We're starting out with the vegetables, carrots, you know, they dry out and go bad fast, but there's *** way to make your carrots last for 3 to 4 weeks, maybe even longer. So you see this little part on top, sometimes it's green. Sometimes it's like this. Yeah, you're gonna wanna cut this off. Here's why this little root right here. It's actually sucking all the nutrients out of the carrot. So as soon as you get the car carrots, you wanna slice that off. Ok, then carrots do really well in moisture. So get, get *** piece of tupperware like this, fill it. I fill this halfway with water, put the carrots inside like this, seal it up. Keep it in your fridge. Mine's pretty packed. Keep it in your fridge. And those carrots are gonna stay, save you *** trip, the grocery store once or twice next up, lettuce wilt and goes bad within days. But you can get 1 to 2 weeks out of them with this hack. Here's the deal. What makes salad go bad? Is the moisture getting into it and making the, the leaves brown. So take *** paper towel like that. Ok. Put it down at the bottom of *** bowl or Tupperware like this, then dump in the salad, then take *** little bit of salt just *** little bit, just *** little pinch of salt like that. That's gonna suck the moisture out. Take another paper towel, put it right on top. This is gonna absorb all the moisture put into your fridge. This is gonna last *** while. Ok, let's move on to fruits. Berries go bad within days until you do this. Normally I just buy these from the store, throw them in the fridge. Hope for the best. But there are actually *** couple of things you should do according to these hacks. OK? The first is take *** look at your berries. You see this one right here. It's kind of moldy. It's kind of gross already, right? That can infect the other ones ever hear about *** rotten apple infecting the other apples. It's sort of the same with berries. So get rid of the berries that are over ripe or moldy, right? OK. I have three cups of water in *** bowl, three cups of water. And then I want you to take one cup of distilled white vinegar. I'm gonna eyeball it. It's about *** cup. OK? Get that together, then toss your berries in this and you're gonna wanna rinse them like this. And what you wanna do is let this just soak for five or 10 minutes, rinse them off. Pat them dry and put the berries in *** shallow piece of Tupperware with *** paper towel lining the bottle. Don't seal the lid too tight to let the moisture get out. But the biggest annoyance in my house, maybe yours. Brown bananas, bananas get real ripe real fast because of *** gas in them called Ethylene. *** lot of it. So here's what you wanna do to avoid this from happening really fast. When you get bananas from the store. I want you to just grab *** paper towel. This is really easy wet the paper towel, wrap it around the stem like this. You can literally just leave it on the counter like this or get *** rubber band. It's gonna prevent the gas from getting to the banana and it stays fresh longer. I'm gonna put *** whole list. You don't remember all this. I'm gonna put *** whole list on my website Rawson reports dot com. Back to you.
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Rossen Reports: This trick will keep your fruits & veggies lasting days (even weeks) longer
Chief National Consumer Correspondent
Buying groceries for the holidays is expensive and time-consuming. But there are all these viral hacks out there that claim to keep your fruits and vegetables lasting longer, so you don’t have to go to the grocery twice this week.CarrotsThere’s a way to make carrots last three to four weeks, or even longer. If they still have the leafy part on the top, chop that off because they pull the nutrients out of the roots. Carrots do best with moisture, so put them in a container filled with water, seal them tightly, and store them in the refrigerator.LettuceIt wilts and goes bad fast, but you can get two more weeks out of it. Whole heads of lettuce last longer in the refrigerator but if you’ve already chopped it up and you prepared too much, here’s how you store the lettuce. Take a paper towel and put it on the bottom of the bowl, then put the lettuce in. Sprinkle the leaves with a dash of salt and then put paper towel on the top before sealing it with plastic wrap or a lid. The salt draws out any extra moisture and the paper towel will absorb it. Moisture is what turns the leaves soggy and brown. Just make sure you’re replacing the towel when it becomes damp. OnionsThis one is strange but online reviewers swear by it. Onions need to breathe to last a long time. They absorb moisture pretty fast, so if you keep them in a Tupperware container or a zip-top plastic bag, they can start to spoil more quickly. Mesh-like material allows just enough air to reach the vegetable, which helps it stay fresh. Simply slip the onions into the nylons or pantyhose, tying a knot between each bulb. Store them in a dry place, not the refrigerator. BerriesUsually, we just toss the containers in the fridge but there’s a rinsing hack people swear by. First, go through the berries and throw out any that are already overripe or moldy. An overripe berry can speed up the ripening of the others. In a large bowl, mix together three cups of water and one cup of white vinegar. Soak for about five to 10 minutes. Drain and rinse them in water, then let them dry. Store the berries in a paper towel-lined, shallow container. If you use a lid, keep it slightly open to allow the release of excess moisture.BananasToo many brown bananas in the freezer? Keep your bananas lasting longer. They go ripe fast because they contain a high level of ethylene gas. Wrap the stem of the bananas with a wet paper towel to reduce the amount of ethylene they release. You can even tie it off with a rubber band to help the paper towel stayHow you store your produce can also affect how long it lasts. Some fruits and vegetables can’t be stored together because they force one another to spoil faster. Apples, bananas and tomatoes all produce that ethylene gas that helps them ripen. But that means they shouldn’t be stored next to grapes, avocados, lettuce, and cucumbers, which will go bad quickly.
Buying groceries for the holidays is expensive and time-consuming. But there are all these viral hacks out there that claim to keep your fruits and vegetables lasting longer, so you don’t have to go to the grocery twice this week.
Carrots
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There’s a way to make carrots last three to four weeks, or even longer. If they still have the leafy part on the top, chop that off because they pull the nutrients out of the roots. Carrots do best with moisture, so put them in a container filled with water, seal them tightly, and store them in the refrigerator.
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Lettuce
It wilts and goes bad fast, but you can get two more weeks out of it. Whole heads of lettuce last longer in the refrigerator but if you’ve already chopped it up and you prepared too much, here’s how you store the lettuce.
Take a paper towel and put it on the bottom of the bowl, then put the lettuce in. Sprinkle the leaves with a dash of salt and then put paper towel on the top before sealing it with plastic wrap or a lid. The salt draws out any extra moisture and the paper towel will absorb it. Moisture is what turns the leaves soggy and brown. Just make sure you’re replacing the towel when it becomes damp.
Onions
This one is strange but online reviewers swear by it. Onions need to breathe to last a long time. They absorb moisture pretty fast, so if you keep them in a Tupperware container or a zip-top plastic bag, they can start to spoil more quickly. Mesh-like material allows just enough air to reach the vegetable, which helps it stay fresh. Simply slip the onions into the nylons or pantyhose, tying a knot between each bulb. Store them in a dry place, not the refrigerator.
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Berries
Usually, we just toss the containers in the fridge but there’s a rinsing hack people swear by. First, go through the berries and throw out any that are already overripe or moldy. An overripe berry can speed up the ripening of the others. In a large bowl, mix together three cups of water and one cup of white vinegar. Soak for about five to 10 minutes. Drain and rinse them in water, then let them dry. Store the berries in a paper towel-lined, shallow container. If you use a lid, keep it slightly open to allow the release of excess moisture.
Bananas
Too many brown bananas in the freezer? Keep your bananas lasting longer. They go ripe fast because they contain a high level of ethylene gas. Wrap the stem of the bananas with a wet paper towel to reduce the amount of ethylene they release. You can even tie it off with a rubber band to help the paper towel stay
How you store your produce can also affect how long it lasts. Some fruits and vegetables can’t be stored together because they force one another to spoil faster. Apples, bananas and tomatoes all produce that ethylene gas that helps them ripen. But that means they shouldn’t be stored next to grapes, avocados, lettuce, and cucumbers, which will go bad quickly.
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