How to Blanch and Freeze a Lot of Kale

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I made a video a couple years ago about how to blanch and freeze a small batch of kale for such instances as when it's summer and your garden is producing more than you can eat. In this video I show how I process the large amounts that I have still growing in late fall - when the kale is simultaneously at its best - and at risk of being lost to hard frosts.
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@lizzyl-k5396 11 месяцев назад

I so appreciate this video. Thank you!

@michaellippmann4474 3 года назад

Yep...kale, collards and spinach are my favorite. We do ours exactly the same...we use a plastic ice cream container and do 3 levels of kale with wax paper between. Then when it freezes we tip out the 3 kale cakes and put in ziploc bags Just as a side note I did kale done in some duck fat with leeks last night (oh yea I save the duck fat when I roast those babies....yummy goodness!) and it was awesome! LOVE K, C & S! Great video Greg - garden on man!! Mike 👍🇨🇦

@maritimegardening4887 3 года назад

Planning to cook a duck this weekend - maybe I'll do the same. I keep the duck fat too!

@woodynorris3544 Год назад

Awesome video man

@maritimegardening4887 Год назад

Glad you liked it

@summerbeemeadow Год назад

Excellent presentation. Thank you!

@cobbler2112 3 года назад

Thanks Greg..... was hoping you would do one of these... big fan of your channel and your approach to gardening. Watching from Newfoundland

@maritimegardening4887 3 года назад

Thanks man! Glad you liked the vid :) Hope you're not in the part that just got hammered with that blizzard!

@megjmamacloth630 2 года назад

Great video thx!

@maritimegardening4887 2 года назад

Glad you liked it!

@gregstafford8064 3 года назад

I ate all of my kale. I will be growing tons more next year to keep me going through next winter.

@maritimegardening4887 3 года назад

Sounds great!

@franksinatra1070 3 года назад

Definitely growing kale next year! I love broccoli Rabi but it's much more difficult to grow than kale and it won't go all summer like kale - basically you pick it once and it's done so I gave up on growing that. BTW you inspired me to put garlic in with all your garlic videos. I just planted a couple days ago :).

@maritimegardening4887 3 года назад

Hope your garlic turn out well! The ground is freezing here so it would be too late to plant them where I am - hope you are further south :)

@franksinatra1070 3 года назад

@@maritimegardening4887 yeah I'm down near Philly in PA and other than a couple brief cold snaps it's been pretty mild so far. If I would have planted much earlier they probably would have started growing too much.

@luckychicav7981 3 года назад

Hello Greg, One of the few good things in the garden that living in S. Texas is, that I can leave it out and harvest as I need it, but good to know if I had to store it. I was surprised to see the kale kept its beautiful green color after being boiled for a minute. Thank you sharing. 😉

@maritimegardening4887 3 года назад

That's why you add the salt to the water - to keep the colour of the greens

@suzannecuerrier279 3 года назад

LOL! 5 second rule.

@candiwallace6605 3 года назад

Morning cheers ☕💞

@maritimegardening4887 3 года назад

Morning!

@waynoinsaneo 3 года назад

Every year I think I plant enough kale to freeze at the end of the season. Seems we just eat more if we grow more. Guess we're doing three beds next year!

@maritimegardening4887 3 года назад

That's about what I gorw

@lauriebenzie1386 3 года назад

So. Simple! Thank you. I didn't grow kale this past season due to a flea beetle war the previous year. But think that I'll give kale another try next year. I am switching to a no dig, no till, deep mulch garden and hoping that the flea beetles won't be able to find the kale in the hay, lol. Any flea beetle containment advice?

@maritimegardening4887 3 года назад

Use a pyrethrin spray when they are are small. Once they are 5-6" high - they can shrug off the flea beetle attacks

@CuriousinNY 3 года назад

Thanks for the video. I have to do mine too. I just don’t like going out when it’s in the low 30s. It’s suppose to go into the 40s this week so I’ll get it then. Do you grow different kinds of kale or just one kind? When you destemmed the kale was it all just one kind? If it is and you only grow one kind, can you mix different kinds of kale?

@maritimegardening4887 3 года назад

I always grow at least two kinds. This year I have siberian kale and winterbore kale

@CuriousinNY 3 года назад

@@maritimegardening4887 I have tried a lot of them, but have settled on Red Russian and Dinosaur kale. I had tried some of the curly kales but didn’t like them raw and didn’t care for them as much in soups and smoothies either. This year is my third year with the Red Russian kale and they came up all over the garden in various areas that I had never planted them in. 😄. I let them continue to grow.

@maritimegardening4887 3 года назад

@@CuriousinNY I agree - the curly kales do not taste as good - but they are more slug-proof - so I like them for that reason :)

@CuriousinNY 3 года назад

@@maritimegardening4887 👍😊. What is your favorite?

@MsWings4 Год назад

Right off the bat, you didn't mention how long to boil it.

@maritimegardening4887 Год назад

I showed a chart of boiling times, and explained that I prefer to boil it until steam escapes from the lid because that's a simpler way to do it.

@ArgentoRAWRz 3 года назад

Needs ice cubes and on the tank isnt very hygienic

@maritimegardening4887 3 года назад

Re: hygiene - Home kitchen rules are different than institutional kitchen rules :) It's going in the freezer, and then will be thawed and cooked when I eat it. Not much risk there. Regarding the ice - not needed. The goal is to stop the cooking. If you have enough cool water that goal is achieved.