Tons of vegetables to use quickly!! Help please!

triciacg

Lots of good advice there but the cabbage and leeks won't go off in a hurry, neither will the celery. I would concentrate on the toms and softer veg. If I have veg in the fridge when I'm going away I often just cut it up and freeze - carrots would be fine for instance. If your kitchen is cool you should be fine. Make sure things are dry and that anything that has gone squidgy is removed so it doesn't contaminate the rest!

su.su

Make a stew, divide into portions, put in freezer bags... hey presto !

Add herbs/chilli powder etc add cooked meat ( left overs ) when you de-frost and brew-up. Yummy.

beingjdc

I'd go for a giant cauldron of soup with almost everything in it. The weather's turning that way, and it freezes easily.

rospax

A great recipe for using a quantity of cherry tomatoes (best if you have a sprig of fresh rosemary from yours, or a neighbour's garden), and the finished dish can also be frozen:

Wash & drain any quantity of cherry tomatoes and put into a baking tray. Drizzle with olive oil, season with salt & black pepper and throw in a sprig or two of rosemary (whole). Put into a medium-hot oven (180 degrees) for about 20 minutes until they split and start to brown slightly. Remove from oven and throw in a handful of raisins or sultanas and drizzle with balsamic vinegar. Replace in oven and cook for a further 5 minutes. Remove the sprigs of rosemary, breaking off a few of the crispy leaves to mix through the tomatoes (the rosemary leaves will now have a sweet, mild flavour, not at all overwhelming). Serve the tomatoes warm or cold (with the juices). Lovely warm on toast, cold with a buffet (with hummus, salad, etc.) or simply as an accompaniment. These keep well in the fridge for several days.

gb57

You can make lovely Broccoli soup - soften some onion in butter or oil, add boiling water, chopped up broc. and chicken stock cube. Cook till soft, cool slightly, blend, then either reheat and eat or freeze (in portions if you want).

Celery soup can be made in same way. Celery soup tastes nice with some blue cheese melted in it.

tootiefrooties

Hi all

I always try to get a good range of veg in the weekly shop, and then half of it goes off before I get round to using it (there's only me and DH so it takes a while to get through). Got loads in the fridge now so I plan to turn it all into soup and freeze in portion sizes so it can be used whenever. I have 2 questions, though...

1- How long can soup be kept frozen for without going dodgy?
2- Any other suggestions on what I could make except soup? I have leeks, broccoli, mushrooms, onions, corn on the cob, potatoes (not many) and carrots.

I'm going to do carrot soup, red onion soup and leek and potato soup. I like making the first two and have nice recipes, but if anyone has a good leek and potato recipe that would be great!

Thanks in advance :j

avinabacca

How about making champ (leek & potato mash) in a pan, then divvying up into portions for the two of you and freezing?

Simple enough - boil the spuds as normal for mash, but slice a leek into rounds (about 1/4" thick) and steam in a metal colander while they're cooking. Mash the spuds as you normally would, then stir in a little milk and the steamed leeks. Allow to cool, portion, freeze.

The frozen champ can be warmed through in the microwave or in a pan - either way, add a litle butter and s&p to taste when you reheat.

Always goes down well

tootiefrooties

That sounds nice - great idea, thank you!

billieboy_2

Here's a llink to Delia's leek, potato and onion soup which I have made for years. TBH I don't bother peeling the potatoes nowadays and it's very quick to make.

tootiefrooties

Ah fab, thank you I forgot that I could make nice smooth soups now as we got a blender the other week. Hooray!

I guess I could do tomato and basil or something similar as well then, as I have about 300 tins in the cupboard. Hmmm... bye bye weekend!

Any ideas what I could do with the broccoli? I love it but never know what to put it in. Usually have it raw in salads or fried in olive oil and garlic with other stuff.