Today we made the first bean harvest out of our garden. I couldn't believe how many beans we picked, and there are at least twice this many still on the plants that aren't big enough to pick, and more flowers. So we had fresh green beans to go with our dinner. Heaven. And once again, my children ate them no complaints because they were from our garden. Cool.
The beans we didn't eat, we decided to freeze. It was super easy. I hope we grow enough to freeze enough to last until next year.
Freezing is accomplished in a few very simple steps.
1) Choose the freshest green beans you can find.
2) Rinse your green beans in cool water. Drain.
3) Cut the ends of the beans off. Cut the beans to whatever length you prefer.
4) Put the green beans into rapidly boiling water, cover the pot and boil them for 3 minutes. (You can re-use this water three to five times - but make sure it's brought back to a rolling boil).
5) Use a large slotted spoon to remove the green beans from the boiling water and immediately plunge them into a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking. Keep them in the ice water for 3 minutes. Drain them well.
6) If you have a FoodSaver a great time to use it is right now. If you don't, put the green beans into ziplock freezer bags. Make sure you get as much air out of the ziplock bag as possible to help prevent freezer burn.
7) Get ready to enjoy farm fresh green beans whenever you want!
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So fun! I wish I had a back yard so that I could grow all of these fancy things!
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