Freezing Your Produce

Many crops are super easy to freeze.  Some can just be washed and popped into the freezer, while others need to be blanched beforehand.  Here are a few recipes for freezing summer crops.

Berries

Remove green tops (of strawberries) and simply wash under cold water.  Spread berries out on a large surface such as a baking pan, and allow to dry. Drying the berries before freezing prevents water from freezing them all together. Once dry, place in plastic freezing bags or tupperware and put in your freezer.  It is that simple!

Summer Squash/Zucchini

Grate summer squash or zucchini or cut into slices. (Food processors are great here.) Blanch for 3 minutes. Toss into a strainer and rinse with  cold water until cooled. Spread out on large surface and allow to dry. Store in a freezer bag, in the freezer!

Many folks don’t blanch the grated version, and it preserves well.  If you have a zucchini bread or other recipe you really like, freeze measured bags in the quantity that recipe requires.