These past few months my focus has been on soup making...pea soup, spicy sausage lentil soup, black bean puree/soup, chili, squash soup, gallons and gallons of chicken stock...A friend recently brought to my attention that my way of freezing soup was new to him and so I thought it blog worthy. Here is how I go about storing my soup. I am just freezing for now, but I am very interested in learning how to can my soups.
#1 The first picture is my soup a simmerin'. I realize pea soup is not a universal favorite, but it was oh so good!
#2 The second picture is a freezer Ziplock bag with the soup's name, number of servings and the date.
#3 Next I place the bag in a measuring cup and scoop about 12 ounces of soup per person. Having the cup holder keeps my bag from wobbling all over the place and spilling my precious soup.
#4 I squeeze all the air out of the bag and place it flat on a rack in my freezer.
#5 When frozen I take the bags and line them up in a row or take them to my deep freezer in the garage which you can see in the picture.
More recently I have started serving soup to dinner guests. Usually I have a protein at the center of my meals, but by adding a large salad, whole grain bread from Great Harvest and huge slabs of white cheddar cheese, we have turned these into very cozy meals.
So I have shared with you my soup dinners, what soups do you crave in the cold winter weather?
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2 comments:
what an awesome idea. So fun to have your soups all lined up and ready to be eaten in your freezer!
1. Wild Rice
2. Potato Leek (when someone else will blend it for me...)
3. Tomato basil
4. Squash...ummm...makes me think of the squash risoto at Happy Gnome. Love that stuff...
~Lisa
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