I live, write, and garden in the PNW with my husband of 27 years, disabled daughter, college-aged son, and my 84-year-old mother. We have paid off $250,000.00 worth of debt (if you include the interest) in the last fifteen years and as of 6/12/2020 are 100% DEBT FREE!!!!We had two litters born today and have 11 new kits. The older kits are 2.5 weeks old and doing great as well.
I canned 9 quarts of green beans and 1 quart of yellow French beans.
I plan to can another 92 quarts of beans this summer to get in my year's supply. Well, if all goes well. If not, I want to get at least 42 more quarts. I only have 3 pints left from last year. We eat green beans almost every day during the fall, winter, and spring and a little less in the summer when fresh green are available. But we eat a lot.
Either tomorrow or in the next day or two we will have several tomatoes ready to be picked, so I will can either some salsa or just some diced tomatoes. If the jalapeno pepper is ready it will be salsa. It is getting big, but I don't think it will be big enough by the time the tomatoes are ready.
I also sliced up and froze 2 gallons of red peppers and yellow onions. These I just got really cheap from a no-spray, sustainable garden. I hope to do some more soon. Since we eat a lot of stir-fry with peppers and onions having some on hand that I did myself will be nice. Especially during the summer when field grown peppers are cheaper.
Slowly but surely we are filling our freezer. Later this week we will butcher another five rabbits and put another 13 to 14 pounds of meat in there as well. It is a lot of work, but it is definitely worth it to have additive and preservative free food that doesn't make us sick.
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I really like the idea of putting together some stir fry kits in my freezer. Any special way to freeze the peppers? Do you freeze them individually then stick in the container or just toss into a bag?
Work is going to get crazy for a while and the side business is picking up so I am trying to figure out some in the freezer meals. I already bought and chopped up chicken, pork and steak and froze them into individual servings or two (make enough for left over lunches) and planned to put them into a package with veggies to just pull out, thaw in refrigerator during the day and then stir up for dinner. Just not sure how to freeze the peppers and the zucchini. Veggie guy at the market had no idea what to recommend.