Frozen Seasoning Pods

These are wonderful to have on hand to add to soups, roasts, veggie dishes--anything you want to add a little flavor to. When completely frozen, pop 2 to 3 pods into a snack-sized resealable plastic bag, label, date, and return to the freezer. Do this until all are bagged. Thaw and stir a pod into the eggs to get veggies into you kids! Drop frozen ones into the pot to thaw as the meat cooks.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 20 mins
• Calories: 10 Calories

Ingredients

• ground black pepper to taste
• 1 green bell pepper
• 3 stalks celery
• 1 red bell pepper
• cooking spray
• 2 cloves garlic, or more to taste
• 1 onion, cut into quarters
• 2 large carrots
• 1 jalapeno pepper, or more to taste (Optional)
• 1 tomato, halved
• 1 tablespoon seasoned salt (such as LAWRY'S®)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Chop green bell pepper, red bell pepper, onion, celery, carrots, jalapeno pepper, and garlic, each separately, in a food processor; combine in a large bowl. Chop tomato in the food processor, drain extra liquid, and transfer chopped tomato to vegetable mixture.

Step 2

Mix seasoned salt and black pepper into vegetable mixture until evenly coated.

Step 3

Spray ice cube trays or miniature muffin cups with cooking spray; fill each section with vegetable mixture using an ice cream scoop or large spoon.

Step 4

Place trays in the freezer until vegetable mixtures are completely frozen, at least 3 hours.