I was out puttering around the garden this morning and ended up picking a giant tub of beans and immediate thought, beans… it’s what’s for dinner.” I even posted a picture on my Instagram account declaring green beans were on the dinner menu. 

But them I changed my mind. 😉 I think I’ll make a pie instead. Because I can do that. After all what’s the point of being head cook if you can’t change the menu at the last minute? 

So with pie on my mind I decided to go ahead and freeze those beans. I would have canned my green beans but it’s in the upper 80’s today and believe me, the last thing I want to do is anything canning related. So I froze them instead.

If you’ve never frozen fresh green beans before it’s a total snap! Simply bring a pot of water to a rolling boil, wash, trim and cut you green beans then blanch them for 3 minutes {or until they turn bright green}. The toss the beans in a bowl ice water to cool them down.

Drain beans, pat dry with a clean dishtowel and bag them up into quart or gallon sized bags. Toss them in the freezer until ready to use. It’s that simple.

Peace Out Garden Scouts,.

I’ve gotta go. MAKE A PIE. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

~ Mavis