veggie preservation: peppers

​Peppers are one of my favorite snacks in the field and one of my favorite vegetables to cook with. Also, they are simply beautiful!

Peppers are also one of the easiest foods to save for winter. If you ever have some veggies piling up in your fridge from your Fort Wayne farm share, I suggest trying some preservation. You will thank me in January! 

Freeze
 Two of the easiest peppers to freeze include bell peppers, which are best cut into strips. Banana peppers also work well because you can cut them into rings, and they have a nice thick wall that holds up in the freezer. 
 
Simply slice into strips or dice into chunks, place in a zip lock bag, and freeze. It's that simple! We use them all winter in soups, chili, curries, fajitas, omelets, and other dishes. 
 
 
Quick Pickle
 
Finally, all peppers are easy to pickle, but banana peppers (sweet and hot) and serranos are the most commonly used. Here is a nice guide to pickling them! We will also be putting up a quick pickle recipe in our recipes section that can be used for a variety of veggies, including peppers.