I will buy up veggies from the discounted cart - like red/orange peppers and slice them up and freeze them on a cookie sheet and then after they are frozen they go in a ziploc. This way they are ready to go in pizza, chinese or whatever else I come up with. I don't have to worry about them going bad in my veggie drawer!

I also did this with apples and peaches at the end of season. I got peaches for $.25 a pound cut them all up and put them in the freezer for peach pie, crisps etc.

You go girl!!!

Actually what you are doing helps sooooooo much. More than one would realize. I do the same, except that I get the produce for free from a program called Food Net that I run here. (I'll explain what it is to anyone who is curious, but I know from research that there isn't another program in the country like it. Sorry! Sure would be nice if there was though.) I take all my veggies and chop them into a freezer bag every week. I literally have 1 gallon bags in my freezer of green onions, peppers, celery, carrots, etc. When ever I want something for a casserole or soup or whatever, I just grab the bag and toss into the pot whatever I need. Cuts down on time spent in the kitchen preparing meals too.

The same can be said for fruits. In fact I made up several loaves of banana bread to give out for Christmas this year by freezing bananas as I got them. Come time to bake, I simply had to pull the bag and thaw it.

I've also discovered by doing this that we eat healthier and I am willing to do more cooking from scratch vs. buying boxed or canned. That translates into saved money alone.

Now take your idea one step further and do the same with any garden produce you can get during the gardening season. Even if you don't grow your own garden, you probably know people who do garden, and most are more than willing to share their abundance if you ask.

Great ideas. I don't do this in bulk, but when I'm cutting peppers, onions, mushrooms etc., I use all of the veggie and freeze what I don't need that day. I realized (by my Mom pointing out years ago) that the top slice of the pepper I was throwing out, you know the piece with the stem. I now remove stem and chop up.

It makes it so much easier to jazz up spaghetti or whatever when you have some "bonus" fillers in the freezer.

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I love this idea, I didn't realize you could freeze all these veggies. Do they lose any of their taste? I can't wait to try this, I feel like I am always throwing some fruit or vegetable away because we didn't use it all in time

I love this idea. I've been freezing batches of veggies or fruits from the garden, but never thought to keep a running supply of peppers or onions or the like.
I do know that hot peppers get hotter after they've been in the freezer.

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