Tips For Freezing Blueberries

Yesterday’s Mommy Footprint article included tips for freezing different types of berries and veggies. As a ‘part II’ to the topic of berry freezing, I wanted to concentrate just on blueberries.  This berry is so incredible with the antioxidant levels and is available now to be picked at so many farms.  Some of the health benefits of blueberries are anti-aging, lowering cholesterol, strengthening immune resistance to the flu, and reducing the risk of cancer and heart disease.  So what better way to improve the health of your children than visiting a no spray or organic, local berry farm and pick enough berries to freeze for the whole year!  Here are some tips from a chef named ‘Chef Dez’ published in our local paper:

♥  It’s best to freeze blueberries individually, so you can retrieve them in a handful, rather than defrosting a mass of them.  To accomplish this, lay them all out on baking sheets, freeze them completely, then transfer to sealable freezer bags.

♥  Wash them prior to freezing, but make sure they are completely dry before transferring them from the baking sheets.  Wet berries will freeze to each other and the sides of the bag.

♥ Keep frozen blueberries for up to a year for best results.