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How to keep your produce fresh for as long as possible

Yahoo Canada Style

26 July 2016 at 2:05 pm

Green Onions/Scallions

Storage time: 1-3 weeks. Arguably one of the coolest veggies to store, you can save yourself 70 cents at the checkout by regrowing your green onions without the need for potting soil or any semblance of a green thumb. Place the onions in a jar or glass, root-side down, and fill with water to cover the white roots. Store the jar near the window, change the water every couple of days, and voila: you can cut, eat and regrow these beauties at least a couple of times before they start to lose their flavour. As an added benefit, you’ll have a new houseplant of sorts. If making an onion profit isn’t your priority, you can store your green onions by wrapping them in a damp paper towel and storing them in either a loose plastic bag or container in your fridge. If your onions are starting to look limp and lifeless, give them an icy bath to shock them back to their former firm build. (Photo: Getty)

Whether you’re a regular at the farmer’s market, tend to your own garden, or pick your fruit and veggies from the heaping piles at the grocery store, there’s generally no shortage of fresh food in the summer.

And we’ve all been seduced by heaps of plump fruit or juicy tomatoes, only to bring our loot home and discover we’ll need to invite the entire neighbourhood over for dinner—or a tomato fight, depending on how we feel about our neighbours—to avoid food waste.

But with the following food storage tips, you can reap the benefits of over-shopping without having to toss past-their-prime fruits or veggies.

Take a look at the best way to store your produce to keep it fresh for as long as possible.

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