You said...Waste Not..Want Not....I cut off the bottom section of the celery... ..a bit more than you did....place it in a glass with a bit of water....change the water regularly...roots will shoot...plant the bulb...cut off stalks when thin and tender..they are sweet at this stage...do not remove the bulb from the soil as it keeps on growing more stalks... Regards from Sunny South Africa🌞
You are never too old to learn something new. I’m always wasting celery, then never having it when I need it. Thanks ever so much for this tutorial. ❤️
Thank you for the compliment. If you do make a stock from vegetable's don't use potatoes. Usually celery, carrots, leeks and onions. You could add herbs of your choice. Any bones from fish, chicken, beef etc add those to the stock pot. You're making what most people would throw out a really tasty stock which makes success, soups, gravy and more. If you don't use it all pour any into an ice tray and freeze until you need it. Saves money buying stock cubes full of salt too. Bon appetite!
Im happy to see your subscription numbers have really increased! Congratulations and thanks for being such a calming person and sharing your recipes and routines with us. I save the leaves for soups as they give it a clear homemade appearance. I don't waste a bite! I think I'm reincarnated from a Depression era homemaker lol. I did not know to blanche the celery but that makes a lot of sense.
Kevin all these years I have been on this earth I always thought that celery would turn to mush if you froze it! Thanks for showing us how to freeze celery especially since it cost 3.98 in most stores today! 😢
This was so helpful!! I read online that I could freeze celery but it said nothing about blanching so I froze it and it turned to mush. I love having celery around for everything. I’m grateful for this video!!
Hi Kevin, I got 3 bunches of celery to freeze for winter. I use it in soups and a handful in chili. I really like to wash the leaves dice and sprinkle them in chicken noodle soup.
I freeze both celery and onions. It’s just a great time saver, and eliminates the messy part of making soup or stews. Rather than compost the leaves and stems pierces that are not perfect, I wash then freeze them separately to throw in the pot with making bone broth. They still have all that great flavor. I don’t blanch and it’s works just fine.
I've bought frozen celery in vegetable blends, but I've never frozen my own from fresh. Now I know how and I will do it! Thanks for showing me how. Oh...I also freeze onions. No more throwing away celery or onions that have gone bad! Thanks!
I was wondering this after watching your chicken and dumplings video. Btw, I made it this past week and it was fantastic! My dumplings soaked up a lot the liquid so next time I may add more stock. 👍💕
Kevin, this is going to be so useful. There have been a few times where I've thrown out celery stalks, which I hate to do. I never thought of freezing it, figuring it would be mush. I never considered blanching it but will certainly do so now and very soon at that. Thank you!
Who would have thought!? Kevin, I accidentally put my bunch of celery into the freezer instead of the fridge and yes the result was mush. I'm glad to learn a way to freeze it bc then there's no waste.
Thank you for being concise and informative . It’s great to prep these things like celery, onions, potatoes in advance and freeze them as it saves time and they don’t go bad before you use them up. Also, I’m so sick of ziplock bags…back to good old pyrex 😊👍
Wow! This will save me from having to eat the rest of the stalk when I only needed a couple of them in my chicken soup. The celery heart is my favorite. Either to eat or put in chicken soup, according to my late Hungarian husband.
Thank for taking the time to make this very informative video. I didn’t know you could blanch the celery to keep it from being mushy, That is why I never wanted to freeze it. Thanks a million!
Hi Kevin, I was always ending up with mushy, celery because I don’t use it all of the time, but when you need it you need it. Thank you for this tip that will save me money and stop me from being wasteful. Hugs, Julie 🥰
Thank you for the video but celery leaves are very aromatic, don't throw them, keep the leaves whole and dry them out without any stem in the sun or in the microwave. Give them a quick pulse in your food processor and store them with your dry herbs.
Just found your channel a few nights ago. You’ve re-inspired my love of cooking and I’ve already made 3 of your recipes. And tomorrow I will freeze some celery. Thank you
thanks so much, Kevin! I didn't know I could freeze celery and your pleasant and kind video is much appreciated! I'm dehydrating blueberries presently as they were 2 for $5 on pints...figured I'll keep them in my freezer and they keep indefinately.
Kevin, you’ve also shown that you’ve frozen green peppers, too, haven’t you? Do you use the same method? And would this work for carrots, too? I really appreciate your videos. ❤️
I have a video on how to freeze green peppers (no blanching required). For sliced carrots, boil for 2 minutes; chill in ice water for 2 minutes, and then freeze. Enjoy!
@@kevinleejacobs1364 Thank you SO much, Kevin! This is going to make a big difference in reducing foot costs due to left-over celery 'dying' and having to re-buy every time you need 3 stalks! ♥
Super helpful! Thank you so much for sharing! I always buy a bunch of celery when I need it for a recipe and then may not need it again for a few weeks and when I go back to get it out of the crisper it has already gone bad so this will save me so much money! With the rising prices in the grocery store, I am watching everything I can get my hands on fir preserving food.
I Buy celery to freeze and I freeze chopped onions 🧅 , carrots🥕 , broccoli 🥦 cabbage for soups, and other things. I take the scraps and freeze them if they are in good condition for making broth. I keep a 2 gallon bag in freezer to add scraps to for making broth.
I use my 2 part pasta pot… after boiling just lift inner strainer and set in a big bowl of ice water and then lift again to drain and ready for freezing on trays.
Really informative, as all your videos are, Kevin. I never knew why one was expected to blanch vegetables before putting them into the freezer. Now I know, so thank you for that. I usually get round the left over celery when making a stew. I just throw a whole head of the vegetable in each time. I love it anyway but your freezing technique will be good because sometimes I want to make a stew but don't have celery to hand. This way I will. Thank you again!
I LOVE celery. My family, grandmother and Mother never froze celery except if it was in soup. It never dawned on me, I assumed it was too watery. This it fabulous, thank you ,dear Kevin.
Hey, thanks for the suggestion. I've either dehydrated celery or made soup stock with it; both work fine, but I still wish for a frozen vegetable's convenience at times. I assumed that celery could be frozen this way, but it didn't occur to me as an option because I didn't know of anyone who did it. Now maybe I'll think to try it.
You read my mind! I heard you mention previously frozen celery was being used and I thought “What?! You can do that?” Thank you for the tutorial! Much less floppy “gone by” celery will be heading to my compost bins because I’m good no to freeze some soon!
I always freeze it without blanching and you are right, it doesn't hold it's colour and it goes mushyish. Guess what I will be doing from now on!! Thank you
I deydrate mine because Im short on freezer space thesedays. I do save the cleanable celery trimmings in a freezer bag along with onion sk8ns etc and use them to make stock. I then throw remains in compost. It never occurred to me that I should blanche the celery- thanks!
Kevin, I do like your spider utensil! I always prefer things that aren't plastic if possible. Interesting the different names we have here in the UK - we call those tea towels (cotton or linen). Have never frozen celery but I certainly will now - I sometimes use it in minestrone which I make fairly often, especially in winter. Beautiful, clear instructions. Thank you!
Really helpful! I froze some celery a few months ago, but it definitely had turned to mush. I have more left over from Thanksgiving so now I know to blanch it before freezing. Thanks!
Having lost my darling wife last year (Covid), I had to learn to cook fast or eat supermarket ready meals, which I couldn't eat, or starve. After eating fab food cooked by my wife, I was wasting more food than I was eating and celery in particular became a real problem, because I used it in a lot of meals I batch cooked, but still ended up throwing away 90 percent of the celery. Your video is clear and simple for a rookie like me and I'd like to tha nk you from me as well as my wife, who hated waste.
we save all the clean peelings from celery- carrots- string beans etc while prepping for freezing-(even some onion skins (for color) I store in gallon zip lock bags- (which I keep in the freezer empty and refill)when I have about 3 of them = we put into an enormous pot - and some garlic(no salt) and make beautiful veggie broth- packed with vitamins- we also share some of our peeling with our chickens- usually half for them and half for us-lol
Thanks very much for this video! Really good to know. I’d use a couple of stalks for something like tuna salad and end up throwing the rest away (composting really!) because they’ve rotted. 😊
Why are you wasting so much celery ? Even in the compost it is 😏I freeze it with out blanching and it is just fine 🤷🏼♀️for some Persian recipes I sauté it and then freeze it , all comes out fine 😏
Thanks for the content, I never throw the leaves away I would freeze them as well and I always Vacuum Seal for space. Why do you not blink? How is that possible.
Kevin this was great. .I have found that using a steamer is as affective and uses less water .. Some people also use a peeler to remove the strings before banishing the celery.. Thin can and dose improve product quality and expands product usage.. See what you think.. Lochness Scottish Highlands..
I never realized the steps needed! Fascinating! I want to make my own mirepoix… do I need to blanch the carrots and onions too? Excited to have on hand.. I use almost daily! Thanks Kevin!!
4:30 Boil water add celery.When water returns to boiling cook 3 minutes.Drain celery with strainer and put in bowl of icewater. Another 3 minutes. Then let drain on towel. Blot dry and put in freezer 30 minutes. Transfer to freezer bags.
Thank you, love this video on blanching and freezing celery. You are correct, I often do waste celery because I did not use it up in time. I do love the tender celery leaves in salads and sandwiches.
I use all the leafy ends when cooking whole hens which I do regularly! They have a stronger flavor than all the rest of the celery put together! I also freeze it but never tried using it for anything other than flavoring the hens. I'll have to try it in my pot pies, dumplings etc. Just didn't know how it would be after freezing. I also don't blanch it I just stick it in after drying it. Guess I need to start doing this step! Lol
Can you place the celery in sealed bag Food saver, omitting the air ? I love this idea . Celery is extremely sensitive veggie that does not last long in refrigerated . Thank you.
I never knew that you had to blanch them so I just put them in the freezer in a baggie and it seem to do OK it never mushed, but I will do it your way next time
