I’ve shared how we feed our growing family of 7 for an average of $400 per month during the Family Food Savings series. Today lets talk about freezing fruit, peaches in particular. Freezing fruits in the summer is a great money saver for our family. I know since I have a lot of children and live in a nearly century old farmhouse in the country I should do canning. It’s what the membership card says right? I admit though that I’m just not there yet.
I have never canned.
I do however do a great deal of freezing. Nothing like leaving the work force to stay at home, homeschool and have a bunch of babies to make a person quickly jump into this homemaking stuff.
So here we go, without further ado, here is how I freeze peaches the easy way. {{{wild applause}}}
Nearing the end of summer our local orchards are bustling with activity. Even though I’ve already admitted my country woman #fail for not canning, I do make every effort to freeze fresh fruits and veggies for the winter months. A few days ago I bought 1 bushel of peaches for $22. I was very pleased with this price.
We use frozen peaches in the easy homemade yogurt that we make in our slowcooker, cobblers, ice cream, oatmeal and smoothies.
- We rinse our peaches as pictured above.
- I set up a dipping & slicing area.
- I use a simple homemade preserving dip of 8 cups water, 1 Tbsp mild vinegar.
- Next I slice the peaches around the middle and remove the pit.
- Then I quickly dip each peach in the preserving dip and place them on a platter to dry.
- After the peaches have dried I place them on a tray. This tray then goes in the freezer just long enough for the peaches to become firm.
- Once the peaches are firm I place them in large zip-lock bags. Remember to remove as much air as possible.
