I love home made soup but I hate the prep time of having to chop all of the veggies, so I did something different tonight!
I decided to do all of the prep work for 4 batches, and freeze it in large freezer bags.
Each bag contains all of the ingredients, including olive oil and seasonings to make 1 batch of soup. All I have to do when I want soup is to add the frozen stuff to 7 cups of broth and cook until done. Then add the tomatoes and spinach at the end.
I guess it's kind of along the line of those frozen slow cooker meals that you can buy.
I plan on doing this for other complex things too like my orange chicken recipe. It's so tedious to do because it has lots of small diced veggies, so if I can take away some of the prep work and freeze a few whole "raw" recipes, so that I can just put one into a casserole dish and bake, I'll be thrilled.
I decided to do all of the prep work for 4 batches, and freeze it in large freezer bags.
Each bag contains all of the ingredients, including olive oil and seasonings to make 1 batch of soup. All I have to do when I want soup is to add the frozen stuff to 7 cups of broth and cook until done. Then add the tomatoes and spinach at the end.
I guess it's kind of along the line of those frozen slow cooker meals that you can buy.
I plan on doing this for other complex things too like my orange chicken recipe. It's so tedious to do because it has lots of small diced veggies, so if I can take away some of the prep work and freeze a few whole "raw" recipes, so that I can just put one into a casserole dish and bake, I'll be thrilled.