After these 10 large green peppers were placed on my countertop the song/book "Five Little Pumpkins" quickly came to mind. It's the song that young children learn during the month of October. For younger tots there is even a board book or two containing the cute verse and illustrations with bright colors depicting the adventure of the bright orange pumpkins.
However, the bright green peppers on my counter would take the journey into my freezer. During the month of August the local roadside stands sell and home gardeners grow nutritious, delicious green peppers. It is at this time period each summer I purchase, prepare and then freeze these veggies after they have been cut into strips. Later in the year and into 2011 whenever I want to add green peppers while preparing a main dish, I'll reach into my freezer and voila, they will be ready to use. Sweet!
The process I follow is easy. The peppers are washed in cold water and dried. Then, each pepper is cut into strips. I place a handful of the cut strips into sandwich bags (that fold). Then, each sandwich bag is closed, rolled and placed into a gallon sized Ziploc Freezer Bag. For me, about 7-8 sandwich bags of pepper strips fit in one Ziploc Bag. After labeling & dating the Ziploc Bags, they are stored in my freezer.
These veggies are now ready to be added to my slow cooker or into any main dish that I will be preparing when the local fresh green peppers are not in season any longer. In the winter there is no walking past imported green peppers in my grocery store - wishing for our local summer crop. They are waiting in my freezer!
Do you freeze pepper strips when the green peppers are in season? Do you like to stash veggies away for the colder months?
We enjoy them!
Yummy!
6 comments:
Thanks for the great tip, JG. It is also a moneysaver to freeze when they are inexpensive. I hope you are having a great day. Blessings...Mary
Great idea! I have some poblano peppers that are very hard to come by around here, and I can save some of them by freezing! THANKS for the tip!
What a good idea. I buy red peppers when they are good prices. I also freeze peppers when they are starting to age a little.
What a great idea! I hardly freeze anything because my freezer is so small but I have been thinking of getting an extra one. The problem is... where do I put it because i have such a small home.
Thanks for the tip! I will be trying this as peppers in the grocery store during winter look a little sad. Good post!
Great tip. I've never thought of storing peppers in the freezer. Thanls for sharing this.
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