Veggies contain enzymes designed to break down the plant. But freezing doesn’t destroy them. Which means while unblanched peas won’t go “bad” in the freezer, they will continue to deteriorate, losing taste, texture, and nutrients. (source) Amazingly, one 3.5 ounce serving of either snow or sugar snap peas contains 100% of our daily vitamin C requirement! Not to mention lots of vitamin K and fiber. So it is well worth preserving them the best we can! (source)
This is great. I wanted to order a large amount of sugar snap peas while they are still in season and did not know if I could freeze them. Thank you so much for taking the time to create and share this very valuable video!
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You are very welcome! “sugarsnappealoversRus” hahaha! 😀
I am a bargain hunter! I was at our local Harris Teeter grocery store and checked out the reduced price produce. I bought a BIG bag(64 oz) of snow peas and a BIG bag(81 oz) of tomatoes! Each bag cost $2 – what a bargain when the same store usually has snow peas for $3.99/lb. I told my sister that if she came over to my house she could have a bunch. She’s too tired, so I am sitting here wondering how in the world one person can eat that much! Did a search on freezing snow peas & saw your site about blanching, drying, and freezing! Sounds like just what I need to do, rather than using what i can and letting the rest go bad.
Now I just need to figure out what to do with all those very ripe tomatoes 🙂
Wow! Nice score, Joanne! Thanks for sharing. When I don’t have time to deal with canning tomatoes, I like to freeze them, too! You can just rinse and hull them and pop them straight into the freezer. When you take them out to use, the skin will slip right off after a few minutes. It’s a huge time (and tomato) saver. I didn’t do a blog post about it, but here is a short video I made about how to freeze tomatoes without blanching or peeling! https://youtu.be/T6oktgq3E8I
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I followed your directions today and put up enough snap peas for winter. Here’s a suggestion: I placed the blanched peas on a cookie sheet and placed them in a freezer for a few hours and then put them in freezer bags so they would be loose and not stick together id there was any moisture. I do this with berries too. I used a utensil I have for lifting out fried food to remove larger quantities of peas from the boiling water. Very satisfying afternoon! Thanks for the help.
Apologies for my belated reply! This is a great tip, thanks for sharing! I also do this with berries and it’s perfect for the peas as well. I didn’t get nearly as many peas as I hoped this season from my garden so I am jealous of your freezer stash already! I might try to plant them again in a few weeks and try to get a second fall harvest of snap & snow peas!