How to Freeze Bulk Potatoes | Make Ahead Roasted Potatoes

[@moodybikerchic]

I am American and I love your channel! These potatoes are to die for! Can’t wait to make them. Keep the faith girl. You rock. 💜💜💜

[@janicewhite1113]

thanks Stacy brilliant idea

[@robynrauna623]

I am trying really hard to get all kinds of veges into my 5yr old mokopuna (grandchild). I have hit the jackpot - roast potatoes (parboiled and frozen) on Saturday night with roast pork belly all done in my airfryer was well received. Ok to be honest she didn't like the side of green beans and courgettes that I fried up but when she tried the roast agria spud it was like she discovered something magical :) I've ventured into new territory as a nanny....and the butter that went with it was lipsmacking licious....at $2.49 @ kg of yellow agria potatoes I am determined now to par boil spud hash & wedges. I have already parboiled some big ones for filled potatoes so they can be filled with ham and cheese or smoky baked beans and cheese - all with sour cream of course. Thank you Stacey :)

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

I'm so happy to hear your mokopuna enjoyed the roasted potatoes. Anything is better than nothing right. She is a girl after my own heart I LOVE potatoes ANYTHING haha

[@Kayenne54]

Green vegies (and I love baby squash) smothered in butter with a little salt and pepper. Or, I went to hours of trouble by getting all the fresh vegetables (baby corn, zucchini, celery, capsicum, carrot, you name it) and "blanching" them in boiling salted water, so they were all still slightly crunchy, making a seafood type dip, and serving on a great big platter. Though to be fair, my kids loved vegies anyway, but for the pickier eaters, sometimes a little "crunch" helps. Snow peas and green beans included in that list. Sometimes it's not the taste, but the texture that they don't like. P.S. where applicable, the vegetables were cut into "finger food" sizes before blanching. A few inches long; everything was eaten with hands lol.

[@lnytita6763]

Aloha! I learned a new word (kinda) today, "mokopuna". In Hawaiian, we say "mo'opuna", so at first I thought it was a typo, but then I realized mokopuna must be Maori 🤙 I'm watching @FarmersWifeHomestead looking for ways to preserve food for my tutu wahine (I'm her live-in caretaker), and am pleased to have also gained knowledge from your post. 😊 Blessings to you and your mokopuna!

[@kirstiebrooks3715]

I'm a Kiwi and have all kinds of inspiration from you. Thank you. Cooking on a tight budget is tough but your ideas have been amazingly helpful. Thank you so much. Awesome.

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

You are so welcome! Anything to try to help people stretch their hard-earned money further.

[@chrismiller4544]

What a fantastic way of having roast spuds on hand, thank you.

[@AkqnMalikan-lc6mx]

I enjoy yr simple recipes, so easy ,so, delicious, can't wait to make them myself, thank you

[@toniaroane]

I LOVE oven roasted potatoes and make them A LOT! I chunk up about the same amount you had and throw them in a freezer bag, then add some olive oil to the bag and shake the bag to coat them. I then add granulated garlic, dried rosemary, and fresh cracked black pepper, then shake the bag really well to evenly coat everything. I spread these out on a sheet pan that has been heating in a 425 degree oven (don't know the conversion) that has melted bacon grease, then sprinkle with some kosher salt. Let them cook about 20 minutes and toss/turn them on the pan, then cook another 20-ish minutes or so. This seasoning combination is my favorite to use for ANY oven roasted veggie. And now I am inspired to try and freeze mine! Still need to get you that Borracho beans recipe, but I am also going to send you a recipe for apple cake that is a tradition in my household for Thanksgiving, and has a hard sauce to go with it and it is SUPERB! Thanks Stacey for the inspiration!

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

Oh, Tonia, those potatoes sound amazing! Potatoes are my love food. The apple cake sounds awesome, too. Send it to my email, and I will make it. THANK YOU x

[@toniaroane]

@@FarmersWifeHomestead will do! Happy Day Stacey!

[@HellasGD88]

YOU'RE AMAZING STACEY! and u have beautiful energy !

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

Thank you

[@Bezuidenhout474]

I was always under the impression you could not freeze potatoes as they taste funny once thawed. Glad I watched this

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

Using this method they come out perfectly

[@crystalmichaud3716]

Even store bought frozen potatoes are processed similar to this. You have to learn how they do things before just throwing something into the freezer.

[@ninthsquarecommunity]

@@crystalmichaud3716 Stacy has never steered me wrong. I think she knows perfectly well what she is doing!

[@PlowAndPantryHomestead]

Brilliant! I am so going to do this!

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

They are delicious. Such a time saver as well.

[@cherriejohansen4141]

Great storage idea for potatoes!

[@lucysmith7757]

Hi Stacy Loving your channel. I prep roast vegges almost the way you do but once they are cold, I pop some oil/melted lard in a bowl, add the cold potatoes and give them a bit of a coating, then back on the tray to open freeze. Heat up tray and roast the preoiled spuds. Works for roast pumpkin, kumara, carrots - Arohanui!

[@carollopez3182]

Found your channel today. As someone in your similar position, health, take care of yourself. You are too beautiful for haters. A hard life lesson, but we are beautiful people, with beautiful hearts, and I love the Lord and I know he loves me. Stay strong.

[@andrea_palmer]

This is a great time saver! Thank you!

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

You're welcome!

[@marymary5494]

Hi, watching from Ireland, I’m hoping to add some of your recipes to our Christmas lunch.

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

Wonderful! I hope you have a great holiday season, and thanks so much for watching.

[@deannacornwell2384]

Thank you thank you for this video, I watched your one on feeling pumpkin pieces, now I shall have roast potatoes on hand to😊

[@taufaoasaufoi6688]

Oh my gosh those potatoes is mouth watering I wish I’m your neighbour,👏👏🌺you are so super talented

[@stacyrussell460]

Just found your channel & this is a great idea for potatoes. Thank you, from NJ (US).

[@elt.214]

Wonderful idea!

[@JeanPhillips-p9h]

I will try this. Thank you

[@rachellebrooke4614]

The plate at the end looked delicious!

[@audreykeenan2226]

Thank you for this video, I am definitely going to try this. I am also going to add that knob of butter, that had my mouth watering

[@debhrstich1509]

The spuds look delicious! Today (5.3.24), I was telling my brother about your channel & how you have inspiredme. Our next family dinner roasted spuds will be on the menu, done your way 😊 I can see my old freezer will need plugging in.

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

That's so cool, thanks for watching and I'm pleased you enjoyed it.

[@PattyRachford]

Those look delicious! I'm going to fix some of those and freeze for my husband and I!

[@cindaschuster6725]

Great idea. 👍🏻

[@siafaau7565]

I've never roasted them like that and that's exactly how I wanted them so thanks much.

[@GardeninginIdaho]

Brilliant 🎉😊

[@vanessaneal2758]

Im just going through your back catalogue. I really love make ahead meals and ingredients like this. I call it doing a favour for future me! Often i get home from work and cooking dinner is the last thing i want to do. So ready-prepped things are my best mate. I like to have a ziploc bag of coleslaw made up every week just so i have some things partially done 😂

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

Yes, I totally agree with you. Today me enjoyed the chicken noodle soup. Thanks for watching.

[@lilym2432]

I'm going to try this with my potatoes. They look so delicious. You're a treasure trove of great ideas

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

They really are good! After having 6 children and making ends meet, I've learned a lot over the years. I'm glad you are enjoying my ideas. X

[@HelenBlack-sn7ke]

Just been to NW. They had a 10kg bag of Agria (my favourite) potatoes for $9.99. Will have a go at freezing them in batches. Thank you

[@dianeirvine1384]

Even thou I’m watching this one year on, I’m going to do this next time I’ve got main crop potatoes ready. As now eating new potatoes. Unless I do go buy some old ones just to have a go at this.

[@joannaritchot3239]

Doesn't matter whether it's your celebration or not. There's always room to have a supper where we celebrate being thankful for what we have by having lots of wonderful food :) I think we should do this more than once a year. I LOVE your channel. from Canada here. 💖💖💖

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

Thanks so much. You are 100% right ❤️

[@MaryDelcarme-wm8kc]

Hi Stacey I Roasted some potatoes tonight which I prepared and froze according to your video a few weeks ago. It was so yummy and crispy..I added the pieces of butter to the Roaster before serving ❤❤

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

I'm so pleased they worked out well for you 😀

[@vickiporter315]

Thankyou!

[@diannehampson7750]

You could also use frozen potatoes for mash or any other way you like your spuds. What a great idea!

[@debeeriz]

how l do mine, 15 minute boil, 5 minutes in deep fryer and 10 minutes in airfryer, tasty and crisp on the outside, i use agria spuds because the washed spuds are too watery

[@MissMerriloo]

Stacey, I have a question. After parboiling then freezing,my question after you roast, is the texture of the potato soft and creamy? I have made soups that have potato in them,froze the soup but the texture of the potato was not the same after heating up. I'm wondering why.

[@kiwichica1983]

I have a Sunbeam Halo air fryer which you don't pre heat. Am I best to just toss the frozen potatoes in oil then put them in the air fryer?

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

It's the oil that needs to be heated, it helps so that they don't stick to the pan. It only needs a minute or two. If you don't want to do that then by all means just give them a quick coat. I have two different air fryers one with a tray and one without. So without a tray, I'm sure just giving them a coating will be fine.

[@paulinefriar6916]

For your harvest you may know anyway, you could:- Mash potatoes wax or floury types with butter or not freeze them flat. They don't get mushy in fact they're brilliant heated up in an air fryer or fry pan or halogen oven.

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

Yes, I've seen them in the supermarket but haven't tried it yet. Thanks for the idea :-)

[@cherylp.3347]

I’ve bought the frozen mash from the supermarket, I love them! I have them on hand for when I’m short on time, so quick and easy for hubby and I. You just microwave them and give them a stir, that’s it, you have a wonderful creamy mash. I’m here because i was researching how to make them myself and save some money. I don’t want the mash to be watery when reheated. The ones I buy are sort of 1 inch cubes, so are they not mashed? Or are they mashed, frozen, then cut into cubes? Whatever they’ve done, they come out so so good, it’s hard to stop eating it.

[@cherylp.3347]

I’m a mash girl, and hubby is a roasted potato lover so I’ll definitely be trying this out.

[@xvalleygal]

Hi Stacey, do you cook them from frozen when the time comes? Thanks, Just found your channel and loving it. I'm a Kiwi living in Aus.

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

Yes, cook from frozen. Hello and thanks for joining in.

[@michoost]

At 10:13 you cover them while they're still piping hot, to let them cool down. What is the reason for covering? Could one leave them open to cool? Also, just wanted to confirm, when you take them out the freezer to put into the oven to roast, to you put them in the oven still frozen? No need to defrost first?

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

Hello, and thanks for the questions. I purely cover them for the flies while hot so no need to if that isn't an issue. Cook from frozen :-)

[@DanMcGillen-ly5eo]

Just watched your savoury mince vid, I'm actually cooking a leg of mince myself lol, you can cook in my kitchen anytime, or maybe I can cook for you, not mince though 🤗

[@carolynmoody9460]

❤❤❤🕊️

[@Jenabelovedofjesus]

so sorry if I missed, but how long was total time for the potatoes? you flipped after ten min, and then back in for...another ten? lol. they look so yum! thank you very much for sharing!!

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

Yes it was another ten, but just keep checking them as it all depends on how big they are cut.

[@sharongarlick]

Pumpkin pieces can be roasted with a little oil, appropriate spices or herbs, and frozen in bulk.

[@katherinehughes6659]

Can you do kumera’s the same way?

[@colonelfustercluck486]

Kumara cook faster. You would have to experiment with a shorter 'blanching' (boiling) time.

[@paulinelee9483]

😅the lady who is trying to feed her grandchild veg pasta with a homemade veg sauce goes down well and beetroot grate into chic muffins disquise is your best bet.

[@amandamorton-king2112]

Instructions start at 5 mins 18 secs....

[@natalietolchard7896]

[@lindamorse1335]

So you went from boiling potatoes to taking some out of freezer and into air fryer. Im lost. Then back to boiled potatoes.

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

@lindamorse1335 Hello and thanks for reaching out. As I explained in the video, while I was waiting for the potatoes to boil I grabbed some already frozen ones out of the freezer to roast up to save time. I then went on to show you the next steps of how to get them ready for freezing. Thanks for watching :)

[@Jo-rr2xs]

YOU TALK TOO MUCH!! WITH RESPECT GET ON WITH IT!!!!

[@zenaaussie3258]

Obnly recently found your channel and slowly working my way through the vids. The 3 in 1 in this recipe....I have the exact same - and it is one of the best bits of kitchen equipment I've every had in some 60 years of cooking. What I would like to know.....how do you keep it clean and shiny? Mine, despite cleaning after each use, started looking like it had leprosy...the paint in the interior (yes it is paint!) was discoloured with every spatter of grease/oil. It has gotten so bad I am embarrassed to have it on my bench top!