Carrots!

Carrots were harvested yesterday. Scarlet Nantes. Delicious. There’s nothing better than seeing my son pull them up and his little sister eating them with the foliage attached. She looked like a little bunny. It is so satisfying grabbing on to a handful of leafy foliage and pulling out a beautiful orange carrot. I think I enjoy it just as much as my son did. But now what should I do with all those carrots? I know. I’ll freeze them. I use this simple process:

Freezing Carrots:
1. Remove the foliage and clean the carrots.

2. Chop them into pieces.
3. Blanch them in boiling water for two minutes and drain them in a colander.
4. Immediately pour them into a large bowl of ice water for two more minutes.
5. Drain them in the colander once again.
6. Pat them dry in a clean dishtowel.
7. Toss them into Ziploc freezer bags and use a straw to suck out as much air as possible...or

use a food saver.
8. Freeze them.
9. Feel really proud that you harvested and saved your own carrots!