Freezer
Condiments and Extras
Help
your freezer meals by adding freezer condiments and items to accompany
your
easy meals. These ideas are great for making a large homemade batch and
freezing in smaller portions.
- Make homemade apple pie filling
and freeze in 2 cup portions. Or slice apples. Flash freeze during
apple season and you can easily make apple pie throughout the winter.
- Homemade salsa. Buy tomatoes in bulk or if
you grow your own you will have many tomatoes ready to harvest. Make
homemade salsa and freeze in small plastic containers. Salsa can be
used for dipping or added to recipes.
- Freezer jams in any flavor. Jam
isn’t just for peanut butter and jelly. Apricot jam can be added to
pork chops or whole ham for a quick crockpot meal.
- Barbecue sauce. You can buy the bottled
kind but if you enjoy the fresh flavor of your own barbecue sauce
freeze them in smaller portions. Add chicken breasts to the barbecue
sauce and you have an easy freezer meal. See homemade barbecue sauce
recipe below.
- Homemade Applesauce is great for adding in
homemade
muffins or cakes. As well as baked with pork chops.
- Homemade pesto. Whether you grow your own
basil or buy it in bulk, make homemade pesto. Pull out a container of
pesto and all you need to do to finish the meal is boil needles.
- Herb butter cut in squares. Allow a butter
cube or stick to soften. Blend in Italian herbs or parsley and shape
into squares. Flash freeze and store in a freezer bag. Use in making
homemade sauces, browning chicken or vegetables.
- If you buy fresh herbs in bulk but can't
use it all before its prime, freeze them. Chopped herbs such as
basil, parsley, chives, or any herb you use often make great freezer
condiments. Place chopped herbs
in an ice cube tray about ½ full. Pour boiling water in each hole.
(boiling water keeps the herbs color and fresher). Freeze. Pop out of
ice cube trays and add to bag. Add an ice cube or two in soups, sauces
or wherever you use fresh herbs.
- Do this same idea above with minced garlic
but add oil instead of water to the ice cube trays.
- You can freeze eggs. Beat one egg and add
to ice cube tray. One hole= one egg. Or freeze 2 or 3 eggs at a time to
use in cake mixes or when cooking. Beat eggs with a fork and add to a
ziploc bag. Label number of eggs in bag. When ready to use place in
bowl and unthaw in fridge.
- Chop onions in bulk and freeze for taking
out a little at a time.
Recipes for Freezer
Condiments Barbecue
Sauce
1 Cup water
4
Tablespoons
sugar
2 teaspoon salt
1/2 Cup vinegar
2
Tablespoon mustard
1 teaspoon pepper
1 Cup
catsup
4 Tablespoons
Worcestershire sauce
In medium bowl or jar with a lid, add
ingredients
and blend together. Fill small freezer containers and freeze. This
recipe should make about 2 1/2- 3 cups of sauce, you can freeze in 1
cup increments and double if this is something you use often. Strawberry Freezer
Jam
2 Cups strawberries
7 Cups Sugar
2 pkgs powdered pectin
1 Cup cold water
Wash and hull strawberries. Mash
with a potato masher or fork. (great job for young kids). Add sugar and
stir until sugar and strawberries are well coated. Set aside. Place
cold water in saucepan and add pectin. Over medium heat stir and bring
to a boil. Boil 1 minute and take off heat. Stir pectin mixture into
mashed fruit. Stir about 4 minutes. Pour into 4 pint containers. Let
sit overnight and freeze. Peach
Freezer Jam
3
lbs. peaches
5 cups sugar
Wash,
peel and pit peaches. Chop or mash peaches and add sugar. Use
the same instructions above replacing the mashed strawberries with
mashed peaches. Continue instructions. Hummus
This
recipe is great for dips whether it is for bread or chicken and freezes
well.
15 oz. can of garbanzo beans
1 garlic clove,
chopped
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 Cup cold water
5
Tablespoons lemon juice
1/3 Cup tahini paste
In
blender add beans, garlic clove, salt, cold water, lemon juice and
tahini paste. Blend until smooth. Freeze in small containers. Double
recipe if desired. Teriyaki
Sauce
1/2
Cup soy sauce
2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1/2
Cup brown sugar
1/2 Cup water
4 teaspoon ginger
2 garlic
clove minced
Blend ingredients together and store in
small freezer containers. Unthaw and add to stir fry or sweet and sour
chicken. Or add this sauce with chicken breasts in a ziploc bag and
freeze.
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condiments
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