Diane Epps from medway said:
I keep all poultry bones in the freezer until I have sufficient then make stock. All vegetables which are getting... More
Storage & Tools
Fridge Tips
Keep the fridge at a cool 1 - 5 degrees and chilled food will stay fresh for longer. Our most perishable (and often most expensive) food is kept in the fridge, so keep tabs on their use-by dates - the freezer may be the option for food we won't get round to eating in time.
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Stay fresh salad
If you have leftover salad, cover with a damp piece of kitchen paper before covering with cling film or putting in a sealed container. This REALLY prolongs the life of the salad leaves. This also works well with salad bags, which when left in the bag tend sweat and go limp/brown very quickly.
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What did I do with that bit of onion? (and similar questions)
One of the best things I ever did to cut down our food waste was to put a plastic shoe bin in my fridge. I put in it the 2 pieces of cooked asparagus, the 4 slices of cooked roast, the odd bits and pieces, and yes, the chunk of unchopped onion, or the extra bits of chopped onion too, all in small containers. When I'm cooking, it takes just a second to look in the box for the odd bits that were left over to see what I can use in whatever I'm cooking now. It took a little while to get used to looking in the box at first, but it has cut down our food waste a good deal.
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Keeping coriander fresh
Instead of putting your coriander in the veg crisper drawer, half fill an old coffee jar with cold water, put in the coriander and cover with a (recycled!) plastic bag held with an elastic band. Keep in the door of your fridge, change the water every few days and it will keep well.
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Keeping Peppers Fresh
Store peppers in the fridge in a loosely tied plastic bag, for freshness and quality
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Lemon Fresh
Keep lemons in the fridge, in a loosely tied plastic bag, for freshness. Bring to room temperature for taste.
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emergency cold storage
when my bargain conscious husband turned up on Christmas eve with arms full of reduced items, I was reduced to keeping some food in the CAR in the drive.....Vegetables,eggs, drinks etc were fine!
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Stay-fresh carrots
When I buy carrots from my greengrocer I alway clean them immediately, wrap them and put them in the fridge. This is especially important in the summer months when fresh vegetables go off quickly if you store them in a cupboard or basket.
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Fresh and Firm Oranges
Oranges stay fresh and firm for even longer in the fridge if kept in a loosely tied plastic bag.
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Fridge Odour Eater
To keep the fridge smelling sweet, put in the fridge half a tub of bi-carbonate of soda salts that are past their 'best before date' - no need for an extra container and no wasting the bicarb!
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Cooling Stock
Chicken stock can take a long time to be cool enough to go into the fridge. In winter I place the stock pan outside the back door to let it cool down over night before giving it a last blast in the morning and decanting it to the fridge or freezer. This means it can be on a very low simmer right up until I go to bed!
