6 Ways To Store Food In Your Kitchen

Although it is best to prepare fresh food, sometimes we have to prepare stored food, especially if we like to eat some kinds of food that are out of season, like strawberries in December. With deep freezers and all the technology we have, nothing is impossible.

The most important thing is that we store food properly to keep its best taste and look, to keep its delicious aromas, and to provide the minimum waste. You have to properly organize your kitchen, fridge, and other storage to get the most out of it. You want to keep food fresh and aromatic until the moment you are going to prepare it, so you have to organize everything the best you can, so here are some useful tips.

How to Store Your Vegetables

If you store vegetables in the refrigerator, you should know that you can store them without washing them if there is no dirt on them; this ensures they will not start to rot before use. You will wash them when you start preparing the meal. To store them, it would be best to wrap them in paper and then put them in plastic bags. Paper will prevent them from rotting, and the plastic bag will keep them from drying. Although some people recommend putting carrots and some other vegetables in jars with water, don’t do it because water dissolves the vitamins from them, especially vitamin C.

And instead of using plastic bags, your food will be just fine with reusable food wrap. Either you use baking paper which is very simple because you always have it in your kitchen, or you can use beeswax wraps or soy wax. They are hemp or cotton sheets that are dipped in a layer of beeswax or soy wax. They are very adaptable, easy to use, and eco-friendly.

The most important thing is that we store food properly to keep its best taste and look, to keep its delicious aromas, and to provide the minimum waste. You have to properly organize your kitchen, fridge, and other storage to get the most out of it.

If you need to store lettuce, put it in a plastic bag without washing it; then, it can last a day or two longer. If it is washed but not thoroughly dried, it is recommended to put a paper towel in the bag, so it absorbs the moisture, and when it gets dampened, remove it and put a new paper towel. Again, instead of a plastic bag, you can use one of those reusable food wraps. Tomatoes should be stored at room temperature instead of in a fridge to keep their taste and aroma and prevent them from becoming tasteless and pale. Vegetable crispers are containers or drawers in your fridge that will keep your vegetables, like asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, cucumbers, potatoes, peppers, sweet potatoes, etc., crispier for a longer time.

How to Store Fruit

Speaking of storing fruit, some of them should be kept on the countertop to ripen, like bananas, avocados, and pears. Banana stems should be wrapped in plastic wraps. Bananas should never go into a fridge, only at room temperature. Apples should be stored in a fridge to be crispier. We can use zip bags for strong fruit like apples, oranges, and pears. All kinds of berries should be placed in plastic containers with lids, and again it would be very good to put a paper towel in the container. And it would be even better to keep them covered with a paper towel, without a lid, because those are fruits that cannot be stored for more than two days unless we freeze them.

How to Store Fresh Herbs

We all love to use fresh herbs in our meals as well as dry ones. They need to be thoroughly washed and dried first. We can keep them with their stems in small containers or glasses with water. If we keep them in the fridge, they can last longer, and if we keep them on the counter, our kitchen will look nicer. It is important to cut off the part that was kept in water before use.

How to Store Cheese

Different kinds of cheeses require different kinds of storage. Creamy cheeses should be kept in containers with lids, and hard cheeses can be wrapped in baking paper or reusable food wraps. This is much better than putting them in plastic bags and containers, they do not dry easily, and they do not mold easily.

Fish and raw meat should be put in plastic bags labeled with the date and kind of meat. Stakes or burgers could be separated with sheets of reusable food wraps to make it easier to take as many as we need depending on how many people they will be prepared for.

How to Store Prepped Meals

Prepared meals are very important to be stored in containers with proper lids, so they do not spill. Another thing that is very important and it is labeling each container with the name of the meal and the date of preparation. This will help very much if we prepare meals for older people or our teenage kids. Containers should be square-shaped because they are easier to store and occupy less space.

How to Store Raw Fish and Meat

Fish and raw meat should be put in plastic bags labeled with the date and kind of meat. Stakes or burgers could be separated with sheets of reusable food wraps to make it easier to take as many as we need depending on how many people they will be prepared for.