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5 Best Tips For Keeping Food Fresh

May 25, 2016 By Deanna Piercy 6 Comments

Keeping food fresh is an important skill for any homemaker.

Keeping Food Fresh

I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels terribly guilty about throwing away food I’ve allowed to spoil. I overestimate the amount of produce we can use. Something gets pushed to the back of the refrigerator. We end up eating out more nights than I had anticipated. There are any number of reasons this happens.

I also do my major grocery shopping once a month so it’s really important for me to be able to keep produce fresh as long as possible. Here are 5 of my favorite tips:

Keeping Food Fresh

Keeping Food Fresh

1. Keeping Lettuce Fresh With This One Tip by A Modern Homestead

Lettuce Tip

2. A Vintage Trick For Storing Lemons by Making It Modern
(note: This website is no longer online. Briefly, this tip involves storing lemons in a large glass jar covered with water.)

How to store lemons

3. The Best Way to Store Celery by the kitchn

(note: This source is also no longer available but the tip is simple. Wrap celery tightly in aluminum and refrigerate. It will keep a very long time this way!)

How to store celery

4. Make Berries Last Longer by Pulling Curls

Make berries last longer

5. How to Store Fresh Asparagus by Urban Strawberries

Storing Asparagus

 

In addition to these handy tricks and tips, there are other strategies for reducing food waste. Take a look at this excellent post on the subject:

Reducing Food Waste

Have you tried any of these tips? What are YOUR favorite food-saving tips? Leave me a comment and if you’ve written a blog post on this topic I’d love to see it. Leave me a link.

 

Keeping Food Fresh

 

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Comments

  1. Angelica says

    May 25, 2016 at 11:22 pm

    We use Forever Cheese Bags, which extend the life of our “fancy” cheeses that we don’t use on a regular basis. We freeze shrimp tails, produce trimmings-such as celery tops, and roast chicken carcass and bones… they’re excellent for stock and I love using every last bit of food!!! My husband also uses misc veggies that are getting older to make fabulous fried rice!

    Reply
    • Deanna Piercy says

      May 29, 2016 at 1:52 am

      Good suggestions!

      Reply
  2. Morgan says

    November 4, 2016 at 11:27 am

    Wow, you do your grocery shopping once a month. May I ask why? I’m very intrigued.

    Reply
    • Deanna Piercy says

      November 4, 2016 at 8:24 pm

      We live in a small town with very limited availability for organic items. My adult daughter and I shop together once a month. We make a day of it – have a nice lunch together then do our shopping. I still pick up milk and some perishables throughout the month but it’s awfully nice to have the bulk of my shopping done all at once.

      Reply
  3. Salina says

    February 26, 2017 at 9:50 am

    Great! Your post is really helpful! Thanks for sharing

    Reply
    • Deanna Piercy says

      February 26, 2017 at 5:59 pm

      You’re welcome. 🙂

      Reply

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