This month The Recipe ReDux is sharing our ideas for Fantastic Freezer Meals!
Share your tips and tricks for making one – or more freezer meals. It’s the end of the gardening season for some of us; let’s store away that produce in heat-and-eat-from-the-freezer-meals. Show how convenient healthy freezer breakfast, lunches or dinners can be!
I want to share on of my favorite ways to save the harvest. These soups kits were originally part of another save the harvest post but I think you will find the information timely.
My Freezer Harvest Soup Kits make quick meal starters. Turn extra veggies, great roadside deals or Farm Market finds into easily stored kits. You can eat this soup as is or add cooked meat or pasta. What’s nice about this idea is you can use these in soups, casseroles or puree to make a veggie slurry to thicken sauces and soups.
For this particular one I used chicken stock, but water or veggie stock would be fine.
I don’t season the vegetables, that way it gives me more options for meals. If you are not using stock, a little salt and pepper is fine.
Cut your vegetables in sizes according to how fast they cook. You will only be blanching the batch for a few minutes.
I add the vegetables to a saucepan and only use enough liquid to cover by about 1/2 inch.
Bring the pot to a boil, reduce heat and simmer about 2 minutes. You want the veggies to be crisp tender. They will cook a little more after you remove them from the heat.
Transfer to a bowl and refrigerate to quick cool.
I like freezer bags over containers. Label and date the bags. I use the same method for filling the bags that I use to fill pastry bags.
Drape the bag over a cup or bowl and fill with cold mix.
I love this ladle with drain holes!
Squeeze out excess air and seal. Lay the bags flat in the freezer until totally frozen.
Viola! Your soup kits are ready for your next culinary masterpiece!
I also like to roast vegetables and use those gems in dishes like Vegetable Lasagna.
Cooked Lasagna can be cut and portioned into individual oven safe or microwave safe containers and reheated on busy nights for family members on the go. You can also freeze the entire dish and reheat it as a family sit-down meal.
Enjoy these great Freezer Meal ideas from The Recipe ReDux members.
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