Tuesday Tip: Proper Food Storage

 

 You know those times when you spend half of your week's earnings at the grocery store "stocking up for the week", only to get home, put everything away, and 2 days later your produce has already gone bad? Well I'm here to share some tips on how to properly store your food so that you can get maximum usage and life out of all of your precious goodies! Don't forget to wash and dry them really well before putting them away.

 

Fruits:

Apples: unwrapped in the fridge drawer; up to 3 weeks

Avocado (whole): refrigerator shelf: 4 days once ripe

Banana: counter top: 3 days once ripe

Berries: in plastic container: refrigerator drawer: 3-4 days

Citrus: refrigerator shelf: 2 weeks

Grapes: colander bowl: 1-2 weeks

Melon (whole): counter top: 5 days

Melon (cut or halved): wrapped in plastic: refrigerator shelf: 7-10 days

Peach/Plum: refrigerator shelf: 5 days

Pear: counter top: 4 days

Tomatoes: in plastic container: counter top: 5 days

Vegetables:

Asparagus: refrigerator shelf: in unsealed plastic bag: 4 days

Bell Pepper: plastic bag: refrigerator shelf: 1 week

Broccoli: refrigerator drawer: wrapped in plastic: 5 days

Cabbage: refrigerator drawer: wrapped in plastic: 2 weeks

Carrots: refrigerator drawer: plastic bag: 3 weeks

Cauliflower: refrigerator drawer: wrapped in plastic: 5 days

Celery: refrigerator drawer: wrapped in tinfoil: 2 weeks

Cucumber: refrigerator drawer: wrapped in plastic: 1 week

Garlic: dark area: unwrapped: 1-2 months

Lettuce: refrigerator drawer: plastic bag with paper towel: 5 days

Onion: dark pantry: unwrapped: 2 months

Onion (halved): plastic bag: refrigerator drawer: 5 days

Potatoes: dark pantry: paper bag: 1-2 months

Summer Squash: plastic bag: refrigerator shelf: 5 days

Winter Squash: dark pantry: unwrapped: 1 month