Freezing Spinach

Freezing Spinach

I can't grow spinach at this time. I don't have the infrastructure and raised garden bed space or set up. I have three, four by four raised bed garden plots that I purchased in excitement when we bought the house five years ago. They have since begun to fall apart.  Pesky pests like squirrels and raccoons and OPC (other people's cats)...I took the F out, dig up and poop up and just mess anything I have planted.

 A knee injury and family hardship put two of my five seasons out of range to learn Gardening. Gardening requires learning, trial, and error, and finally building healthy soil. This makes me have to buy some things. Like spinach. It would be too expensive from the grocery to home can spinach. So for eight dollars at Costco for 2 large bags, I can put ten, two-person portions in the freezer. This tastes way better than can spinach and I don't have to cook it down for fresh. Win-win for me and my knee. I'll show you.

Pre Washed Or Triple Washed

Even if my produce says pre-washed, already washed or triple-washed, I still wash it very well. Gloved hands, protected hands can still stop and pick or itch their face or nose and or whatever else tickles or itches. I prefer to rewash all, my pre-washed produce.

 Two large bags cooked down in butter salt and pepper till tender. I removed some of the liquid that cooks down from the spinach and cooked the rest away.

Before you know it the pan that was overflowing is no longer.
Then it is time to fill the containers.

It is amazing how two very large bags cook down to ten small containers,  I now have ten delicious sides prepped and ready for dinner.