One of the things that I tried to do before we left on vacation for a month was eat up the food we had in the fridge and as much as we could out of the freezer. As good as my intentions were, I still had about 2 kilos of onions and 3 or 4 heads of garlic. I know onions and garlic keep a long time, but with the humidity here I wasn't going to take my chances on coming back to a heaping slime mold of grossness.
I minced the garlic and put it in the zipper bag which I then sealed most of the way. I left a tiny opening so that the air could escape while I pressed it out into a very thin layer with my hands. I then sealed it up and tossed it into he freezer. You can do onions the same way. Just leave a little hole in the bag while you flatten the air out and make a nice flat bag. Since we usually use red onions in slices rather than diced, I just sliced them and did the same thing. I find that if you freeze them in flat layers it is a lot easier to break off a corner rather than trying to chunk away at a big ball of onion or garlic. I think they freeze faster that way too!
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I minced the garlic and put it in the zipper bag which I then sealed most of the way. I left a tiny opening so that the air could escape while I pressed it out into a very thin layer with my hands. I then sealed it up and tossed it into he freezer. You can do onions the same way. Just leave a little hole in the bag while you flatten the air out and make a nice flat bag. Since we usually use red onions in slices rather than diced, I just sliced them and did the same thing. I find that if you freeze them in flat layers it is a lot easier to break off a corner rather than trying to chunk away at a big ball of onion or garlic. I think they freeze faster that way too!
For more great tips check out Kitchen Tips Tuesday, hosted by Tammy.
thank you! i have two bags of onions stareing at me in my kitchen..i'd rather freeze then let them go unused.
ReplyDeleteI've been doing this with onions for a few months, wish I had learned it years ago. I never thought about doing it with garlic. Thanks for the great tip!!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea...it's a money saver too!
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ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful idea - and how handy to have everything diced, minced and ready to go! I will work to add this to my "after grocery shopping chores!"
This is a great idea. I try to do this too. I was just going to comment on your comment about scaling down OAMC for 2 people. I might just recommend that you pick 8 or so meals and just fix one of each meal and divide that meal in half so you actually would have 2 of each meal since most meals usually serve 4-6 people. This is just a thought!
ReplyDeleteSOmething I do is.....cut the garlic or onions and put them on a cookie sheet and flash freeze them and then put them in the baggie in the freezer. Then you can measure out what you need without it being a big ice blob. Unless you need the amount you froze in the bag at one time!
ReplyDeleteI love freezing things flat cause they make your freezer easyer to organize... And you know how organized I am hehehe... No but really thats the only way I can find things in my freezer is if its organized if not things get freezer brunt cause I can't find them and forget about them... Thoses poor sad chickens.... Oh how I'm sorry that I forgot...
ReplyDeleteMy neighbor minces her garlic and freezes each clove in a separate ice cube tray well. Then she piles them all into a bag and can just take out pre-measured bits. She's a genius, really.
ReplyDeleteGreat tip. Every little bit helps to save time and money!
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my blog! Great ideas! I try to do that after I come home from the grocery store, that way meals are super easy the night I make them.
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