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Home Oral Allergy Syndrome *NEW* Books and Book Extras Recipes DIY Tutorials OAS & GF Bloggers Sponsors & PR Welcome About P&GF Features Product & Place Reviews Sunday, October 21, 2012 8 Ways to Preserve Bell Peppers and Use Wrinkly Old Peppers Bell peppers are on their way out! Of season that is. Definitely not out of style. Depending on where you are, wrinkly bell peppers might be on sale; At the farmers market, in your CSA box, or maybe you’re lucky enough to have a garden and a few left hanging on the stalk. I just picked up 4 organic peppers at the farmer’s market for $2. A very good deal for organic peppers. Otherwise, year round your local veggie store might have bags of slightly older peppers on sale. One veggie store I know sells bags of about 6-7 very useable, but older, peppers for $2! But what to do with those wrinkly old peppers? Here are a few things I like to do to make use of, or preserve peppers when I get a bumper stash of cheap spotty peppers. These methods work for any kind of bell pepper, red ones, orange ones, yellow ones, or green ones. Allergic to Lettuce?! 8 Ways to Use Swiss Chard Stalks 8 Ways to Preserve Bell Peppers and Use Wrinkly Old Peppers Resurrecting a Kombucha Scoby Grow Your Own Bread - Sprouted Lentil Bread Popular Posts Subscribe Now Follow by Email Submit P & GF is about me, Danielle, and my allergy- free adventures, writing romance novels, and traveling from BC to random places like Wisconsin, Italy and Winnipeg. Most of the stuff you'll find here is free of gluten, soy, nuts and sugar, with egg and dairy free options. Find out more about me in the About P&GF tab! Questions? I'd love to hear from you. Emai me: bellyopudge AT gmail DOT com About Poor and Gluten Free These ads help pay for the copious cups of tea I drink while writing this blog! Page 1 of 12 Poor and Gluten Free (with Oral Allergy Syndrome): 8 Ways to Preserve Bell Peppers an... 12/5/2015 http://poorandglutenfree.blogspot.com/2012/10/8-ways-to-preserve-bell-peppers-and-use.h...

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8 Ways to Preserve Bell Peppers and Use Wrinkly Old Peppers

Bell peppers are on their way out!

Of season that is. Definitely not out of style.

Depending on where you are, wrinkly bell peppers might be on sale; At the farmers market, in your CSA box, or maybe you’re lucky enough to have a garden and a few left hanging on the stalk. I just picked up 4 organic peppers at the farmer’s market for $2. A very good deal for organic peppers. 

Otherwise, year round your local veggie store might have bags of slightly older peppers on sale. One veggie store I know sells bags of about 6-7 very useable, but older, peppers for $2!

But what to do with those wrinkly old peppers?

Here are a few things I like to do to make use of, or preserve peppers when I get a bumper stash ofcheap spotty peppers. These methods work for any kind of bell pepper, red ones, orange ones, yellow ones, or green ones.

Allergic to Lettuce?!

8 Ways to Use Swiss Chard Stalks

8 Ways to Preserve Bell Peppers and Use Wrinkly Old Peppers

Resurrecting a Kombucha Scoby

Grow Your Own Bread -Sprouted Lentil Bread

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P & GF is about me, Danielle, and my allergy-free adventures, writing romance novels, and traveling from BC to random places like Wisconsin, Italy and Winnipeg. Most of the stuff you'll find here is free of gluten, soy, nuts and sugar, with egg and dairy free options.

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How you use your peppers does depend on how many you have.  

If you only have a couple to play with, you may want to stick to the several options of roasting them.  You really need more than a couple to make the other options worthwhile. 

1. Roast them and freeze them. This is my fall-back, and is extremely versatile.  Roasted peppers frozen in containers or bags can be chopped up and tossed in pasta sauces, soups, sandwiches, and other things for flavouring.

To roast peppers:  Wash your peppers, remove the seeds, cut out any black spot, cut in half and arrange on a cookie sheet covered with aluminum foil. Turn your oven on to broil, and bake the peppers skin side up until the skins begin to blacken. Remove and cover with a tea towel to “steam” the peppers, this will loosen the skins.

Once cool, slide off the skins, slice the peppers into strips, and pack into freezer containers or bags.  

2. Roast them and pack them in oil. Infusing peppers with the flavours of garlic and rosemary gives them a lovely flavour and they can be used for a variety of things, like sandwiches, pastas and antipasto.

Roast your peppers according to the instructions above, then pack in glass jars with a sprig of fresh rosemary and a garlic clove.  Fill to cover the peppers with olive oil.  This will keep in the fridge for months.

3. Roast them and turn them into hummous or dip. Following your favorite chickpea hummousrecipe, and blend in a few slices of roasted peppers for flavour and colour.  Alternatively, puree a few slices with sour cream, yogurt, salt, paprika and dill for a veggie and chip dip.

4. Roast them and make soup. Roasted bell pepper soup is a fantastic fall dish.  Blend stock with slices of peppers, carrots, celery, and spices for a thick and filling soup.

5. Roast them and eat them! Can you tell I like roasted peppers?  I like them roasted as a side dish with a bit of flavouring.  Cut the peppers in half, then arrange on a baking sheet covered with aluminum foil skin side down, to create a little bowl.

Mix together 2 Tbsp olive oil, a diced tomato, 1Tbsp rosemary, 1/2 tsp salt and 2 tsp finely choppedgarlic.  Spoon into the bell pepper bowls and bake in a 350F oven for about 30 minutes, until the peppers are soft. 

6. Dehydrate them. Dehydrated peppers can be crumbled into bits, then stored and used later tosprinkle over soups, pastas and other dishes for an extra kick of flavour.  Wash and slice the peppers in quarters, removing seeds and black spots.  Dehydrate according to your dehydrator's directions, or in the oven.

7. Can them.  With salt water in a pressure canner, following all standards of safety and hygiene with a tested recipe. If you don't have a pressure canner, you can pickle them. Just be sure to cut a wide swath around the black or moldy spots so you don't contaminate your jar with mold. 

8. Pickle them. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers!  Now that that's out of my system, I suggest pickling your peppers in vinegar in a hot water canner, following all standards of safety and hygiene with a tested recipe. As mentioned above, be sure to cut a good chunk around your moldy orblack spots so you don't contaminate your jar with mold. 

What do you like to do with YOUR peppers?

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[email protected] October 22, 2012 at 9:11 AM

Thanks for the great ideas. Do you know that you can also just chop or slice and freeze peppers?You don't have to roast them or anything. You do, however, need to double bag them, or they will make your freezer smell like peppers. I do it all the time. I need to try roasting first. Yum!

Thank you so much for linking up at Gluten-Free Monday on OneCreativeMommy.com.

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Poor and Gluten Free October 22, 2012 at 12:04 PM

Hi Heidi,

thanks! Yes, you are absolutely right and I totally forgot to add that you can just slice and freeze them :) Although they are much tastier roasted, I think ;p

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I would love it if you would join Foodie Friends Friday with me at http://FeedingBig. We are always looking for great new tips and recipes!

Thanks for sharing your pepper ideas!

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Poor and Gluten Free October 23, 2012 at 6:47 AM

Thanks for the invite, Cynthia! I'll come by and check it out :)

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Chaya October 23, 2012 at 10:01 AM

Thanks for this list. I like the idea of having roasted tomatoes in the freezer. They add wonderful flavor to dishes and having them, on hand, saves time, at the moment.

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Heidi@lightlycrunchy October 24, 2012 at 9:39 AM

I like to roast them too - but if I get them on sale and don't have time to deal with them beforethey would go bad - I cut them in strips, or chop them and freeze them on cookie sheets, then package them in freezer bags and use them up in stir frys, soups, etc. It's nice to have some of the food prep already done for you on busy nights. I do the same with onions, if they are starting to grow. I've even chopped spinach and frozen it, when it starts to wilt a little - I use it later in soups and pastas.

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Becca @ The Earthlings Handbook October 24, 2012 at 11:11 AM

I love roasted peppers, too! I also freeze raw ones like Heidi; another advantage of double-bagging is that it reduces the yucky freezer-flavored ice crystals on the food.

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Jen October 26, 2012 at 12:39 PM

I'm a gonna need this list . . . have tons of end of season peppers that I need to get busy doingsomething with. ;) They are a little past their prime. Thanks.

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Meghan Newsom October 26, 2012 at 1:10 PM

woah! this is magnificant! I hATE throwing old ones out, but am so happy that you linked this up at gluten free fridays or I would have never found it! Thank you:) I especially like the dehydrating idea!all my love-meghan

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Lea H @ Nourishing Treasures October 28, 2012 at 6:41 PM

Thank you for your submission on Nourishing Treasures' Make Your Own! Monday link-up.

Check back tomorrow when the new link-up is running to see if you were one of the top 3 featured posts! :)

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Anne-Marie Cain October 30, 2012 at 8:16 PM

What a great post with great info! I'd love for you to share it on my new blog hop, {Wheat-FreeWednesday}! Hope to see you there! :)

http://www.annemariecain.com/wheat-free-wednesday-blog-hop-party/

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Cindy Gordon November 1, 2012 at 11:32 AM

What great ideas! I never thought of roasting and freezing them! Fantastic!! Thanks for linking up at our Gluten Free Fridays party last week! have tweeted and pinned your entry to our Gluten Free Fridays board on Pinterest! :) I hope that you'll join us this week! Domata will be sponsoring our party! They will be giving away a box of each of their gluten free products: Recipe Ready Flour, Seasoned Flour, and Pizza Crust Mix. Cindy from vegetarianmamma.com

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Poor and Gluten Free November 1, 2012 at 4:33 PM

Thanks, everyone! I'm so glad you found the post helpful :)

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Kathy Shea Mormino November 5, 2012 at 7:54 AM

Hello! I’m stopping in to invite you to join us at the Clever Chicks Blog Hop this week! http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/11/clever-chicks-blog-hop-7-country-craft.html

I hope to see you there!Cheers!KathyThe Chicken Chick

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Poor and Gluten Free November 5, 2012 at 10:12 AM

Thanks for the invite, Kathy! I'll come check it out :)

Anne-Marie November 6, 2012 at 6:43 PM

Hi Danielle! Thanks for sharing at {Wheat-Free Wednesday} last week. Your post has been pinned to my Pinterest board (Yay! I got it to work! LOL!) and shared on my FB page. I hope you'll share again this week. The list goes live tonight:

http://www.annemariecain.com/wheat-free-wednesday-11-07-12/

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Teri Gelseth January 1, 2013 at 3:08 PM

I am so stoked! I am almost certain you took the peppers in your pic right from my fridge! Thanks so much for this timely revisit on peppers :-) I was just heading to fix a bite for the kids when I saw this post so while I am in the kitchen...!

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Poor and Gluten Free January 1, 2013 at 3:33 PM

Lol, yes I think most of us periodically end up with a few of these knocking around in the back of the fridge, getting nasty looking!

Corie Dilley November 3, 2013 at 10:30 AM

I harvested my bell peppers a couple of weeks ago & I usually eat them raw (I love bell peppers) or use them as a chip to dip into my fire roasted pepper hummus. I've been freezing them for years and my boys (12 & 13) prefer snacking on them frozen. I was looking to see how I could can them in oil & your blog has a perfect way to do just that. Thanks for all of your suggestions. I'm also going to try that soup.... YUM!

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Poor and Gluten Free November 3, 2013 at 11:52 AM

So glad you found the post helpful, Corie! How neat that your boys like snacking on frozen peppers :)

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Henry Bennett February 8, 2014 at 4:32 PM

Hi, have you tried the Nigella's chilli jam? It doesnt contain gluten but uses peppers andchillies and sugar jam (I find sugar jam too expensive so use ordinary sugar with a jam setting agent which contains pectin, sucrose and citric acid).

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Poor and Gluten Free February 9, 2014 at 10:05 AM

Hi Henry, no I haven't, but it sounds great! I just did a quick google search for it and also found this simple recipe modeled off of Nigella's but it uses applesand sugar instead of jam sugar, which sounds like a great, natural alternative and perhaps similar to what you do? http://www.alifeofgeekery.co.uk/2013/09/sweet-sticky-chilli-jam.html I'll have to give it a try when peppers are in season again!

Lyn April 9, 2014 at 2:46 PM

You can also just cut them in strips and saute' them in a pan with a little olive oil. Then freezethem in a bag. They are easy to break apart to take just the amount that you need at the time and return the rest to the freezer. I live in Texas so whenever I can avoid using the oven, which heats the house, I do!

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Poor and Gluten Free April 9, 2014 at 7:02 PM

That's a great idea, Lyn! And I agree, when it gets hot in Wisconsin in the summer the last thing I want to do is be anywhere near the kitchen, so sauteing is a good alternative. Thanks for sharing!

Anonymous November 9, 2014 at 6:49 AM

Love your ideas! I've been freezing excess green peppers from my garden, washed, seeded, and cut in strips, but love the roasted ideas for soft ones, which I have plenty:) The best ones, Ive blanched for 3 minutes, then filled with a cooked meat & rice stuffing, then frozen until solid, then wrapped individually or together in a aluminum pan (wrapped in plastic wrap and foil, and frozen, but only use the best ones for that and have a lot that are softened. About that soup, doyou roast all the ingredients together, than puree them first?

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Danielle @ Poor and Gluten Free November 9, 2014 at 12:58 PM

Oooh, yes, when I was traveling in Greece I practically lived off of peppers stuffed with rice and cooked in olive oil, they were sooo good. As for the soup, I usually pull some roasted peppers out of the freezer, then cook everything together for about 15-20 min until soft, then blend it in the blender or food processor. If you have a good immersion blender that works, too. My immersion blender is plastic, and I warped it using it in hot soup ;)

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