Things to do with vegetables

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Carol

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Find yourself with a pile of produce? Good work. Now what to do with it? Over the last couple of days I’ve been dealing with my supplies. Here’s what I’ve been doing.

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Things to do with vegetables – Flash freeze

Many vegetables lend themselves to freezing. With bell peppers I peel off the sticker, wash and dry them then slice into thin strips. I align the strips, skin side down and not touching in a rimmed pan. I use an 8″ x 8″ pan. Freeze an hour and a half cor so until hard. When they shake around and sound hard they’re good to bag up. When I want to cook with them I just take some out and throw them into a hot pan. I cook them for a couple minutes then add raw slice onion. I usually use these for tacos. Here’s a guide from the Washington Post on freezing fruits and veges

Things to do with vegetables – Caramelize onions

I used this recipe from the Kitchn. I use butter and olive oil. Once they’re in the pan and coated with the butter/oil I sprinkle on a little salt. Also I do not mix different types of onion. Shallot cook faster than yellow onions, I also freezer them very flat in a zip top bag. Then I can break some off and throw them into soup or pasta sauce, or let them thaw and put in grilled cheese. Here’s how to freeze them

Freeze in a thin layer and then you can break off a piece later and throw into soups, sauces. Or thaw a piece and add to grilled cheese.

Bean, avocado and carmelized onion tacos with (canned) tomato and (jarred) jalapenos.

Things to do with vegetables – Lyonnaise Potatoes

I used to make these for parties and people would inhale them. They’re easy to make ahead and reheat in the oven. I use this recipe from – whereelse – the Kitchn. I like mine a little crispier so I cooked them in a couple batches. As I cook each batch they’re mostly single layer. They’re amazing even if you cook them all at once. I used a combination of butter and olive oil and I had no parsley.