Fruits You Can Freeze

Chop the fruit roughly if you want to use it in a smoothie.

Fruits you can freeze. Most foods can be frozen with no problems. That way the individual pieces don t congeal into a single solid block. You can freeze garlic whole or in individual cloves.

Bacon bits homemade bacon bits freeze beautifully and can be cooked in calzones or sprinkled on top of baked potatoes. Garlic i cannot tell you how often i ve had garlic begin to sprout before i got it used. Before peeling zest the rind citrus zest freezes exceptionally well in freezer safe bags.

It s best to remove the pits before freezing stone fruit because the pits can impart a bitter flavor in the freezer. You can also remove the peels cut the fruit into sections and freeze the slices. Once food is cooked it only has a few days of refrigerator time before it goes bad.

Bananas when bananas become overly ripe squeeze them out of their peel and into a bag then label and freeze. Use a sharp knife to cut the fruit into manageable chunks that will freeze quickly and check each chunk for seeds before you freeze them. You can freeze eggs however either gently whisked and stored in a freezer friendly container or separated and poured into ice cube trays.

Freezing foods is a great way to buy things on sale and preserve them for later. The general rule is that denser hardier fruits tend to keep better in the freezer than softer fruits. Before you freeze your produce place the cut up fruits and vegetables on a large baking sheet.

I no longer have to commit to using the entire container. You d be surprised at how easy fruits keep well in the freezer. Since you re blending the fruit it doesn t have to look pretty.