Cooking & Baking
Related: About this forumFound a new fruit and Veg market today. Need help!
I bought a huge bag of spinach. This thing must be about 25" by 15" by 4 inches deep. Far too much for me but I want to freeze some.
The whole huge bag was $1.39!!!
Been all over the internet to find the best way to freeze. All say to blanch--OK, got that. What I don't understand is the business of spreading the stuff on a cookie sheet and allow to freeze. Can't I just wash, blanch, put into portion containers And freeze?
I cook for myself and realize that spinach cooks down to nothing. Given that factor, there must be at least 15 containers worth of veggie to freeze. No way am I doing the cookie sheet thing. Can't I just blanch, cool, pack and freeze?
This market was in a very ethnic area of a nearby town. What a difference in prices between my local chains and this store. I'll be going back. Big box of Strawberries, 1.99, nice and fresh.
Wish I had not gone grocery shopping yesterday. I would have saved quite a bit of money at this market.
I don't go to our local farmers market because the prices a very high. Always searching for gems like this place!
Meantime, what do I do with a ton of spinach? I'd like to wash and freeze it tomorrow. Will not be baking anything that includes spinach. No Spanakopita. Love it but too labor intensive for just me.
Warpy
(111,318 posts)a brick of amorphous black goo when you open it up, not pleasant..
As for the ton of spinach: spinach salads, Spanakopita, eggs Benedict, chicken Florentine, and my oddball Chinese favorite, deep fried spinach.
Deep fried spinach: De stem spinach and cut into 1/4" strips. Make sure it's completely dry. Heat oil in a wok or deep fryer until a bread cube sizzles rapidly in it, and drop in the spinach. Retrieve it when the tumultuous bubbling has stopped and dry it on a rack over paper towels. At this point you'll be accusing me of having taken leae of my senses because it will be a black, sodden lump. However, as it drains and cools, it crisps up into spinach crunchy fettucini, ready to have a garlicky stir fry on top. It's my favorite spinach preparation.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Sienna86
(2,149 posts)Clean it in water, put in salad spinner to remove most of the water. Then just place it in a large freezer size Ziploc bad. It does not stick together when frozen and lasts several months. Can take a handful out for smoothies as needed.