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Julie McCoy's avatar

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.

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Melissa Norman's avatar

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.

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Lynn Hill's avatar

I need to get back into batch bread baking. It freezes so well. Flavoured butter sounds nice.

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Lina's cookbooks chronicles's avatar

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

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Lynn Hill's avatar

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.

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Ellen Kornmehl MD's avatar

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

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Lynn Hill's avatar

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.

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Lois Christensen's avatar

Thanks for including my Freezing Cookie Dough tips!

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Lynn Hill's avatar

You're welcome.

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Betty Williams's avatar

What beautiful apples from your trees! 🍏 🍎 Thanks for the mention, Lynn 💞

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Lynn Hill's avatar

You're welcome. The apples are turning out to be delicious, with little to no sugar needed.

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Ibrahim Khan's avatar

Great 👍 Thank you 🙏

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