How to Refrigerate Fruits & Vegetables

Fruits and vegetables should be one large staple of everyone's diet to promote a healthier lifestyle. According to the FruitPages.com, fruits and vegetables stimulate memory, are inexpensive, a good source of fiber and will make your body feel better. To get the best out of your fruits and vegetables, you need to store them properly. Many people often believe simply putting fruits and vegetables in the refrigerator is the best way to keep them safe, but that's not completely true. They need to packaged in a certain way to keep their freshness and make them last longer.

Things You'll Need

• Plastic bags
• Small nail

Instructions

1. Purchase medium-sized plastic zip-close bags from your local grocery store.

2. Take a small nail and puncture holes throughout the plastic bag. Make approximately 20 holes throughout the bag for each medium-seized bag.

3. Separate your fruits and vegetables from both the bags and in the drawers. Fruit produces ethylene that can cause the vegetables to ruin and rot quickly. Have one bag for each different fruit and vegetable.

4. Keep the fruits in a separate produce drawer from the vegetables.

5. Use or consume the fruits and vegetables within three to five days for peak freshness and taste.

References

• The Fruit Pages: Why We Should Eat Fruit
• University of California: Post Harvest Technology