{"id":8787,"date":"2016-02-18T03:09:18","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T03:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=8787"},"modified":"2023-06-03T20:24:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T03:24:33","slug":"tips-for-freezing-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/tips-for-freezing-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips:  Freezing Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Citrus can be frozen whole and intact. Defrost overnight and you are good to go.<\/li>\n<li>Avocado can be depitted, then scooped from its skin.&nbsp; You can (but it is not necessary) toss it in lime juice, and then freeze.&nbsp; Store frozen pieces in a freezer bag.<\/li>\n<li>Buttermilk can be frozen.&nbsp; Since you usually don&#8217;t need too much of it at any one time, freeze it in ice cube trays so that you have a small portion ready for use.<\/li>\n<li>If you need browned ground hamburger, pork, etc&#8230; buy a larger portion and cook it all.&nbsp; The ground meat will freeze well.&nbsp; A vacuum seal storage bag works best.<\/li>\n<li>Coffee and tea can be frozen for making iced coffee or for cooling down a hot cup of coffee without watering it down.<\/li>\n<li>Shredded cheese freezes well.&nbsp; A seal a meal bag is best, but it can be used for anything where the cheese is melted, such as pizza, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Extra smoothie can be frozen in ice cube trays for using for future smoothies.<\/li>\n<li>You can freeze herbs from your garden when they are packed in oil.<\/li>\n<li>Juiced lemon or lime can be frozen in an ice cube tray for cooking or for drinks<\/li>\n<li>Ginger freezes well whole.&nbsp; If you want though, you can shred it and freeze it in cubes of water.<\/li>\n<li>Broth can be frozen easily.&nbsp; Leave about 1\/2 inch at the top.&nbsp; After it is frozen, add 1\/4 inch water and refreeze it.&nbsp; The water will act as freezer burn protection.&nbsp; When ready to use, melt the freezer burn off with water, dump it, then you are ready to go.<\/li>\n<li>For making jam out of season, juice a Seville orange and keep the guts and seeds because they are as high in pectin as many of the commercial products.<\/li>\n<li>Spaghetti sauce with meat is difficult to can.&nbsp; Instead, you can freeze it, and it will last for about a year.<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citrus can be frozen whole and intact. Defrost overnight and you are good to go. Avocado can be depitted, then scooped from its skin.&nbsp; You can (but it is not necessary) toss it in lime juice, and then freeze.&nbsp; Store frozen pieces in a freezer bag. Buttermilk can be frozen.&nbsp; Since you usually don&#8217;t need &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/tips-for-freezing-things\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tips:  Freezing Things&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks-and-tools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8787"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22946,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8787\/revisions\/22946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}