About Robyn
Robyn Openshaw is the author or editor of 10 titles, including the bestselling book
The Green Smoothies Diet, the children's book,
The Adventures of Junk Food Dude, and the course
12 Steps to Whole Foods. She’s passionate about overthrowing the Standard American Diet by teaching people to eat more whole foods easily, inexpensively, and deliciously. She’s the mom of 4 competitive athletes as well as a runner, cyclist, skier, and competitive tennis player. She travels all over the world speaking to sold-out audiences and studying non-toxic cancer treatment for her next project.
I just clean them, dry them, stick them in bags and then stick them in the freezer- works great. I do this with things like spinach, kale, collards, mustard greens… those type of things.
I cut my fruit up in chunks or slices, place on a cookie sheet and pop it in the freezer. When they are hard I put them in a freezer ziplock bag and they keep wonderfully! I have done strawberries, bananas, peaches (if they are not too ripe) blueberries, pineapple, and mango. Works everytime.
I’ll freeze my banana’s whole and I’ve never had a problem. I just put a few in a bag together. It saves me time.
I just wash, chop, freeze in gallon Ziploc bags. I don’t even dry them–just shake them off after rinsing. Don’t worry too much about washing organic garden greens, because you’ll get more B12 that way!
I did a bunch this morning because I have kale, collards, arugula, turnip greens, and more coming out of my ears, in the garden.
Don’t blanch–kills enzymes.
Robyn
Can you do that with all greens? I don’t blanche collards, but do blanche chard and spinach. Is it safe to just freeze those without blanching?
I’ve wondered if bacteria is a problem when the greens are not washed well and obviously not cooked.
Yes, I freeze chard and spinach too.. Same way as Robyn said.. just wash, chop and bag!