What I Freeze in October to Skip the Grocery Store All Winter

📕 The Home Savings Manual — 79 ways to stop overpaying for your own house: https://brendacarver.com/ Stand in the produce aisle in January and one wrinkled pepper costs you a dollar fifty, while this month the farm stands are practically giving them away. It all comes in at once in October — the peppers, the squash, the last of the tomatoes — and in eight weeks the very same food costs triple. A freezer isn't really an appliance; it's a way to buy your winter food at October's price. Our grandmothers put the harvest by while it was cheap and never paid the winter price for it. In this one I'll walk you through what I freeze in October so I hardly buy a vegetable all winter: 🥦 The vegetables that need a quick blanch first, and why yours went gray without it 🫑 The peppers, onions, and tomatoes that go in raw, with no fuss at all 🧈 The butter, cheese, milk, eggs, and bread that keep for months in the freezer 🍲 The broth and made-ahead meals that turn a full freezer into dinner on a dark January night …and why the store is counting on your freezer being empty come February. Fill it now, while everything's cheap, and you'll eat well all winter without the weekly scramble. A little planning keeps your family fed and your money right where it belongs. If saving money and running a smart, thrifty kitchen sound good to you, subscribe and stick around — that's what we do here every week. 💛 What's cheap at your farm stand right now? Tell me down in the comments. #freezertips #frugalliving #savemoney #foodstorage #stockup #winterprep #homemaking #householdtips #thrifty