HOW TO ( keep food fresh longer)?

Fresh Ideas on How to Keep Food Fresh Longer

1. . Buy locally. Local produce lasts much longer than supermarket fare, which has already traveled long distances before it gets to your kitchen.

• Keeping in mind the specific ways you like to eat it, clean and prep fresh food as soon as you get it into the kitchen, making it much less likely you’ll let it spoil.

• 3. Wash berries in water with just a bit of vinegar (a life-extension tip gleaned from the fabulous publication Cook’s Illustrated) before popping them into the fridge.

• . Rinse lettuce and other greens immediately in cold water and spin them dry before refrigerating them in the spinner or a breathable cloth bag.

•  To keep fresh celery, carrots and radishes around at all times, chop them and store them in water in the fridge, which keeps them crisp for a surprisingly long time.

•  Keep apples out in plain sight, which helps them get eaten sooner. If they get too soft, just cook them!

•  Store sliced hot peppers and cucumbers in a jar of vinegar in the fridge for several weeks.. Rub butter on the cut parts of hard cheeses to prevent them from drying out.

• . Roast slices or chunks of about-to-go-bad beets and tomatoes, then store them in olive oil in the fridge, where they’ll keep for about a week.