers, flash freeze and then put them into individual storage bags that I don't know why I haven't been doing this before. To flash freeze all I did was take a cookie sheet and cover it with parchment paper, add the veggies and stick it in the freezer. I let them freeze for about a 1/2 hour before removing them, then I put them in individual snack bags (my version of knowing the amount that I want at a time.) Then back into the freezer they went. Simple and cost effective. When there are sales....stock up! Plus, if I chop them up now, it's one less thing that I have to do when preparing a meal. It's a win - win situation!
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| Green Peppers ready to flash! |
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| Onions - Ready to flash! |
Have a Blessed Day!
~C~
I might have to add this to my freezer meal list!
ReplyDeleteThe best part is that you get all of that crying over onions all done in one shot!!! I am looking purchasing a KitchenAid Food Chopper to help me chop onions...they are just too toxic for me!
DeleteYou are better than me.... I usually just cut them up and throw them in the bag and freeze. I can see where this would definitely be better. Hopefully when I get my big freezer in the garage I can do this! ... does your hubby want a job building a garage. haha
ReplyDeleteRight after he finshes my house!!! I definately won't be loaning him out until we get the whole house done! I am looking forward to getting our freezer back as well, we have been using a rather small one that is half filled with other stuff that isn't ours.
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