How to freeze different vegetables?

msb5262

Make soup. Olive oil or butter, 1 chopped onion, diced squash, a chopped carrot if you like, stock or water, blend - bob's your uncle. Great with a swirl of natural yoghurt or sour cream. Freezes perfectly.

MrsE_2

Farway wrote: »

As it is the squash family, and mostly water, like marrow etc, it will not be firm once defrosted again

Best make the soup & freeze that

I thought that might be the case, thank you:beer:

MrsE_2

msb5262 wrote: »

Make soup. Olive oil or butter, 1 chopped onion, diced squash, a chopped carrot if you like, stock or water, blend - bob's your uncle. Great with a swirl of natural yoghurt or sour cream. Freezes perfectly.

http://www.recipezaar.com/Quick-Butternut-Squash-Soup-17987

Found this, before I saw your post, very similar.

So I'm trying it now.

Tightwadways

:money: A huge thanks for that......I bought loads at 20p a pop reduced locally....was intending them to be for the hens, but after me trying some, they're not having as many, I'm now a kale convert

nettles77

as will never get through them this week. How long will they freeze for? Thanks

rosieben

post #4 on the Complete Cooking Collection has a section on Freezing all sorts, including potato, carrots and onions.

I make loads of mash and freeze it in portions; I warm it up in the microwave; give it a good mix with a fork part way through - no need to defrost first. I freeze sliced onions on a tray and then bag them up so I can take out as much or as little as I need. I don't freeze carrots, so I hope you find the answer in the thread I mentioned or maybe someone else will be along

Patchwork_Quilt

Very sorry, don't know about freezing but won't they keep in their sacks in a dark, cool place like under the stairs?

thriftlady_2

Potatoes should keep for a while without the need for freezing. Maincrop keep best and it's a bit early for maincrop so they're probably second earlies. They should still keep for a few weeks though.

As Patchwork Cat says, keep them in their sack, with the top closed with a peg or something and store them some where cool and dark like a garage or shed.

Olliebeak

Carrots: I peel and cut up however you want them to be cooked. Put into a resealable bag and try to exclude as much air as possible. Lay them as flat as possible and let them freeze. You can give them a 'bit of a bang' to separate if they clump together. I've been doing carrots this way for ages (did 4lbs yesterday evening) and never had any problems yet.

Onions: I peel and then chop into small dice (you could do some sliced for a variation). Then, again, put into resealable bags and freeze as flat as possible - it may be a good idea to place inside ANOTHER bag after freezing to try to isolate the onion pong from other items in your freezer .

Potatoes: should keep in their sack in a cool, dark place for quite a while - but it would be a good idea to go through them first to make sure that there aren't any 'damaged/bruised' ones before storing. Have you ever smelled a sack of spuds when there's been a yucky one at the bottom for ages _pale_? You can also keep them buy layering them (not touching) in sand/peat in a deep tray if you have a cool garden shed (or cellar) and the space to do it that way. I've never personally frozen them apart from frozen mash - but not had any problems that way. Some people on the boards have frozen partly prepped wedges/roasties very successfully.

pauleyc

With some potatoes i had left i cut them into chips, boiled them till softish let them cool then froze them. When i cooked them, just tipped into a bowl, put a little oil in bowl, tossed round them cooked in oven and they were delicious.

With carrots i did some yesterday and cooked in boiling water for 3 minutes, quickly put in cold water then froze, they are now in bags ready to be cooked. I always end up throwing loads of carrots away so thought i had better change my ways lol