All month I will be featuring my favorite money saving tips from my readers! Today you can save money by using your freezer.
Use Your Freezer:
I buy the big packs of hamburger and fry it (crumbly) right away. Then I freeze in quart size freezer bags. This makes dinner prep a snap!
Becky
After a meal, if I have leftover vegetables, I place the leftovers in small containers in the freezer. In a couple of weeks, I empty my freezer of all frozen veggies. I dump them in a crock pot, add some broth, and have a great vegetable soup. In addition, you can add browned hamburger, chicken, or turkey. My kids love it!!
Mary
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.
Donna
I save ends of carrots, onions, celery, and the like in a gallon bag in my freezer. When the bag is full, I make stock.
Ashley
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.
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
I save all veggie trimmings & freeze them in quart size freezer bags. When I have several bags full I put all in a soup pot with water to cover & simmer several hours. Strain & freeze the stock in clean yogurt containers (we have quart size ones) & you have your own salt free broth to use when recipes call for vegetable broth.
Sandy
Use this freezer quick guide to help you keep your food fresh and not waste any food. Learn how to store meats, seafood, fruit, vegetables and eggs. We also have a Dairy Freezer guide. Learn how to store cheese, milk, ice cream, sour cream, yogurt, buttermilk and more.
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