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    Bless This Mess > Life on the Farm > Our Family > Our Garden > Preserving the Harvest

    How to save green peppers - the best and easiest way!

    Published: Oct 2, 2013 · Modified: Mar 19, 2020 by Melissa · 20 Comments

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    Your simple guide on How to Save Green Bell Peppers.

    How to save green peppers, the best and easiest way from www.blessthismessplease.com

    How to Save Green Peppers

    Sometimes life gives you lemons and so you make lemonade. And other times life gives you way too many bell peppers, and then what do you do?!

    We had a HUGE garden this year and before I knew it, it froze! Most of my plants died last week in the freeze and so that meant I had lots and lots of things that needed picking right away. We picked about 10 gallons of green peppers which turned into about 4 gallons of chopped green peppers in the freezer! That's a lot of green peppers.

    No garden you say, no worries! This time of year most people have way to much in their garden, including the cute farmers at the farmer's market. I used to go down to the farmer's market an hour or a half hour before it was scheduled to end and make deals with the farmers on their remaining produce. They don't want to cart extras home and so they were always willing to make a deal. I'd normally pay $1 for 6 bell peppers this time of year from the farmer's market which is a great deal.

    It makes a lot of sense to use what is in season when it's available because the quality and price are at their best. And if you save a little for the cold winter months you are ever smarter. Bell peppers are SO easy to preserve and here's how I do it!

    How to save green peppers:

    1. Acquire some extra peppers
    How to save green peppers, the best and easiest way from www.blessthismessplease.com

    2. Remove stems and seeds, wash, and chop
    How to save green peppers, the best and easiest way from www.blessthismessplease.com

    3. Throw them in a freezer bag, mark the date, and freeze
    How to save green peppers, the best and easiest way from www.blessthismessplease.com

    Really! It's that easy. I don't lay them on a pan to freeze in a single layer, you don't have to blanch them first, just chop and freeze. If they get stuck together in the bag (because they are a bit wet when you put them in) just smack the bag down on the counter like you would a bag of ice that melted together.

    I have a little over 4 GALLONS of frozen bell peppers in the freezer as we speak! Just call me the crazy pepper lady.

    Have I convinced you to pick up a few extra peppers this week at the farmer's market?

    What does the "Dirty Dozen" refer to?

    The top 12 contaminated fruits or vegetables. I don't go crazy with organic stuff but I do try to avoid those 12 things.

    How much frozen green pepper do you put in when a recipe calls for 1 green pepper?

    I normally plan on about a half cup chopped frozen green pepper for every fresh pepper the recipe calls for.

    These are great used in dishes that are cooked and I don't recommend them for things like a green salad.

    Plan on throwing them in some of these:

    • Easy Egg and Potato Breakfast Casserole
    • One Pot Pasta Primavera
    • Cheesy Bacon and Roasted Potato Egg Casserole
    • Creamy Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili
    • One Pan Chicken Enchilada Casserole

    Your simple guide on How to Save Green Bell Peppers.

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    1. Michele M Pettit

      August 16, 2020 at 3:35 pm

      Thats' great I love making stuffed pepper soup and this will save me from having to clean and cut up the peppers when I want to make it. So thank you.

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    2. John Johnson

      November 03, 2018 at 3:41 pm

      Thanks so much...perfect solution found!

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      • Melissa

        November 06, 2018 at 7:37 am

        I do this every year when the garden is full of peppers and then use them all winter long, so glad you found it helpful too!

    3. Kelly

      August 26, 2017 at 12:22 pm

      Thank you for this tip. I had never grown Bell peppers before so I thought I'd give it a try. I have so many, I guess I did okay.

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    4. Stephanie

      February 22, 2015 at 11:44 am

      Are you able to eat them plain after freezing? Like when I buy peppers, it's to chop them into slices and dip them in greek yogurt flavored with a ranch packet.. Would you recommend the frozen ones for this? Or only for cooking?

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      • Melissa

        February 23, 2015 at 9:34 am

        I would only use them for cooking - I throw them in eggs, soups, taco meat or chilis, and that kind of thing. If you just let them thaw they are kind of mooshy. I would try the dip though... it could work great or it might be a too soft of a texture. I'd love to hear how it goes!

    5. Megan

      July 28, 2014 at 7:36 pm

      How long can these be in the freezer for 6 months? Or longer? Thanks

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      • Melissa

        July 29, 2014 at 4:38 pm

        The Ball Blue Book (my canning bible if you will) says that they are good for 12 months in a 0 degree freezer. Not too shabby!

    6. Erin @ Texanerin Baking

      November 03, 2013 at 3:13 am

      Oh and I have another question! Are you able to do all of this gardening without lots of pesticides? Just curious if it's doable. 🙂

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      • Melissa

        November 05, 2013 at 8:52 pm

        We don't use any pesticides (expect some on my pumpkins because I knew that we wouldn't be eating them...). That is a big reason why I grow my own is because I can control all that. Sure my corn has a caterpillar at the top of most of the ears but we feed the bugs to the chickens and cut off the part they ate. It's not a big deal to me... I did have a million and one squash bugs and I spent a lot of time killing them by hand! You just have to pick your battles I guess, but it's totally feasible to garden without chemicals!

      • Leslie

        September 29, 2016 at 2:14 pm

        I discovered using Castile soap solution on my cucumber plant to kill squash bugs saved my plant. They die quickly and the soap isn't harmful to plant. I just spent time spraying bugs. It doesn't kill eggs but I just cut them off plant and put in zip lock bag and put them in trash.

      • Paula

        May 26, 2020 at 10:23 am

        I remember my Grampa & husband putting vegetable oil on the silk of the corn. Have you heard of this?

      • Melissa

        May 27, 2020 at 8:53 am

        I haven't that's an interesting idea!

    7. Erin @ Texanerin Baking

      November 03, 2013 at 3:01 am

      I just realized your posts haven't been showing up in my FB feed for ages. So I came over here to see if you were taking a break but you've been blogging away!

      Anyway, as soon as I saw this post, I ran to my husband with my laptop in hand. He loves green peppers and we love talking about our future garden and I showed him your garden and we were both in awe. It's amazing! About how many hours per week do you spend on the garden?

      I love the picture of you smiling with your peppers! 🙂

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      • Melissa

        November 05, 2013 at 8:55 pm

        Hhhhm. It depends on the week. I bet I spent 8-10 hours a week doing garden stuff most of the summer. When it comes down to it that is just an after dinner hobby though. Some weeks it might have been more like 15 hours but that wasn't the norm! So glad you stopped to check on things 🙂

    8. marseille

      October 03, 2013 at 1:55 pm

      that is a TON of green peppers! perfect for one of my favorite soups- your very own white bean chili
      https://www.blessthismessplease.com/2013/01/white-chicken-chili-healthy.html

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    9. Kim (Feed Me, Seymour)

      October 02, 2013 at 6:26 pm

      Holy moly, you really have that many green peppers?! I need to take gardening tips from you! I absolutely love that you shared this. Despite my lack of gardening skills, I still always end up with leftover peppers so these tips are great!

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      • Melissa

        October 02, 2013 at 7:15 pm

        I'll be honest... I wasn't excited when I was looking at all those peppers 🙂 But now that they are stored and saved I'm really happy about it 🙂 We planted a BIG garden this year! Thanks for the comment!

      • Trish

        October 18, 2019 at 7:30 pm

        WOW Melissa - that's a lot of peppers. I was googling what to do with green peppers and your site came up. I love this idea. I sweet pepers this year and I fenced in the square foot area so the deer wouldn't get at it and boy did I end up with a LOT of peppers. I think some of mine are supposed to be red or yellow, but everything is green still. I'm going to freeze a bunch of these with your method.

      • Melissa

        October 19, 2019 at 10:29 pm

        That's SO fun! I love when something in the garden grows really well! I used all those peppers in soups and chilis all winter long and you will too!

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