Speed Bento Technique: Freezing chopped herbs

[ss_biggie]

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Speed Tip:  Pre-chop and freeze your most commonly used herbs and aromatics for when you're cooking a dish in a hurry. I've got green onions (scallions or spring onions), cilantro (

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[mandaryn]

I think I have found my new obsession.
Though, I do have one question with freezing stuff.
How would mustard work, as well as brushing one side of bread with salad dressing (Italian)?

[mandaryn]

Oops, somehow my browser skipped back and added the comment to this post instead of the sandwich one. Sorry. =)

[ss_biggie]

Mustard worked fine for me, but I'd hesitate to put more liquidy condiments on bread before freezing because of texture issues once it thaws. Maybe try packing the salad dressing in a separate little container and put it on your thawed sandwich right before you eat it?

[mandaryn]

That would probably work. =) Thanks!