Canning - Fresh Veggies all winter

August is the best time for produce.  Every year I freeze corn, green beans and beets so that we have the best vegetables all winter long.  It's not hard to do.  This especially makes sense this year with the drought and the threat of rising prices.  This year I took it a step further, I'm growing my own corn, green beans and beets!
Freezing corn
A dozen ears of corn.  (Around here you can get 14 ears for $4)
Resealable sandwich bags
1.)  Put on a large pot of water on high heat to bring to a boil.  Husk the corn.
2.)  In batches, boil the corn for 4 minutes.  In the meantime, prepare another pot with ice water.
After the boil time, immediately immerse the corn in the ice water for 4 minutes.
3.)  Put the corn on a clean dish towel and allow it to "dry off" a bit.
4.)  In a large bowl, with a knife remove the corn from the cob.
5.)  In a resealable sandwich, put 1 1/2 cups of the corn.  Seal the bag removing as much air as possible.  Freeze.  This should give you about 6 baggies of corn.  Fresh, inexpensive and better tasting vegetables all winter long!


Green Beans
1 quart of green beans, cut in bite size pieces.
Resealable sandwich bags
1.)  Same process as above.
This will yield about 3 baggies of green beans.


We will cover beets another day!