Increasingly, modern hostesses prefer to freeze vegetables and fruits instead of traditional preparations for the winter. It is very convenient. When frozen, more nutrients are retained. Let's talk about what can be prepared from frozen vegetables, fruits and berries.
What to cook from frozen berries
Freeze any edible berries. Traditionally: black currants, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, sea buckthorn, lingonberries and cranberries. They can be used to make vitamin fruit drinks, compotes, jelly, delicious fillings for pies and pies, jelly and light jam. But frozen berries are not suitable for decorating cakes, as they lose their shape after defrosting. This is especially true for strawberries. For example, to prepare a small amount of jam for tea drinking, you can take a handful of frozen berries, add sugar, about one tablespoon, 1/4 cup of water. Boil for a while. You don't have to boil it down so that the drop does not spread over the saucer. The shorter the cooking time, the healthier your dessert will be. You can simply rub the defrosted berries with sugar and serve them with pancakes or pancakes.
What to cook from frozen fruits
Frozen apricots, apples, cherries, plums, cherry plums are also used to make fillings, jams, compotes. Some housewives specifically freeze fruit before making jams, so that the consistency is more tender and uniform. You can make fruit and berry mixtures and freeze them in small portions.
What to cook from frozen vegetables
Frozen vegetables and herbs are added to soups, borscht, meat, fish, stews, lecho are made. That is, in most cases, they are subjected to heat treatment, with the exception of the preparation of salads. You can make vegetable mixtures, for example, freeze the preparation for borscht: grated beets, carrots, pieces of bell pepper. It is better not to add greens to such mixtures, but to freeze them separately, since the greens do not need to be boiled for a long time, from which their taste is lost.
