Cookbook Club

32: Using the Freezer

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We love our freezers — they keep us stocked and ready to cook at any time. In this episode, we share our best tips for freezing raw ingredients and whole meals in the freezer for maximum impact.

Our top freezer tips:

  • Consider food safety
  • Use plastic containers to organize
  • Use the door of the freezer
  • Keep an inventory

    • Resources mentioned in this episode:

    • Reditainer quart-size freezer containers
    • Azure Standard
    • Fair Valley Farm meat CSA
    • Moomaw Farm meat CSA
    • Iliamna Salmon Company salmon CSA

      • Things we love to freeze:

      • Meat
      • Fish
      • Homemade chicken stock
      • Lasagna (make a half-pan)
      • Cowboy baked beans (Hello, My Name is Tasty)
      • Butter chicken (Indian Instant Pot)
      • Carnitas
      • Meatballs
      • Cookies
      • Cookie dough
      • Individually-sliced cake
      • Muffins
      • Cupcakes
      • Pie crust
      • Nuts
      • Onions
      • Bell peppers
      • Garden surplus
      • Ginger
      • Turmeric
      • Ginger garlic cubes (Indian Instant Pot)
      • Miso
      • Fruit
      • Vanilla beans
      • Herbs
      • Pesto
      • Compound butter
      • Marinated chicken or meat

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        • Cook along with us! Next cookbook episode (releasing 11/2/2022): The Flavor Equation, by Nik Sharma
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