5 Simple Tips To Keep Vegetables Fresh

 We all know how expensive food is to purchase these days and with family budgets being squeezed from all directions very few people can afford to waste any. However many food agencies report that the average family will throw away the best part of £680 worth of food each year https://summagourmet.es/

The responsibility to reduce food wastage should be everyone's concern and with a little more thought on what we actually need and purchase, could help to cut down the amount of food thrown away.

Fresh produce is probably the most common of the foods that is thrown away and it's up to the consumer (that's us) to take action, not only from an environmental point of view, but to also reduce our own weekly or monthly food bill by being more aware of what fresh food we buy, that may without careful thought go to waste if not used in time.

Remember fresh food is perishable, so instead of letting it rot or be thrown away here are 5 simple tips to follow that could help keep your food fresh a while longer and help reduce the amount of wastage.

1. Plan Your Weekly Grocery Shop

Before you start your grocery shop, firstly plan the meals you intend to cook for the forthcoming week. This means you should only buy what you need and not be tempted to buy everything you see on the supermarket shelves.

Don't buy based on cheap prices, because if you have no where to store them, whether that's your fridge or a store cupboard the chances are they will go to waste.

The majority of fresh vegetables can usually be stored from 2 to 3 days, with the exception of root vegetables which can be anything from one week to several weeks depending where and how they are kept.

2. Storing Incompatible Foods

The title of this particular tip may sound a bit strange to some, but storing fruit and vegetables together can be problem because they are incompatible with each.

Both fruit and vegetables give off a gas called Ethylene after they are picked. This particular gas is harmless, tasteless and odourless. Storing these two together in a confined space will speed up the ripening of the more sensitive vegetable.

A plus point though if you need a vegetable to ripen early, just store it with some fruit and it will quicken the process. Otherwise make sure that they are separated whether it's in a fridge or store cupboard.