Economy Tip #1

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Economy Tip #1

  If you like to grow your own fruits and veggies, or like to make your own smoothies, invest in freezer bags. This nifty, wallet-friendly tool helps when you want fruit, but don't want to spend a lot of money buying it during the off-season. This also gives you a reasonable excuse to clean out that freezer. Toss out whatever you don't need (or is now inedible) and pack away inexpensive fruit! You'll feel like you accomplished something! (Something with potentially tasty results.)

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Step 1: Buy fruit on sale, like strawberries. Don't forget the freezer bags. (Quart-size do well in our house.)

Step 2: Slice, dice, chop, or do whatever to your chosen fruit to make it a convenient size.We also put tomato sauce in ours. Spaghetti in the winter without any potentially hazardous preservatives and chemicals!

Step 3: Pack the fruit into the bag, fill to within an inch or two from the top, depending on how chunky your fruit is. 

Step 4: Squeeze out the air, seal the bag, and put the bag in your freezer.

Step 5: If you feel the need for some strawberry smoothie, or maybe some cherry crisps, pull out those frozen fruits and whip it up! You can reuse the bags by washing them out with hot, soapy water and letting them air dry. 

Note: You can also freeze vegetables, like squash, water chestnuts, green beans, carrots, etc for an easy stir fry or quick sweet bread addition. Just measure the shredded veggie to the needed amount and freeze. Then, in the middle of the winter, you can pull out the shredded veggie and mix it in the batter or dough. Bake up something warm and delicious to chase away those frosty chills! 
 
Save money! Go Gastronomy!