Beautiful Farmer's Market Peaches

Beautiful Farmer's Market Peaches

I have been a bit squirrel-esque recently. I am getting ready for winter by storing food.

The farmers market has been overflowing with gorgeous produce that I want to be able to eat during the winter. In preparation I have been freezing my blueberries and peaches and dehydrating my tomatoes.

To freeze the blueberries and peaches, I place them on parchment paper on cookie trays and put them in the freezer. Once they are frozen I transfer them to bags. If you freeze them directly in bags they end up as blocks of fruit ice.

Peaches ready for freezing

Peaches ready for freezing

Wild blueberries ready for freezing

Wild blueberries ready for freezing

bags of blueberries

Frozen bags of wild blueberries

I use frozen fruit for so many delicious recipes. raw fruit pie, smoothies, pancakes.  Just today I used the frozen blueberries to make a raw pudding and wheat free blueberry muffins for the kids today.

I put blueberries in the dehydrator for a special treat. They end up like tasty jewels. They are dazzling in a trail mix or anywhere you would put a raisin – they are just better.

blues dehydrator

Wild blueberries on the dehydrator tray

blues dehydrated

Dehydrated wild blueberries

I have also gone wild with tomatoes. Each of the last few weeks I have bought 20 lbs of tomatoes. I have been making my own salsa for the first time. (I don’t know what took me so long, it is soooooo easy! I will write about it another day.) And, I love dehydrating tomatoes. I use them in making raw lasagna, cooked lasagna, raw or cooked tomato sauce and I eat them plain. They are like a sweet and tangy fruit leather. Mmmm

Tomatoes at the Farmer's Market

Tomatoes at the Farmer's Market

Tomatoes ready for the dehydrator

Tomatoes ready for the dehydrator

Dehydrated tomatoes

Dehydrated tomatoes

Don’t let this harvest go by without putting something away for the winter. When you bite into your beautiful summer produce in the chill of January, it brings back the sun deep inside your cells.

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Nina Manolson, MA, CHC, LMT is the Smokin’ Hot Mom Mentor and Family Wellness Expert. She’s the founder of SmokinHotMom.com and HealthyYummyKids.com. She helps busy moms look and feel their best, and helps them feed their kids well in a world that doesn’t. To get your F.R.E.E. Audio CD by mail and receive her healthy recipes and wellness tips click here.