Last week we went strawberry picking. We picked 24 boxes as the picking was good. The cost was $1.50 a box well worth it compared to the $2.99 if you buy them after someone else picked. The berries were tasty and fast, easy picking. To prepare them all we had to hull them fast. A bottle of wine helped this process go a lot smoother (Home Brew of course).
We took most of the berries and froze them into sandwich bags for future use. Most bags have 2 cups in them. The rest of the berries we made 25 jars of freezer jam. We will use some of the jars of jam for gifts throughout the year, such as hostess gifts and token Christmas gifts.
Yesterday I went to the grocery store and noticed a bag of green peppers for half off. I bought them, it was $2.31 for 4 large green peppers. When I got home I cut out a few spots but for the most part they were fine. I chopped the peppers into small pieces to freeze. I had enough peppers for the kids to have some with their lunch and to freeze 7 sandwich bags with half a cup of peppers. To many buying half price produce isn't appealing, but it is worth it for the most part. I also bought bananas close to the end, and peeled them and froze them for smoothies.
