freezing tips

If you pack berries into a freezer bag, when defrosted, it will be one solid mess of berries. A better way to freeze the berries is to put them onto a cookie sheet overnight. Then the next a.m., put the individually frozen berries into the freezer bag. Softer items, like pesto and freshly squeezed lemon juice, can be frozen overnight in ice cube trays. Then the next day, pop them out of the tray, put into freezer bags and you will have individual size servings. Also, to prevent glass canning jars from cracking in the freezer, leave at least 2" headroom.