The Produce Worker's Guide to Storing 25 Common Fruits and Veggies. Popular in Food & Drink Unless you belong to a CSA or grow your own garden, produce can take up a huge chunk of your grocery budget, and throwing away food can also feel like throwing away money. As a former professional cook and produce worker, however, I know that getting the most out of your produce can be tricky if you don't know the best way to store or prep it. (See also: Waste Not, Want Not: Stop Throwing Away Your Food!) A note about freezing in general — there's less chance of freezer burn when you use a sealable freezer-weight bag; you can also suck out the air with a drinking straw to ensure that there's no air in the bag before you close it. I have also found that freezer bags are ideal when you are really hungry and impatient, because you can rip them open and toss them into whatever you are cooking to shorten the defrost time.
Freezing is a much faster and easier way of preserving food than canning or putting in jars for the winter. Avocados Bananas Basil Beets Berries Broccoli. Storing Beans and Rice. Storing Beans and Rice in Mylar Bags and Five Gallon Buckets Article Submitted by: MooMamma Website: MooSaidTheMamma.blogspot.com It’s no secret to folks who know us that the Hubster and I store food. In fact, as member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints we’ve been advised by our church leaders to be self-reliant in all ways and that advice includes setting aside a supply of food.
There are many reasons we store food. Job loss, inflation, a year without pay raises, and many more economic stresses and strains top the list these days. Even though the Hubster’s job has been pretty secure there are times when unexpected expenses arise and it’s nice to be able to pay cash for those emergencies and rely on our food storage instead of buying groceries. One way to store food and save money is to buy your dry foods locally and then package them for storage yourself.
A major portion of the cost of foods ready for long-term storage is the shipping cost. These are mylar bags. Store Vegetables & Fruit Without Plastic. Food Storage In A Small Space. When I announced a couple days ago that I was planning on gathering a year's supply of food for my family, the number one question I was asked (right ahead of "aren't you worried about being branded a potential terrorist?
", which I plan on covering in another post) was where the heck are you going to put all of that food? My short answer is: anywhere I can! That isn't a flippant answer either. I don't have a basement, spare room, or even a pantry where I can stack mountains of #10 cans and large food-grade buckets. To make the best possible use of my house to free up space for food storage, the first thing I'm doing is a massive decluttering effort.
Of the things we don't want, some will be sold, some will be given away, and some will be traded. Once we get rid of the stuff we don't need, I should have lots of places to stash things around the house. I don't really know if there is enough room here for a whole year's worth of food, but I'm still going to try. 40 Tricks To Make Your Groceries Last As Long As Possible. How To Build A Cold Room & Canning Room Walk-In Vegetable Bins Plans. Store Potatoes, Onions, Garlic and Squash. During the winter months, when the ground is covered by a thick blanket of snow, there’s something particularly satisfying about still being able to eat food from your garden. There are many summer-grown crops including potatoes, onions, garlic, beets, carrots and winter squash, can be stored with relative ease to nourish you right through until the next growing season.
Even a modest-size garden can yield a substantial crop of winter keepers. To be successful storing these keeper crops at home, here are a couple factors to keep in mind: Some varieties store better than others, so be sure to seek out the ones that are known to be good keepers. There are so many wonderful kinds and colors of potatoes to choose from: fingerlings, bakers, boilers, white, yellow, pink, red, and even blue. Potatoes can be grown in a standard garden row, in a raised bed or in a container such as a Potato Grow Bag. Onions Onions should be cured before they are stored. Garlic A perfect bulb, just after harvest. Long-Term Food Storage.