Tuesday Tips-Make life easier (and cheaper)!
Two tips for keeping produce fresh:
Throw a lemon in with the apples in your fruit bowl to keep them fresher longer.
Keep bananas separate from other fruit to prevent them from ripening too quickly.
If your fruit does ripen too quickly, click here to read some great ideas for what to do with over-ripe fruit.
How do you keep your produce fresh longer? Leave a comment. 
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When you buy any fruit eat ASAP!
If bananas ripen too quickly, I throw them in the freezer and make banana bread when I have time. Other fruits like pears and peaches can be sliced and frozen and used for smoothies or a fruit cobbler at a later date.
I do that with bananas too! Browning bananas seem to make better banana bread! And frozen bananas are my favorite way to thicken and sweeten a smoothie!
I have never heard the lemon with the apples trick! Do you know why it works?
I made a post a while back with tips for keeping produce fresh and using it when it’s not so fresh: http://purposelyfrugal.com/2011/08/13/keeping-produce-fresh-and-using-it-when-its-not-so-fresh/#.T43-sR1KLZQ
I am not sure why it works. We actually discovered it by accident when our apples lasted much longer than normal, so we tried it again. I should research the science behind it.
I have heard–but not tried yet–that keeping apples by potatoes prevents the potatoes from sprouting.
We rinse our strawberries with a little bit of vinegar in the water before putting them in the fridge – keeps the fuzzies away! My husband found that tip here: http://lifehacker.com/5888601/rinse-berries-in-a-vinegar-solution-to-keep-them-fresh-longer-and-mold+free
Thanks Kimberly.
Vinegar & water rinse also keeps the fuzzies away from grapes & other berries (blueberries, etc.).