We're saving up for winter like this squirrel, photo by Clara S.

Jeremy and I have been attempting to freeze as many of our fruits and vegetables that we aren’t going to eat right away as possible so we will have them this winter.  So far I’ve frozen some strawberries for our breakfast smoothies, some sugar snap peas because our CSA gave us a ton of them, and some greens.  When I took a canning class a couple of months ago, they told us about the National Center for Home Food Preservation’s website, and it has been a great source of information for me.  It tells you exactly how to go about freezing something so it will last the longest with the greatest quality.  It also tells the best way to heat things up, along with information on drying, canning, etc.

We’ve  also been trying to think of ideas for casseroles, soups, etc., to freeze for the winter.  So far with the spring and early summer vegetables we really haven’t thought of much.  But for later summer vegetables, we want to freeze pesto, tomato sauce, tomato soup, chili, stir fry vegetables, veggies for fajitas, vegetable lasagna, and a couple of other soups we like to make frequently.  We were wondering about other people and if you freeze things in the summer for the winter, and if so what you freeze.  We could use some good ideas!

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