Preserving Spinach

As goes the urban life, things have been chaotic and blogging never made it on the to do list.  Although I haven't been able to write about local eating, we have still be able to maintain an all Ontario home and some things have been put away.  Specifically I froze about 12 cups of grated zucchini (frozen in overflowing muffin cups) and a bag of green and yellow beans.

Today I decided to harvest the insane spinach that was growing in the backyard.  I paid about $4 for a package of spinach seeds and Little Critic and I got them going in her left over yogurt cups.  Out of 10 seeds we got 3 plants, and thank God we didn't get more as this will be more than enough spinach to see the three of us through the winter. 

First I cuts all the long stalks at the base and then pulled all the leaves off.

Then I washed all the leaves in a sink full of fresh water twice.

And lastly stuffed it all into 15 medium siaed freezer bags and one large one.  We'll aim to eat one bag a week in soups, lasagnas, pizzas, dips and souffles in the deep winter when spinach is no longer available.