One of my favorite late summer/early fall activities is putting up peppers.
We pick up our CSA share on Friday and then later, after the kids are in bed, you can often find me in the kitchen chopping and slicing red, yellow and green peppers; laying them out on cookie sheets and stacking them in our upright freezer.
A nice glass of wine, one of my favorite stations on Pandora, the steady rhythm of chopping…ahhhh…such a nice way to unwind at the end of the week.
The next day, after the peppers are frozen, I put them in plastic freezer bags (double-bagged so everything in the freezer doesn’t end up smelling like peppers) and return them to the freezer.
I LOVE how easy it is to preserve peppers and I LOVE enjoying local, organic peppers on pizza, in stir-fries, in omelets, and in veggie chili all winter long.
Not exactly a glamorous Friday night, I know, but it really works for me.
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thanks for the reminder to spread on the cookie sheet first. I do that with everything else, but I haven’t frozen peppers before. We had a small crop of green banana peppers to harvest this year, and I’ll do them this way only I’ll chop them into smaller pieces. thanks for the tip.
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So funny – I was up till all hours last night making wontons. It takes forever (I make a lot…) but I love having a quick delicious go to meal that isn’t pizza….
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okay, seriously – I just got done cutting up some peppers for our dinner tonight.
curious – what is your favorite station on Pandora?
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Yum! I’ve been busy, busy, busy with apples lately. I had nearly forgotten about Pandora until you mentioned it – thanks for the reminder! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
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What a great idea! I have just been tossing mine in a bag and they do get stuck together when they freeze.
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I put up my last peppers about 2 weeks ago and have already used half of them. The beauty of this is that I probably wouldn’t have used the peppers if I’d bought them fresh and had them in the fridge. Having them cut and ready is such a time-saver and much more economical!
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I have two buckets of peppers waiting for my attention today. So a very timely tip. :) Thanks!
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yum, i never thought of peppers in the freezer! i will do that after the farmers’ market this weekend! thanks for sharing how easy it is. i blanched and chopped a bunch of tomatoes and froze. we’ll see, i usually do the whole canning process with tomatoes but no time this year.
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denise ~ totally depends on my mood but lately i’ve been enjoying my G. Love, Bob Marley, and Dave Matthews channels! ;-)
how about you? anyone else want to share their favorite pandora channels?
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Thank you for sharing this. I have learned something new today!
Hopefully next year will yield more peppers for us as we had a cold, rainy season -
sounds quite perfect for a friday night. If I lived closer, I’d be over to put up peppers with you!
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I love freezing peppers too! It’s my favorite food to preserve since it’s so easy to do. I put up a bushel of peppers last week.
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Sounds pretty glamorous to me! And those peppers look yummy!
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Thank you, thank you, thank you! We have some peppers for the first time this year, and I wondered what to do with them. This is so simple.
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