Freezing Carrots

We absolutely love our carrots around this house. I also love the fact that I don't always have to can them, I still do just in case something was to happen. One year we had the power go out for 7 DAYS! We were really roughing it. Heating bath water in our fireplace, mind you we went out and collected snow for our bath water, lol. Oh that was a fun week. So anyways here is a pretty quick and easy way to freeze your carrots, and they also hold there nutritional value alot better.



Peeled, ends cut and ready to get blanched.




Mr. Jumpsalot's little snacks :) nothing goes to waste here.




Blanched then put in ice cold water, to stop the process.




I wanted a couple different styles, this is for roast nights.




Finished product, yummy!

 Preparation:

Wash, trim, peel, and rinse again. Leave tiny ones whole; slice or dice the remainder.

Freezing:

Blanch tiny whole carrots for 5 minutes and cut up carrots for 2 minutes; cool quickly by plunging into ice water; drain. Pack tightly into containers, leaving a 1/2 inch head space, or placing in freezer bags. I would say they should be good for up to a year. Unless you notice that they look freezer burned.

A couple cleaning tips you cant live without!

I'm one of those people that look at certain things to see if there clean when I go to someones house. I know I'm weird, but I cant help but wonder. I mean have you ever really "looked" at your stove burners how they have all that cooked and oh so goodness black cooked on crusty greatness. I growing up really disliked having to clean those things. I would scrub for what seemed like hours of my life, let them soak in super HOT water and nothing would ever get the black off. Oh and what I really love is the people that wrap them in aluminum foil, I know it keeps them clean but it makes me giggle. So I found that once a month I order pizza and I make sure its a non stove use night. I start by taking it apart and putting the burner plates in plastic sip lock baggies. I then put just a splash of ammonia in the bag and seal it up. I then place in the sink just in case something is to leak. Then let sit till the next morning or if there really bad a whole 24 hours but I find for me that 8-10 is good.

This is what I started with. You can tell which one I use 95% if the time.

Placing in there bags. I do 4 bags one for each burner plate.

I promise there the same ones just early morning sun. But look how pretty they are

Also when opening the bags open a window or go outside. Ammonia is super stinky!


Now for number 2. OK for the sake of seeing if this worked. I let my microwave get dirty. Drives me up the wall. I clean it every time I use it so I don't have to worry about it getting baked on. So take a microwave safe bowl, or measuring glass. Fill it with about 2 cups of water then I add about 1/2 - 1 cup of vinegar. Place in microwave and start cooking it for about 5 minutes. The steam that it creates just breaks up the old stuck on food and it wipes right off. If when the timer goes off let it sit in there and let it do its thing a little while longer. You will be AMAZED. No more putting your elbow into and bending your arm trying to get it clean. Here take a looky :

My little bits of food.



SUPER clean!

Love it! I hope that these help you too!