For Spring Cleaning, we've been talking a lot about the pantry - dried pasta, grains, beans, canned goods - but we can't forget about our freezers. We tend to store a lot of stuff in our freezers to use later, just like we do in the cupboard. Here's a list of a few things that are helpful to keep in the freezer:
- Vegetables - while fresh vegetables are obviously the best, sometimes we want something that isn't in season where we live. Frozen is the next best thing. Canned vegetables, with the exception of plum tomatoes, always taste mushy and bad. The best frozen vegetables, I've found, are peas, broccoli, and spinach.
- Fruits - for making sauces and baking, frozen fruits work, and are awesome to toss into a smoothie
- Homemade stocks - especially after Thanksgiving, stock made from the roast turkey is awesome to use for soups and stews
- Tofu - it sounds weird, but tofu that has been frozen has a really interesting texture
- Dough - you can keep store-bought pie-crusts, bread doughs, etc., but if you make it yourself, make enough to seal some up for later.
- Vodka - well, duh. It doesn't freeze, and ice cold out of the freezer, you won't have to dilute it with regular ice.
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