Our family went Strawberry picking recently so we have been busy making strawberry goodies.  The day we picked the strawberries we separated them out into containers for the ones we wanted to eat immediately and ones we wanted to freeze to eat later.  We chose to flash freeze our strawberries whole.

How to Flash Freeze Fresh Strawberries:

• Rinse the Fresh Strawberries with cool water
• Place on wax paper in a pan
• Cut off the stems of the strawberries
• Put the strawberries on the pan evenly spaced so they are not touching each other
• Put the pan in the freezer until the strawberries are completely frozen (usually takes several hours for them to freeze completely)
• Once the strawberries are frozen put them into freezer bags (I usually put them into Quart or Gallon, 2 cups or more at a time)

When you flash freeze the strawberries they will not stick together when you take them out.  You can take as many or as little strawberries as you like throughout the year. Here are some of the pictures of the process below: