I am a kitchen gadget geek. I have way too many things sitting on counters, hanging from the walls and ceiling, and stacked on shelves in two rooms. I do use many of them regularly, but some make occasional appearances for meal preparation. I have no issues donating books, clothes, and decorative household doo-dads, but no one will ever be able to lay claim to my culinary collection until after I am dead.
Thanks to a few donations of blood platelets, I earned a gift card that I used to purchase a vacuum sealer. I had seen the commercials and YouTube videos, but I had no idea how much fun it would be to chop and cut food, size the bags, fill them, and seal them. I even bought pre-sized bags to use along with the rolls.
And it has been nice to have fruits and vegetables in the freezer to grab when needed. I have learned that some things don’t freeze well (potatoes and broccoli were mushy), but other things (corn, peppers, onions, shredded cheese, cooked apples, and cherries) have been brilliant. I’ve made and frozen banana bread, apple hand pies, and chicken egg rolls. I plan on making breakfast bowls this weekend with some of the frozen vegetables.
The obvious reason for doing this: the cost of groceries is insane. When it’s on sale or in season, it makes sense to buy, process, and freeze whatever you can. But it also provides inspiration and augmentation when the same old pasta, rice, or baked potato isn’t enough or bores you silly. And if you travel to races, you can make and take your healthy, homemade before-and-after race breakfasts and snacks with zero fuss.
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