Did you know that you shouldn’t keep all your fruits and vegetables in the fridge? I knew that bananas were kept on the counter, but I didn’t know that nectarines, plums and tomatoes shouldn’t be refrigerated either.
Other fruits and vegetables shouldn’t be stored together in your fridge. That’s why you have two crispers. Apples, apricots and cantaloupes emit a large volume of ethylene gas as they ripen. They shouldn’t be stored with your broccoli and brussel sprouts.
To absorb the ethylene gas and slow the ripening process, keep Crisper Fresh-N pouches in your crispers and in your fruit bowl on the counter. The zeolite inside the Crisper Fresh-N pouch traps the ethylene gas removing it from the fruit, allowing your fruits and vegetables to stay crisper and firmer for longer.
For a printable chart of which fruits and vegetables to store where, click here.
Our local radio station has a report each day by the “Queen of Green” from the Suzuki Foundation. Lindsay Coulter is the Queen of Green and she has some great tips on greening your environment.
