While out and about with my husband this weekend, we decided to stop off at a Discount Grocery store. And boy am I glad we did!!
We came across flats of strawberries (12 pints, those little green containers) for $10. We love our strawberries around here, especially our 3 yo, Noah. He could probably eat his weight in them, which is not a small feat!
Even though we could eat massive amounts of them, I knew that we wouldn’t be able to eat all of them before they went bad. What to do?
Freeze those babies.
I sliced off the tops and rinsed/drained them. Then put them in a single layer on a pizza pan (a cookie sheet would work, too) and placed them in the freezer to freeze them individually.
Once they were somewhat frozen, I placed them in quart sized Ziploc bags in a single layer and removed all the air. Then I layed them flat in my freezer–and voila! When I need just 5 strawberries for a smoothie, or for strawberry pancake sauce, or whatever your little heart desires, pull out as many as you need without messing with a big clump.
We ate a bunch before I froze them, and I saved back about 3 pints to eat throughout the week, and I still managed to get 6 quart sized baggies of strawberries. Hopefully this will last us until we can get a crop ourselves. If not, well, I’m already toying with the idea of going back and getting more. 
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What a great deal! Strawberries are my absolute favorite and my family devours them every time I bring some home!
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Mmmm…strawberries and a strawberry smoothie sound really good right now! Or maybe chocolate covered… Anyway congrats on the great deal!
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Wow, thats a TON of strawberries .. $10 is a good deal! I don’t know why I never thought to freeze strawberries .. they always end up going bad. Maybe I’ll try this!
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Oh how I wish we had a discount food store around here!! I’m excited for you on your strawberry find, though
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I love strawberries too!
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Wow! What a terrific deal! I am getting better about not letting our produce go bad before we get around to using it. Thank you for sharing how to store the strawberry to keep them from going bad!
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Great deal!! I do this too with my berries. I also slice some to freeze for pies, or sauces.
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oh how I miss strawberry picking, being in Okinawa we can pay upwards to 6 dollars for just one little pint!!!! Drooling over you wonderful tackle!!!!
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Fantastic deal! Fresh strawberries sound so good right now.
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LOVE that place. Unfortunately it is out of the way for me and so I hardly ever get to go unless it is a planned trip.
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I love getting those kind of deals! Check out my post for a great smoothie recipe for those strawberries and to see what I do with my fruit “steals”
http://savingourcents.blogspot.com/2009/02/frugal-meals-fruit-smoothies.html
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Great idea! Wish I could get my hands on a good buy with strawberries. I can practically taste the smoothies and other yummy delights:)
Kristin K
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