I know a lot of people are doing a lot of canning and freezing right now - it's the season, right? Did you know that you can freeze celery though? I try to watch for it to go on sale, and I buy several bunches. Last week, my grocery story had it on sale for 88 cents a bunch. I bought 4 bunches and chopped it in my food processor, then popped it in freezer bags. It works great in soups and casseroles.
It's a winner in many way. I save money, I only have to clean up my stuff once and it saves time to have it already chopped and ready to go.
I do something similar with pepper. When it goes on sale, I cut in in strips and freeze it, one pepper per bag. It's perfect for fajitas or stir fry.
So that's my tip - buy on sale and use your freezer!
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I need to remember this, in fact I'm writing myself a note and putting it with my grocery list. I NEVER have celery on hand when I need it, because I buy a bunch, use a little bit and it goes bad. The same with peppers.
Thanks for sharing!
I have frozen peppers before (when John used to garden) but I did not know about celery. Great idea; thanks so much.
Yes, like Mildred, I froze peppers but never celery. Thanks for the tip!
Great idea!!
What a great tip! I never buy celery because it always seems to go to waste. I'll have to keep this in mind!
Thanks for the tip and I am going to do the same thing. We have peppers and tomatoes already in the freezer, waiting for the winter soups, so adding the celery is a plus. Have a good Tuesday.
Nope - never knew that about celery. Thanks, Mari! You always have such great tips. :)
xoxo
Thanks for the tip. I do the peppers that way but
had not thought about doing it with celery. Will now!
Nice....I'm going to do this!
I had no idea you could freeze celery. THANKS!! I freeze peppers and onions, but never gave celery a thought. Awesome!
I never knew this! If I had room in my freezer I might try it.
I did not ever try this! I have frozen peppers before, laying them out on a cookie sheet to freeze them first of all, then putting them in a bag so I could easily take out just the amount I wanted for a recipe. Jeremy just gave me his food processor last week (never had one), so maybe I'll give this a try.
Ingenious. I never thought of that, even though I have often bought frozen chopped onions and peppers. Celery -- now that's a great idea. Thanks, Mari. xoxo
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