Storage Tricks To Make you Vegges And Fruits Last Longer

1. Store rooted veggies in sand

Give your rooted vegetables and herbs longer durability by storing them in pots of sand instead of in the fridge. Place vegetables like carrots, ginger and turnips in a flower pot with clean sand. Take them out as you need them, making sure to store the pot in a cool, dark area.

2. Make berries last longer with vinegar

Before you store your berries in the fridge soak them in vinegar to extend their freshness by two weeks. Add one part vinegar to 10 parts water and dip each berry in this solution for a few seconds. Rinse afterwards and then put them in the fridge.

3. Store herbs in plastic

The length of time your herbs keep fresh depends on how you store them. Fresh herbs such as basil, cilantro or chives are best stored in the fridge in plastic. Cover the herbs with a plastic bag and secure with a rubber band at the roots or stems. Take the herbs out as you need them.

4. Store onions and potatoes separately

You should never store onions and potatoes together. The potatoes will spoil faster this way. It’s best to store the onions in a cool, dry place and the potatoes on a separate shelf, at a far distance from the onions.

5. Store an apple with the potatoes

 Adding a single apple to a bag of potatoes can help keep them from sprouting, extending their shelf life. It doesn’t matter what kind of apple. Replace the apple each time you buy new potatoes.

 

6. A bad apple really does spoil the bunch

Make a point to check your apples daily. A rotten apple rapidly spoils the others, meaning you end up throwing out a whole bag of them. Throw out any bad looking ones to protect the other apples.

7. Butter keeps cheese fresh

Prevent cut cheese blocks from forming crusty hard edges by adding a bit of butter to the cut edge. The oils in the butter protect the edges from drying out. Spread butter on the cut side and then store the cheese without plastic.

8. Place eggs on the shelf

Most people store their eggs in the fridge door, in the designated egg holders, but this can cause the eggs to go off before their expiration date. Switching their storage to the fridge shelf can help keep your eggs up to 4 weeks longer. 

9. Wrap bananas

Wrap the crown of the bananas in plastic wrap to keep them fresher for nearly a week longer than usual. It’s also important to store bananas separately from other fruits and vegetables – bananas produce lots of ethylene gas, which makes fruit and vegetables spoil sooner.

10. Make milk last longer with a pinch of salt Keep your milk fresher a bit longer with this old trick. Add a pinch of salt to the carton to prolong its freshness by a week. The amount of salt is small so you won’t taste the difference when you drink the milk. You can also apply this trick to heavy cream. 11. Store mushrooms and tomatoes in paper bags Mushrooms and tomatoes should never be kept in plastic bags. For mushrooms, the plastic offers excess moisture, causing them to mildew. Preserve their freshness by placing them in a paper bag and store it in the crisper drawer in the fridge or a cool, dry area outside the fridge. Tomatoes kept in plastic bags release more ethylene, which ripens and spoils them faster. Store unripened tomatoes in a paper bag. Never keep ripe tomatoes in the fridge. Opt for a dry place at room temperature, away from direct sunlight.  I Store tomatoes in the kitchen top on a tray, it lasts for more than a month this way, provided you buy tomatoes which are not too ripe. 12. Store lettuce with a paper towel By adding a paper towel to your lettuce, you can prevent the leaves from spoiling prematurely, because it absorbs any moisture that usually causes wilting. Add a single piece of paper towel to the bowl or plastic bag you store your lettuce in, and this will extend the lettuce’s freshness for an extra week.
Bonus: What to keep in and out of the fridge
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