Fresh garden Kale

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We were gifted two huge kale plants today and I needed to decide how to save it.  Blanch and freeze or just freeze it and crumble it afterwards. I decided to wash, chop, blanch, cool in ice water, bag it up and freeze

Cut up and washed


Boiling away!






Draining
..



Ready to bag


...and into the freezer!




It was easier and quicker than I thought it would be. I packed larger bags for boerenkoel and smaller ones for soup.  
It will taste so good this winter. 

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