Turn Old Veggies Into Smoothies
I put old lettuce and any other old veggies into a blender with a banana, fruit, a little yogurt and oj for a delicious smoothie.
Save limp veggies!
Veggies that are aging can be made into soup or stored in the freezer until you're ready to make it. Have 1 litre boxes of chicken stock on hand to use for the soup base if you don't have time
Save vegetable scraps for broth
1. Keep all of your vegetable scraps from prepping, e.g. peels, onion skins, small scrap pieces, asparagus bottoms, broccolis stems, etc.. 2. Put all the scraps into a freezer-safe ziploc or container. 3. When a large quantity is gathered, simmer scraps in
Going green
If we have extra vegetables, in particular green leafy vegetables, we freeze them and use them for smoothies where we combine all fruits and vegetables that needs to be eaten so that they don't go to waste.
Pickling home grown vegetables
Over the past few years, I have been getting more into growing my own vegetables. Towards the end of summer, I often feel like I'm harvesting more than I can eat -- learning pickling small batches of cabbage, carrots, and
Fruit and Veggies Bits and Bobs
Bananas freeze very well whole in the peel. Great for baking, store in ziploc bag. Scrap left over vegetables into a container in the freezer and use for soup, add to spaghetti sauce, casseroles or veggie pie. Over ripe tomatoes freeze well
Fruit and Veggie Saving Tip
When your fruits & vegetables look a bit tired fill your sink with cold water add 1/4 cup white vinegar let it soak 15 minutes no need to rinse. Excellent results.
Future broth
When I am cutting vegetables, trimming ends off onions, celery or carrots, I toss them into a ziplock freezer bag that I keep in the freezer. Along to that I add bones from chicken. Once full, I turn everything into