Blanching is a helpful technique to have in your kitchen skills arsenal, especially if you're the type to freeze farmer's market fare. Blanching fruits and veggies involves a quick dunk in boiling ...

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 ...

Freezing vegetables doesn’t always have to be a drawn-out process. In The Beginner’s Guide to Preserving Food at Home (Storey Publishing, 2009), author Janet Chadwick provides new techniques for fast ...

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We're all guilty of throwing some vegetables into the freezer and confidently believing they will be able to endure for years ...

That bag of frozen vegetables you’ve been feeling guilty about buying instead of fresh produce might actually be delivering more antioxidants and nutrients than the expensive organic vegetables ...