Freezing Vegetables (PDF)

Fresh vegetables can be frozen quickly and easily during the harvest season. Whether you freeze purchased or home-grown vegetables, the keys to a successful product are using vegetables at the peak of ripeness and freezing quickly after purchase or harvest.

Contents include:

• Selection and Purchase
• Blanching
• Packing Food into Freezer Containers
• Thawing and Preparing Vegetables to Eat
• Guidance for Peas, Onions, Green Onions, Peppers, Potatoes, Squash and Zucchini.

This article is available in PDF format. Click here to download it.

Published by: New Mexico State University