Enjoy Fresh Produce All Year
I'm enjoying fresh blueberries in October thanks to a tip my Mom gave me this summer. When the blueberries were at the peak of their season, we bought several quarts to freeze when the grocery store offered their lowest price of the season.
To freeze them without them all sticking together, Mom froze them for an hour on a baking sheet, just far enough apart not to freeze. (We have a large bar pan, so it has a little bit of a lip around the pan to keep the berries from rolling off in transit.) Once they were frozen, she put them in a gallon size freezer bag.
Now when I make these delicious low-fat blueberry muffins, I just pour a cup a blueberries into my measuring cup and reseal the bag. Back in the freezer it goes. I enjoy fresh blueberries all year long.
This technique works with just about any type of berry.