When I buy a bag of onions I dice the entire bag and store in Ziploc bags in the freezer. I use a marker to write the number of onions that are in the bag. For example: 1 onion, ½ onion….this helps when a recipe calls for one onion etc…..
Also, when I see fruit or vegetables starting to go bad in my fridge I dice and freeze too. Everything can be used at some point. For instance I may have bought apples to eat as a snack, but when I freeze them they can later be used for baking an apple pie.
Elizabeth
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I do that too…I have bags of blueberries, chopped up peppers, bags of sliced onions. When I cook, I just grab a little bit of what I need. When the bag gets low, I add that item to my shopping list.
I like to freeze leftover fresh herbs. Especially since they are so expensive. I probably do it wrong, but I just rinse and dry them and loosely throw them in a plastic Ball freezer jar. Then I just break off what I need when I’m cooking. It’s nice to have ‘fresh’ thyme, basil, parsley and cilantro on hand!
I have chopped onions, peppers, zucchini (after blanching) and all kinds of other things in my freezer. I’ve even started freezing partially cooked pasta for some of my recipes.