Martha Says...Tips For Keeping Your Veggies Fresh

Martha Says...Tips For Keeping Your Veggies Fresh

We can't all shop like the fashionable French ladies who stroll by the market every night on their way home. Between the kids calling, traffic jams and the significant other held up at a meeting, the majority of us find time to go grocery shopping once a week before the family wakes up.

In many cases, you end buying more than you need and spending more than you can afford. What's worse, you don't end up using all your perishable food and it goes bad - and brown - in the fridge. Here are some tips straight from Martha Stewart's daily television show on ABC for keeping your vegetables fresh for days:

Lettuce: To keep a head of lettuce crisp for days, Martha suggests taking the lettuce apart, washing it, and spinning it very dry. Wrap the lettuce in a paper towel and a place the bulk in a plastic bag in your refrigerator. If you're feeling ambitious and want to try to hang on to that head of lettuce a few extra days, Martha says to follow the above steps, but keep the head in tact.

Mushrooms: Mushrooms are water-base vegetables, so to ensure they go don't soggy and moldy in your fridge, Martha says to plae them on a plate with a paper towel on top of the plate. Never put the put mushrooms in plastic bags.

Potatoes: If you're potato starts to sprout, it's time for a new potato. But there are ways to keep your potatoes lasting longer. Martha says to keep potatoes in a dark, cool place to ensure some extra days. In fact, the same rule applies to onions, garlic and shallots. And of course, Miss Martha has a decorating tip to boot: placing the potatoes, onions, shallots and other out-of-the-fridge vegetables in a bowl in the kitchen not only reminds you cook the food, but it makes for a nice decoration.
good in the kitchen, too!