Blanching Vegetables

 Blanching Vegetables:

1 cup Pickling Salt

1/3 cup Olive Oil

1/4 cup Baking Soda 

Add all the ingredients in to a large pot filled with water. Bring to a rolling boil, only then add your vegetable of choice and blanch for one minute. Start timing as soon as you put your vegetables in. Remove vegetables and let them cool on towels on your countertop. Once completely cooled your vegetables can be put into bags and frozen.

Freezer Meatloaf

My recipe for meatloaf is big enough that I can split it in half and make one to put into the freezer for a later date.

Freezer Veggies

Whenever I have extra onions, peppers or celery I like to chop them up in my food processor. Then I measure them out and package them in snack size ziploc bags. I place all the little bags into a large freezer bag and then they are handy to grab and use for soups or casseroles at a later date.