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I also freeze potatoes. It happens that you need to leave, but it is not very convenient to take the leftover potatoes with you. Well, do not throw it away :) Therefore, I cut it into such small pieces, rinse it well in water, put it on a clean towel, dry it and send it to a plastic container of a suitable size.
I freeze it, and when I want French fries, I take out the blank from the freezer, put it in a bowl, add a tablespoon of oil with spices, mix and cook in the airfryer. It turns out a very tasty aromatic potato with a crispy crust and a soft center. And very quickly. Convenient when you need to prepare something urgently. But, unfortunately, such potatoes are only suitable for this dish.
And I also make pizza sets like this. All that remains, I cut and put on plastic plates. Today I have ham, mushrooms, peppers, tomatoes, mozzarella and olives here. I grate hard cheese and put it in a bag and freeze it like that. I tighten the plates with plastic wrap. They do not take up much space and are very convenient to use later.
In the same way, I make blanks for omelets, only I cut everything into small cubes. Also all that remains is cheese, any sausage, meat, olives, tomatoes and peppers. Sometimes I add such blanks to the pancake dough. It turns out pancakes in the "pizza" style - very tasty!
How to make pizza-style pancakes:
But what if there is a cucumber left? Do not freeze? Well, why not? I freeze :) I grate a cucumber and put it in a container. Then I defrost it on a shelf in the refrigerator, squeeze it out a little and add it to different sauces. The smell is like a freshly grated fresh cucumber. Sometimes, even in the summer, I specially make such blanks. There are a lot of recipes for sauces with cucumbers, so such cucumbers rarely remain until spring.
We often buy homemade milk. It disappears quickly. So I freeze it. I boil it, pour it into plastic bottles and send it to the freezer. If the milk is from the store, I freeze it right like this - in a plastic bottle. After defrosting - the most common milk. You can add to the dough, boil porridge, or simply drink with a slice of fresh bread.
I freeze kefir in the same way. In a bag or in a plastic bottle. Then I just cut off the bottom and put the frozen kefir in a sieve covered with gauze. In a few hours I get a delicious homemade curd.
And I freeze the curd itself, if it remains. After defrosting, you can make cheese cakes or add to any baked goods. The taste of the curd does not change at all.
Now vegetables. I cut the cabbage into thin strips. I put it in a bag, squeeze air out of the bag and tie it. Such cabbage can then be stewed, added to borscht, made cabbage pie or filling for pies.
Often it remains like this - half a carrot and a piece of onion. Similar. Finely chop the onion, grate the carrots, put everything together in a bag and freeze. Then you can fry, without even defrosting, and add to soup or any other dish where fried vegetables are needed according to the recipe.
Celery - mine, dry, chop, and in the same way into a bag and into the freezer. Then I add such celery to any soups, broths and sauces.
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Part 1. How to stop wasting food and learn to use the freezer for more than just meat
Part 3. How to stop wasting food and learn to use the freezer for more than just meat