How To Keep Your Fruits & Veggies Fresh: Our Top 7 Food Storage Tips

Eating an all-organic, high-raw, plant-based, vegan diet will do wonders for your health, but keeping your produce fresh can be tricky. Knowing how to purchase, prep, wash, and store your fruits and veggies can ensure that you're getting the most bang for your buck, and getting the most nutrient-dense foods possible! Some items do best in the dark, some in the refrigerator, some in sealed containers, and some on the countertop. We're going to share with you our Top 7 Food Storage Tips that have helped us to find success on this lifestyle!

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[debbieb]

Great video! One more tip: add two tablespoons of white vinegar to a bowl of water. Dip all your berries and fruits in this then let them dry on a clean towel before putting into the fridge. It kills the bacteria that causes them to rot. They should last longer. You won’t taste the vinegar once they are dry.

[KellyC]

I soak all my fruits/veggies in a big bowl of vinegar+water. The berries last longer plus it removes pesticides and cleans the produce. Love your videos.

[kevleif]

I can feel the health trough my screen when you open your fridge😱

[mariakehr-raggay]

Thanks for this video! 😊 There are also ways to refresh wilted, shriveled veg - e.g. Put wilted leaves in a bowl of water, some ice cubes and couple hours in the fridge and they'll expand and be nice and crunchy again. The same for soft wrinkly root vegetables carrots, radishes etc. (no ice cubes needed). Carrots are also best stored in a jar with some water like the asparagus in the video. Also make sure to see if at least part of a fruit or vegetable can be saved.

[maryjoymath]

U are a true picture of a healthy family. Vegan family is doable, well done!🦋

[NicoleDeAngelis]

My lettuce I also keep in a plastic box in my fridge with paper towels in between layers. It can last over a week. I use a big box and keep kale and all leafy greens.

[bobbifarrell]

I ferment some foods or dehydrate them if I see them not looking so good. Then when I want to slow cook a roast, I put them into a crockpot with my fermented vegetables, herbs and it is delicious.

[rosedegraaf]

Just discovered your channel and love it! Almost five months of WFPB and trying to get healthy @ 63 years old. I wish I had started this year's earlier.💕

[timothygorsuch]

Berries do great if there rinced dried and diced in quarters then put back in container with several layers of paper towls! Then referigerate easy to grab and use!

[angelmitra]

so very helpful for college students who're towards the end of college and eating real food and want to start storing it (searched this video after I found molded figs)

[amandawelch]

Anothertip is you canstore leafy veggies with a papertowel between theleaves to absorb moisture after washing and they will last forever. Also blue apple is really helpful in absorbing co2!

[elizabethbrzek]

nuts go rancid. I keep all nuts and seeds, basically anything that contains oil, in the fridge. Also, somewhere I got the tip of putting a paper towel in the container of spinach to absorb the moisture. I take some out and shake the closed container for air to circulate before placing the paper towel on top and then close. Keeps so much longer.

[sandracarli]

If you wrap salads in some wet kitchen paper, they last longer. Kale can be washed and frozen in a bag without the stems. It crumbles easily when you take it out to use on salads or in smoothies.

[sheebareneefoofoo]

I can see you both look really healthy. I would love to go all natural..my health would improve..any meal plan videos???

[ALEX]

you guys look super healthy. You guys eat healthy. That is my dream one have a kitchen like yours, be super fit, happy, and healthy.

[amandawoodruff]

Unwashed berries in a mason jar in the fridge lengthens the life and keeps things like grapes more “crisp”. Lettuce 🥬 washed chopped and put in a reusable ziplock with a paper towel and then not sealed all the way keeps it and makes it easy to grab for salads too. The cilantro trick works for most of the other fresh herbs too. I keep my onions in the veggie drawer, makes you not cry while chopping. Nuts in mason jars and in the fridge too!

[lauraaqui]

If you wrap moist vegetables or veg with high water content, in tin foil, silver foil it will last and keep fresh two times longer, the foil keeps moisture in the veg stops it from escaping, try it

[feliciaf.]

Amazing video. I'm trying to eat more fruits and vegetables and I needed tips on storing. Thanks so much.

[welovelife]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!! Im starting to love fruits and veggies and Im planning to buy tomorrow. Im groceryholic so I might buy tons of fruits and veg and now I know what to do if I become a little tomorrow.

[xenagray]

Thank you so much for this video! It was very straight forward and so helpful. My husband and I are switching to a much healthier and eco-friendly lifestyle, very excited!