Good tips. I buy mostly organic fruits and vegs and these tend to go off faster. I store soft fruits like plums and grapes in the fridge on a plate, they keep for longer. Just remember to bring them to room temperature before eating. Also, potatoes stored in a paper bag in the fridge do not sprout so much. I also use the towel (but a tea towel, not a paper one) at the bottom of the crisper drawers, it works very well.
For fruits that have a short season, freezing is a great way of enjoying them for longer. Just remember to freeze them on a single layer (eg on a tray) and put them in a bag once frozen.
Berries freeze very well, as does pineapple. When you cut it open, freeze the rest in chunks: defrost before eating or blitz while frozen in a smoothie.
bananas freeze well for smoothies or banana bread, melon also freezes well just remove the skin and pips. Fruits with stones freeze well for smoothies or sorbets once the stones have been removed.
Tuesday 22 September, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Good tips. I buy mostly organic fruits and vegs and these tend to go off faster. I store soft fruits like plums and grapes in the fridge on a plate, they keep for longer. Just remember to bring them to room temperature before eating. Also, potatoes stored in a paper bag in the fridge do not sprout so much. I also use the towel (but a tea towel, not a paper one) at the bottom of the crisper drawers, it works very well.
For fruits that have a short season, freezing is a great way of enjoying them for longer. Just remember to freeze them on a single layer (eg on a tray) and put them in a bag once frozen.
Tuesday 22 September, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Berries freeze very well, as does pineapple. When you cut it open, freeze the rest in chunks: defrost before eating or blitz while frozen in a smoothie.
Tuesday 22 September, 2009 at 12:55 pm
I didn’t know you can freeze fruit with the exception of berries, that’s handy to know. What sort of fruit?
Tuesday 22 September, 2009 at 2:02 pm
bananas freeze well for smoothies or banana bread, melon also freezes well just remove the skin and pips. Fruits with stones freeze well for smoothies or sorbets once the stones have been removed.
Wednesday 23 September, 2009 at 9:11 am
Do you peel the banana to freeze? Or just bung in the freezer? That would be handy to know – we always have either loads or no bananas!
Wednesday 23 September, 2009 at 9:21 am
wrap banana , skin and all in tin foil and bung into freezero