How To Freeze Spinach For Smoothies - Method 3: Blended Spinach
Another way to freeze spinach for smoothies is to blend it. You don't need to blanch the spinach for this method, either.
Equipment
- A countertop blender OR a hand blender
- A spoon
- 1 cup of water
- A bowl (for the hand blender only)
- A muffin tin
- A large freezer bag
- A permanent marker
- Freezer labels
- A straw (optional)
- Space at the back of your freezer
Instructions
- Put the spinach into the countertop blender (or a bowl that's safe to use with a hand blender).
- Add a little water to the blender/bowl. Pulse the blender a few times.
- Keep adding more water and blending until the spinach becomes a paste or liquid (whatever consistency you prefer.)
- Spoon the blended spinach into the muffin tins.
- Put the muffin tin in the freezer. Let it freeze for 3 hours.
- Take the muffin tin out of the freezer and pop out the frozen blended spinach "pucks."
- Put the pucks into a freezer bag and press the air out of the bag and seal it.
- Straw "vacuum seal" trick (optional): Slide a straw into the bag and suck out the air so the bag "shrinks" around the spinach pucks. Slide the bag down the straw as you inhale, and quickly seal the bag while you remove the straw.
- Write today's date on a freezer label, stick it to the bag, and place the bag in the back of your freezer.