[lynclarke]

Last year, a friend gave me a ton of cherry tomatoes. I served them at every meal and froze what I could not use. I make soup baggies. I freeze a sandwich bag (or snack bag)of any "extra" vegetable I have- I put it in a "soup" quart freezer bag- For example- a baggie of tomatoes, a baggie of assorted peppers, a baggie of onion, a baggie of carrot, a baggie of pre-cooked soup meat, a baggie of cooked beans etc until the big bag is full. When it is time to make soup, throw everything in a pot with whatever fluid- tomato juice, cheapo tomato sauce, onion soup mix, bouillon- whatever the coffer offers and you have instant soup.
I also froze a bunch of vegetable combinations like zucchini, yellow squash, tomatoes, peppers, etc with the Durkee Grill creations tomato garlic pesto. As long as you re-heat these combos CAREFULLY in the microwave- this is not something you want to put in a pot and stir about- they are HEAVEN in the middle of the winter. lynclarke