I really liked today's article on Yahoo! concerning saving money on your groceries, so I though I'd share my favorites from their list of 14 things you can do.
1) Put paper towels at the bottom of your vegetable drawer in your refrigerator. It soaks up excess moisture which is what causes the veggies to rot.
2) If you use fresh herbs, store whole bunches (washed and sealed) in the freezer. They defrost immediately upon hitting the frying pan.
3) Don't separate bananas until you are ready to eat them. Apparently they spoil less quickly when bunched together.
4) To make sour cream last longer, flip the container upside down in the fridge. It createst a vacuum that inhibits bacteria growth!
5) Honey is nonperishable! Heat it in the microwave in short bursts to clear up the cloudyness and remove the crystals when it's aged.
6) If you're cooking with lemon juice and don't want to spoil an entire lemon, puncture the fruit with a metal skewer and squeeze out what you need from there.
7) If you’re unsure of an egg’s freshness, put it in a little bit of water. Fresh eggs sink; bad ones float.
Number 7 is my favorite! Check out the entire article here.
Cheers and happy Tuesday!
The herbs tip was awesome! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHa... funny that you should post about this. My sister emailed me the same article that I JUST got through reading. I liked #13 because I like to put water in my lemon.
ReplyDelete#14 was a neat trick too!