Love This Website: Still Tasty

I have been hearing about this website called Still Tasty (a shelf life guide) for quite some time, but only yesterday did I remember to check it out. We had just picked up a bunch of food that we bought from a co-op (which I will talk about in another post), and I needed to find out how I could store it all. It was too much for the three of us to finish in time, so I was hoping to freeze some of it.

First, I looked up potatoes, which we had a ton of. I learned that the proper way to freeze them is to peel, boil, mash, and cool them (this applies to all except yams and sweet potatoes). I proceeded to look up all of the rest of the produce I had, and was excited to learn that most of it could be frozen if properly prepared first. You can look up just about any food that your little heart desires. You will learn how long it will last in the pantry, fridge or freezer, or if it can be frozen at all. Then it tells you the best way to store items under each of the above conditions. As you can already tell, I am big into freezer storage so this will end up being my guide.

I love love LOVE this website! I can now freeze items in portion sizes, and then defrost and prepare as needed. I just need to do the initial leg work of prepping the food for freezing. But once I want to actually eat the food, it's already divided up and ready to go. (It helps that we have a big freezer).

It also has a section called "Keep It or Toss It?" I looked up "opened ketchup" and learned that it will keep in the pantry for a month. Maybe I'm dumb, but I didn't even know you could keep it in the pantry at all. So next time I accidentally put a food item in the pantry instead of the fridge, I'll look it up on here before throwing it out.

To check it out, follow my link above or to the right in my sidebar.