Blanching simply means to quickly boil foods (typically vegetables, fruits, or nuts) without fully cooking them. The blanched foods are then placed in a bowl of ice water for shocking (another cooking ...

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Like pot roast and Justin Bieber, frozen vegetables need an image makeover. They’ve gotten a bad rap, but in reality, freezing your vegetables is an affordable way to access your favorite produce all ...

As summer produce reaches peak ripeness, home cooks turn to the freezer, not just for leftovers. Freezer conservation is also ...

As social distancing and self-quarantining quickly become our new normal, many Americans are heeding advice to stock their home kitchens for the long haul. For most of us, trips to the grocery store ...

Knowing how to blanch vegetables will help you keep them vibrant in color—and make them the perfect texture for freezing so you can use them later. You may have heard cooking shows (or your mom) ...

When you find fresh vegetables at the farmers market — snappy asparagus, fuzzy fava beans, sweet peas — it’s an invitation to shift away from the braising and stewing hearty root vegetables and ...

Question: I am having a bumper crop of broccoli, cauliflower and other brassicas that I planted from plants I started indoors from seed this late winter and early spring. I have so much of all of ...