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Friday, September 28, 2012

Do: Freezing Tomatoes - A Photo Tutorial

We FINALLY got around to harvesting our tomatoes from our raised bed garden.  We planted Early Girl and Black Price heirlooms and got quite a load!  This last batch was picked just before our first frost, so I had to do something with them FAST.  Since I haven't figured out canning yet, I decided to dice them and freeze them for winter.

Freezer Tomatoes
18-20 Ripe Tomatoes
Boiling Water
Qt Freezer Bags
Marker

1.  Wash your tomatoes.


2.  Bring a pot of water to a boil and carefully add your tomatoes.
In less then 1 minute, start removing the tomatoes that have split.  
Place in a bowl to cool.
Use a bowl to help your baggie "stand" up.
Now the skin will just all off!  Peel and dice the tomatoes.
Place in Qt ziploc bags and label.  Freeze!
They have a shelf life of about 8 months.

Enjoy the fruits of your labor!!

Monday, September 24, 2012

Menu Monday - 9/24

Ah, what has happen to the the last month!  I have lots of photos to blog about, so I will be posting a bunch of catch up posts soon!

Here is this weeks menu:
Monday:  Shrimp Corn* Chowder (corn, potato, onion all from CSA)
Tuesday:  Eggplant* Parm
Wednesday: FYOD
Thursday: Chinese
Friday: Pizza
*Food from our CSA share

I'm also starting to store some CSA and garden food in the freezer, so I will post my process tomorrow!