At the moment we are living on a sailboat and don’t have a freezer! It’s the first time in my life I haven’t had a freezer and it’s pretty weird. I constantly catch myself thinking I’ll freeze something and then remembering that I can’t.
I was wondering how you were managing on your sailboat. It's easy to think, I'll freeze that, when you have the facilities at hand. But it must be difficult at times.
I freeze nearly everything that's leftover from the garden after the summer/fall harvest - cherry tomatoes that can be roasted later, chives, rhubarb, zucchini, green beans, corn. I cook beets and squash before freezing though. Also jalapenos, freeze nicely, too. Also freeze leftover cookies, tea cakes, muffins.
My mum freezes her rhubarb a bit at a time (whenever a plant looks ready to give up a stick) and I think even if it's been in the freezer for ages, it cooks up just fine. I think it can help to make an otherwise meagre harvest (any recipes out there for a single skinny stick of rhubarb?) add up over time. I've done the same thing with our new gooseberries as they are still small bushes and they don't all ripen together, so I only got enough for a proper dessert by freezing them as they ripened and adding to the box through the season.
Even after a year in the freezer, chunks of rhubarb are still good for making pies and crumbles. If I don't have enough, I will mix it with stewed apple.
Lovely to see you in my inbox Lynn. I batch cook dall and other meals. Make flavoured butter and put it in. Baked or roast potatoes, leftover veggies, bread etc. It makes prep so much easier.
oh that’s sounding great and thank you for the tips ! i’m a great user of my freezer, both for store bought food and for my own batch cooking so that’s really so helpful and interesting
If I had the space, I would buy a larger fridge freezer. I often buy ready-frozen vegetables to use later. It's so handy to open up a packet and drop a handful into whatever you are cooking at the time.
superb idea for tips....I'm a freezer-holic to cut down on evening prep time. I'll freeze stir fried chicken and other protein to have ready to add fresh vegetables
That's a good idea—something I should do. Saves trying to thaw portions of whole chicken breasts, then cutting them into pieces; it's much better to chop them up first.
At the moment we are living on a sailboat and don’t have a freezer! It’s the first time in my life I haven’t had a freezer and it’s pretty weird. I constantly catch myself thinking I’ll freeze something and then remembering that I can’t.
I was wondering how you were managing on your sailboat. It's easy to think, I'll freeze that, when you have the facilities at hand. But it must be difficult at times.
I freeze nearly everything that's leftover from the garden after the summer/fall harvest - cherry tomatoes that can be roasted later, chives, rhubarb, zucchini, green beans, corn. I cook beets and squash before freezing though. Also jalapenos, freeze nicely, too. Also freeze leftover cookies, tea cakes, muffins.
I do like to freeze rhubarb, but didn't get a very good crop this year due to me moving the plants.
My mum freezes her rhubarb a bit at a time (whenever a plant looks ready to give up a stick) and I think even if it's been in the freezer for ages, it cooks up just fine. I think it can help to make an otherwise meagre harvest (any recipes out there for a single skinny stick of rhubarb?) add up over time. I've done the same thing with our new gooseberries as they are still small bushes and they don't all ripen together, so I only got enough for a proper dessert by freezing them as they ripened and adding to the box through the season.
Even after a year in the freezer, chunks of rhubarb are still good for making pies and crumbles. If I don't have enough, I will mix it with stewed apple.
Lovely to see you in my inbox Lynn. I batch cook dall and other meals. Make flavoured butter and put it in. Baked or roast potatoes, leftover veggies, bread etc. It makes prep so much easier.
I need to get back into batch bread baking. It freezes so well. Flavoured butter sounds nice.
oh that’s sounding great and thank you for the tips ! i’m a great user of my freezer, both for store bought food and for my own batch cooking so that’s really so helpful and interesting
If I had the space, I would buy a larger fridge freezer. I often buy ready-frozen vegetables to use later. It's so handy to open up a packet and drop a handful into whatever you are cooking at the time.
superb idea for tips....I'm a freezer-holic to cut down on evening prep time. I'll freeze stir fried chicken and other protein to have ready to add fresh vegetables
That's a good idea—something I should do. Saves trying to thaw portions of whole chicken breasts, then cutting them into pieces; it's much better to chop them up first.
Thanks for including my Freezing Cookie Dough tips!
You're welcome.
What beautiful apples from your trees! 🍏 🍎 Thanks for the mention, Lynn 💞
You're welcome. The apples are turning out to be delicious, with little to no sugar needed.
Great 👍 Thank you 🙏