Freezing for the winter - home freezing

This fairly simple preparation will allow you to save time on preparing a delicious dinner in the winter, as well as preserve your harvest of sweet peppers.

Cabbage rolls stuffed with meat and rice are a classic of the genre. But preparing cabbage rolls takes quite a long time. To enjoy your favorite dish at any time, spending a minimum of effort and time, cabbage rolls can be prepared for future use by freezing them. You will learn how to prepare semi-finished stuffed cabbage rolls in the freezer by looking at this step-by-step recipe with photos.

When you come home from work in the evening, every minute is valuable for household chores. To save time for communicating with my family, I began making a preparation of fried carrots and onions.

The ingredients of frozen Mexican mixed vegetables sold in stores are generally the same. But when making frozen vegetables at home, why not experiment?! So, when preparing vegetables for the winter, you can add zucchini instead of green beans.

If the male part of the family sometimes spoils you with a catch of river fish, then you are probably asking the question: “What to cook from the fish and how to preserve it for future use?” I would like to bring to your attention a simple recipe for delicious fish cutlets and tell you how to freeze them for future use for the winter.

Hardly anyone doubts the benefits of cauliflower; frozen cauliflower is no exception. But how to properly freeze and preserve these delicate inflorescences for the winter? After all, it can turn blue or darken when frozen.

Of course, in winter you can buy fresh herbs in a large supermarket. But why buy if you can prepare dill for future use during the summer season. Moreover, in winter it will remain as fragrant as in summer. I'm talking about frozen dill.

Dishes made from fresh zucchini are rightfully a symbol of summer. This relative of the cucumber does not last long in a city apartment, and in winter, sometimes you really want crispy zucchini pancakes or vegetable stew with zucchini! Frozen zucchini is a great option.

From the middle of summer there comes a time when there is an abundance of bell peppers. A variety of winter preparations are made from it.At the end of the season, when salads, adjikas and all sorts of marinades have already been made, I prepare frozen bell peppers.

To ensure that the freezing of berries is successful, and that the frozen strawberries do not turn into large pieces of ice, the technological process must be strictly followed.

Green beans are very tasty and healthy, but how to store them for the winter? The easiest way to prepare it is to simply freeze it.

Green peas grown in your garden are very tasty and healthy. It is consumed not only fresh, but also added to vegetable stews and soups.

When the pepper season comes, you start to grab your head: “What to do with this stuff?!” The easiest way to prepare is frozen baked peppers.

It's finally time for corn. Both adults and children love delicious homemade corn. Therefore, while the season is going on, you not only need to eat your fill of these delicious yellow cobs, but also be sure to prepare them for the winter.

Tomato puree or tomato paste are not used except for making desserts, and that’s not a fact! Such a popular product can, of course, be bought in a store, but personally I don’t like the ferrous taste of tomatoes from tin cans, the bitterness and excessive saltiness of canned food in glass, as well as the inscriptions on the packaging. There, if you take a magnifying glass and can read the ultra-small print, there is honestly a whole list of stabilizers, emulsifiers, acidity regulators, preservatives and other chemicals incompatible with life used in the preparation process.

Can you freeze lettuce leaves? Why not"? Lettuce leaves can be frozen in the same way as sorrel and other greens. The only difference is that salad greens are more delicate and must be handled very carefully.

The main difficulty in storing radishes is that when frozen in a regular freezer, where the standard temperature is –18 to –24 °C, the water contained in the radishes turns into crystals that burst the fruit. And when defrosting, the radish will simply drain, leaving a puddle of water and a limp rag.

Koporye tea, prepared from fireweed leaves (Ivan tea), can be made at home. This tea differs from its black or green counterpart in its unusual rich aroma, as well as a huge amount of useful substances. Cooking it yourself will save your family budget from additional expenses.

Chinese cabbage is very expensive in winter, so it makes sense to prepare it during the season, when prices are still in summer, and they are quite reasonable.

Melissa, or lemon balm, is considered not only a medicinal herb, but also has an incredible taste and aroma, which is indispensable in the preparation of certain dishes. Usually lemon balm is dried for the winter, but when dried, most of the aroma evaporates, and the color is lost. Freezing is the only way to preserve both.

One of the first to appear in spring salads is wild garlic, a very healthy plant with a slight garlic flavor. Unfortunately, it appears on the shelves only in early spring, when nature is just waking up. Later you simply won’t find it. But you can prepare wild garlic for future use. Many housewives salt and marinate it, but freezing is considered the easiest way to prepare wild garlic.

Mediterranean cuisine has always been distinguished by some piquancy and a combination of interesting flavors.Arugula is unpretentious to grow, but indispensable in the kitchen. The pronounced bitter-nutty taste and peppery aroma make the simplest dish a masterpiece.

Ryadovka belongs to the lamellar species of mushrooms and some fear that they are poisonous. But this is absolutely in vain. The rows growing in our area are quite edible.