How To Freeze Fresh Veggies, The Easiest Method
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- Опубликовано: 4 май 2023
- You won't believe how efficient this is! No blanching needed.
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Very good 👍 great sharing 👍
Thank you. I appreciate it!
Thanks for sharing. I just started using this method. It works great 😊
Thank you for watching. I'm very happy you liked it! I do like to pre-bread any veggies I plan to fry, then there's no prep work before going into the pan and they are loose.
Thank you so much for this .I freeze what ever i can to make my life easier so i'm grateful for this vlog .A game changer 😗🙂
You are so welcome! Don't forget...... freeze everything separately, spread out on a baking sheet, freeze and then bag and you'll love the ability to pull stuff out of a bag that isn't mushed together and you can take out only the amount you need.
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This is a very interesting video. I grew up with us blanching everything but the dog.
Would like your opinion on field peas---purple hulls, butter beans---those kind of crops. I'm not lazy, but it's just me doing it all. Something that would cut me a little slack would be marvelous. Jesus bless.
Hello Sandra, I happened to be sitting here editing a video when your comment came thru, thanks for the question. For those kinds of beans you mention (oh, how I love my field peas!) I dry all those and store in mason jars. I also vacuum seal them each time I take any out to use, I also keep a anti-moisture packet in the jars as well purchased from Amazon by the hundreds. First, I don't harvest them until the outer shell looks dry. When I do harvest, I bring them in and lay them out on.....you guessed it, cookie sheets to dry for a day. Then I take them out of the shells, hulls, etc.. and dehydrate them in my dehydrator on low-med for a few hours. I allow them to cool down and test them for dryness before I jar them. Sometimes they may need to go back in and dehydrate a little more, you'll be able to tell. I suppose they could be left out to air dry or be dried in the oven if no dehydrator is available but I have no experience with that. I've been dehydrating them for 12 yrs now. When all done, they look just like the bags of dried beans when you purchase from the store. WHY can't I insert a pic here of my jars of beans??
@@kanddshomestead2839 Super! Thanks for the lightning reply..lol This obviously saved much room in the freezer. I just picked some purple hulls to cook for tonight but there were about a dozen pods drying on the vine. I will save those and some for seeds. Have a great weekend. Jesus bless.
Do you blanch carrots or potatoes when freezing? By this method do you run across slimy veggies or do they stay pretty close to fresh when baked or fried?
I do not blanch carrots. I dice and freeze on cookie sheets so they freeze separately and then bag them or put in a freezer container. I prefer the bag because they break apart very easily when I need to grab a handful. No slime but they only work for cooking, not fresh eating , soups, stews and sauté etc.. I pre-cooked (flash fry) potatoes, diced or strips for fries and breakfast potatoes. After I flash fry (5 min or less) I drain, dry on paper towels and freeze on cookie sheets then bag. I can all other style potatoes and blanch those (2-3 min) before canning. Potatoes should be blanched or precooked (not completely) before freezing or canning or else they turn black in the freezer and even before dehydrated. I occasionally will dehydrate potatoes to make shreds and store them in jars vacuum sealed. Dehydrating potatoes is very time consuming to me and I just about prefer to shred fresh on demand as I need them. I hope this helps.
Thx so much for this info! Did some corn on the cob but it was tough and didn't really taste good. Any recommendations to freeze fresh corn on the cob? Thx and God bless!
Hello Teri, I actually do blanch (3 min) my corn on the cob and immediately into an ice bath to cool. I know the toughness you speak of, it's happened to me at times. I usually deal with that in the cooking process. I use just enough water to cover the corn on the cob plus 1/4 cup sugar and 1/2 stick real butter and bring to a rolling boil then I time the boil for 15 min. Then I add 1/8 cup of milk and bring back to a rolling boil and boil for 5 min. Remove from heat and let it stand 10 min with a tight lid. It tenderizes the corn and sweetens it nicely! This is the only way I do my corn on the cob, never again to just boil with water and butter.
Thx so much for the quick reply!! Hate to waste food! God bless and so appreciate your channel!
@@terifrank7393 Thank you. I hope you will stick around because as soon as my kitchen is finished (it's in remodel) I will be doing regular cooking, baking, dehydrating, dry preserving and canning videos. I'm without my stove at the moment.
Flash freezing
@@45valk Exactly!
Thank you! No blanching needed?
I do not for many things. I prefer to pan freeze individually okra, squash, peppers, onions, eggplant and zucchini. I blanch very little actually. I don't like the texture that blanching creates. I pressure can many other things or dehydrate. Full disclosure: Pro's in the world of food will tell you always blanch and I believe in most cases there is some accurate science behind the reasons for doing so but I make a personal choice not to for the things I don't like getting slimy, which blanching does. Just because I do it, doesn't make it right, however, it's what works well for me and has for 40+ yrs. I've never had to throw away food from the freezer because it wasn't blanched. Always do what feels right for you. :)
That is what I wondered.
Thank you for sharing this. I never knew you did not have to blanch. I like battering things ahead also. I appreciate you sharing this.
What about fresh fruit?
@@beerich2117 I dice or cut my fruit however I use them (depending on the fruit and it's use) and I soak them for 15-20 min in citric acid/water, then I rinse them and lay them out on a cookie sheet also to freeze individually (allowing them to air dry just a bit), freeze on the sheet for about an hour, then bag them. The citric acid helps against browning such as apples and pears. I loathe having my fruit or veggies all mushed together in a freezer bag. This method allows you to pull out only the desired amount (because it's loose in the bag once frozen) and you can leave the rest in the bag. I don't use the citric acid on everything tho, just light colored fruit. I do this same freeze method for all my berries but no acid. I intend to do a video on this method once my kitchen is finished. I've been without the full kitchen for 4 months!! It's almost done tho. :)
@@beerich2117 BTW, I'll advise you the "pro's" whoever they are, and books will tell you to blanch most things because it's said it stops the enzymes and prevents further aging and maturing ++. I personally think the freeze process stops everything as well. That said, just because I've done it and gotten away with it for years and years and years, doesn't making it right. Get my drift? Not trying to talk you out of it because I believe in it, just trying to be upfront about the nay-sayers. You mention battering; I too prefer battered on many of my veggies and you can't batter things that are sloggy after being blanched.
Give over with the fresh freeze, once you freeze anything it stops being fresh. Fresh is when you buy say veggies in the store, bring them home and cook them within a few days, that’s fresh, anything else is Not Fresh.
@tonylawlor8833, It's a video about "A" method to freeze fresh veggies, not how to make frozen veggies fresh. I'm ok with people who have a different opinion than I do, therefore your comment will not be blocked or removed by me. That said, if we are to split hairs over terms and wording, veggies from the grocery aren't really that fresh. Veggies from the garden of course are as fresh as one could get, which is where mine come from. If you want to chide me over what you believe to be correct and incorrect I'll take it, but, you should have said "Get over with the fresh freeze" instead of "Give over with the fresh freeze". Accuracy is important. Blessings to you and yours!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 You believe veggies from a store are freshly picked…not been in cold storage for months on end…funniest suggestion EVER!!!