How to Make the Most Out of the Upcoming Cheap Christmas Veg

Frugalistamama

Hi all.

The cheap veg offers will be on us soon. I love stocking up but then struggle to use it all up before it goes off. What are your best tips for storage and what are your best recipes?

We go through a lot off potatoes so I'll buy several bags from S'bobs as they seem to last longer and keep under the stairs in a old potatoes sack.

p00hsticks

I buy swede, carrot and parsnips (so Sainsbury's for me this year by the sound of it) cube it all up and freeze it to make stew packs for the slow cooker - I leave a pack to defrost in the slow cooker over night before adding meat, onions and casseroel mix / stock cube in the morning when I put the cooker on. 

Katiehound

suggest you have a look at this thread which has some ideas already

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6412193/christmas-veg-ideas-for-the-freezer/p1

FlorayG

Here's something I've done for years - any veg that grows above ground and is large enough ( e.g. cabbage, swede) cut a thin strip off the bottom and stand in half an inch of water overnight with  a plastic bag over, this causes it to draw water and refresh - a couple of hours int he 'fridge after and your cabbage will be as 'squeaky' as a freshly cut one. Keep wrapped in plastic in the 'fridge and they then last ages without going limp

Largs

10p at Morrisons.  I use if for lots of soup, brussel sprout soup is particularly tasty, a bag of those, an onion and 3 garlic cloves.  Dash of milk at the end.  I also have mashed swede and carrot as my side dish well into January.  I love the bargain veg, they usually do it again @ Easter time.  I don't have much room in fridge for it all but it's SO fresh, find it lasts longer this time of year.

Katiehound

Largs said:

10p at Morrisons.   

Exactly what is?

Largs

Carrots 1kg, swede, parsnips 500g and sprouts 500g (with the MORECard)

Frugalistamama

10p that's nuts! 

Lots for me to be getting on with. I think I'll try the Brussel sprouts soup and the stew pack sound clever.

How do you keep carrots fresh? I hear people say in plastic but I find they get wet and go bad quickly 

cheerfulness4

They last ages if you take them out the bags and dry on the worktop for a few hours before putting in the bottom of the fridge in the salad drawer loose.

Brie

I take most things (peppers, onions, carrots, squash, tomatoes, beets, courgettes, potatoes) and just prep them into sizes that will go into soup, stew, or roasting and pot them in the freezer.  No cooking in advance.  I think that parsnips (if you can find any fresh) would work the same way.  Generally it's about 30 minutes in the oven at 180 for a nice pile of bits and that's ready for the table.  

Brie

15p at Tescos today - potatoes, parsnips, carrots, sprouts, broccoli.  I'm sure there were a few more.