What to do with food that is going bad.....

I'm sure I am not the only mom on this planet that buys too much fresh veggies and they sit and sit in your frig, and every time you look at them you wonder if they will make it one more day.  Today was finally the One more Day.....  

I had a whole bag of celery , 2 bell peppers and a bag of onions all about to rot.  The price of fresh vegetables is going up every week at the grocery.  It is definitely more cost effective if you go ahead and cut them up and put them in freezer bags....  I do have a small Food Saver.....but I'm out of bags...So I just used Ziplock bags today.  

I just fill them with about an inch thickness.  This way when I want to use some and not the whole bag all I have to do is crack the top of the bag and it breaks some off easily....Then you just reseal them throw them back in the freezer.  Don't forget to write the date you cut and bagged them.  FIFO  (First in ......First Out)


Also make sure you lay them flat in the freezer for the first time...... Keeps them straight up and down. Makes more room in the freezer for other stuff.

One last thing I just recently just learned......If you have banana's go bad they really aren't bad......they are Perfect for Banana Bread...... I have a really easy recipe for homemade banana bread....and I promise the more black the skin is......the better the bread.......  IF you just don't have time to make banana bread....throw those banana's in your freezer until you have the time.....