Thank you for this! Canadians are also a world leader in... Garbage production 😔🗑️ Please can you do a zero waste or waste reduction (refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, rot) video?
Great tips! I use a dish towel in the bottom of my crisper; it keeps veggies longer and not as wasteful as paper towels -change it out and throw it in the laundry
Bring back “Home Economics” as part of environmental courses. Yes, more videos on food storage. I learned valuable tips today that I should have learned as a teen. Celery is my #1 food waste no more. I’ll be repackaging mushrooms to remain fresh longer. I have a large crock pot. I don’t clean it. My partner does and he would love some tips.
I learned valuable tips. What kind of crock pot do you have? I have the green one and it is 47 years old and I does not work well anymore. Would love to make good dinner with less time.
I agree we should bring it back and it should be a required course, but I think it should be changed to be called "Life Skills" instead of "Home Economics". There's a lot less baggage with the term "Life Skills" and everyone needs em.
Celery also lasts a very long time in the fridge when you wrap it in tin foil. It is easier for me to store mine flat, instead of standing, so wrapping g it in tin foil gives me long storage that works better for me.
My mom was a "home ec" teacher for years, and she said in the 80s she taught a course called "bachelor survival" - cooking, cleaning, mending, budgeting... this is what we need, and "life skills" would be the bessst name!
Some more food saving tips: - you can freeze more things than you think. As long as it's not leafy greens or fruits/vegetables that you don't want to be mushy, you can most likely freeze it w/o changing the texture of flavor too much. I freeze cartons of milk, sticks of butter, hand grated cheese, and even cooked rice! Just don't leave them in there for too long or they'll start to absorb the flavor of the freezer, and let them thaw in the fridge overnight, preferably on paper towels bc they let off a lot of condensation. - Learn how to pickle and ferment! Pickling is probably the easiest thing in the world once you get the basics of it, and can be used to prolong essentially any vegetable and even some fruits. Fermentation is a bit more complicated and requires a bit more research, but can definitely save you a lot of money considering how inexpensive it is to do, and how much longer the food lasts. Plus it's tasty! - "best used before" does not equal "bad after". Use your nose and eyes and only throw away food that is actually spoiled!! - Vegetable scraps that can't be eaten, you can just freeze and use for homemade stock! Just don't use "smelly" vegetables like broccoli and cabbage bc your house will smell like farts and you stock will be bitter lol. Also perfect for the instant pot or a slow cooker if you have one.
I also don’t mind freezing foods like leafy greens, onions, and celery because I put leafy greens in my smoothies and I pretty much use onions and celery for soups or generally dishes where the texture would change anyway!! When we started budgeting better and wasting less, I got a bit creative with my freezing😂😂
@@chuckmcmicheal4999 Botulism is a spore from a mold that was not killed in the preservation process - for instance, not heated enough for long enough - as in canning meat at home and not reaching the temps or time necessary. It is incredibly rare there are dozens of cases per year in the US - it's much more likely that someone will die on a car crash or by heart disease than by botulism. I don't think it's worth trowing good food in the trash for fear of a "lightning strike".
antiantipoda u can go on what u think, but im going on what i know. My grandmother told me ti be real careful w leftovers n il never forget when someone she knew died that way. They way we delt w left overs completely changed everything we used to do w food b4 they died.
For strawberries and blueberries only wash what you are going to consume. When the water touches the fruit and you then store it, the water will make them get "soggy" and turn bad sooner.
Green onions will grow back if you just eat the green part and put the root end in some water (changing it as necessary). You can also plant them. They'll grow back several times and you won't have to buy them so often. You can also do something similar with celery. If you have access to a farmer's market, buy your fruits and vegetables there. They last WAY longer than the same stuff at the grocery store. Granted, you'll only be getting what's in season, but that's the best time to eat those fruits and vegetables anyway! Also, if your vegetables get frozen accidentally, they're still good for cooking with. Try making a stock/soup with them or (my favorite way) roast them. They taste exactly the same as if you had used non-frozen veggies.
Yeah, buy what's in season and from your region! Strawberries in winter? Do you know where they com from, how much carbon dioxide their transportation causes and that they are exposed to radioactive radiation so they get to you in this condition??? That's not healthy at all!
To keep fruits and veggies longer... when you get home from store, take them out of the store packaging. Fill a stainless steel or glass bowl with water and vinegar. Soak awhile, then rinse, and spread out in a white dishcloth until almost dry. Then put in ziplock bags, squeezing out as much air as possible. This REALLY works great with berries. Also, I put a piece of paper towel in the zip lock bag with them. I only do one type of fruit/veggie in the bowl at a time, and change water with each kind. Also works great with spinach.
I'm another person who has trouble with avocados and so don't have them very much at all. Now I can try out your handy tips so I can start buying them again. Thanks. I enjoy these types of posts as I am certainly guilty of mass food wastage and need whatever help you can give is greatly appreciated.
Good tips! I love these kind of vids. One of my tips is to remove cardboard packaging from food before storing in the fridge. Mold loves cardboard and other paper. Be careful when putting paper towel in your crisper drawer!!
My mom bought me my own mushroom farm for Christmas. I am currently growing some blue oyster mushrooms. It’s such a neat process. I can’t wait to taste them! I wish I could attach a picture to show you!
I love this video and would love to see more like this. I have an instant pot, please make a video explaining how to clean each part. Thank you Melissa. You are an inspiration!
I love mushrooms and I would appreciate an Instant Pot cleaning video. When it comes to avocados, sometimes I find tiny ones really cheap .49 each. I buy up lots of green ones and keep them in the fridge. I pull out a couple every few days to ripen.
Love the tips, mushrooms 🍄 and the sign in the background “Holy Shiitake”! ❤️🤣 another tip for berries about to go bad, freeze them- Will be great later in smoothies; too many brown bananas - freeze to later make great banana muffins/bread; green beans or broccoli- blanch and then freeze! hope you feel better soon!!
I always hate myself for wasting food :/ I've gotten better through the years as I made it a priority to just buy what we need and plan out the meals for at least a week in advance! Have a long way to go, but I'm always proud when our fridge and cupboards are completely empty on grocery day :)
I knew a lot of these!! But thank you so much for the mushroom tip. I love those little fungis!!! And had no clue how to keep them from sliming!! Another hack for getting those cados ripe-- if you don't have a banana handy. Is also a brown paper sack. Learned this from my produce guy at fresh market.
I store most produce in mason jars in my fridge, I also put a paper towel in the bottom of hat to absorb moisture. Strawberries last a week in mason jars, sometimes 2 weeks. 💜
Yes I have an instant pot and would love to see a video on how to properly clean it. Major bonus points if you can tell us how to get rid of the smell of the sealing ring!!
Yes. More food related video’s. Additional tip I have found: when storing berry fruits in the fridge in those clamshell storage containers if you store them upside down on their lids the berry’s stay fresh often twice as long as storing upright. The only reason I have found is there is more airflow to the contents as the vent holes are at the top when storing on the lid.
One tip to the asparagus since I have worked in the produce dept for years now. Make sure to cut the dry bottom of the asparagus before putting it into water. It will make it healthier and last longer.
LOVE mushrooms! Thanks for that storage tip on them. I just got an instant pot for Christmas, YES, please show us how to clean. They are very different from the old school pressure cookers I grew up with.
I'm not sure about the others -- but in the old days, root vegetables like potatoes used to be stored in clean sand in the root cellar. In a large container, you'd put down a layer of sand, then some potatoes spaced out, then more sand, etc. Then over time, you'd dig down through the sand to pick out the potatoes and use them as needed. If you bought a big sack of potatoes, this might be a way to keep them from going bad before you could get through all of them.
@@LaundryFaerie That is really interesting. This should be easy enough to implement in any pantry. Heck, you can use a 3 gallon bucket easily to keep it dark and the sand keeps it dry.
I love mushrooms!!! I have enjoyed my instant pot and would love to see how to clean it. I totally agree about the avocado, it is a diva of the vegetables. Great video! Hope you get better soon.
Yes to the instant pot cleaning and to more of these food videos! I have an instant pot and love it. The problem I find is when I try to make a hotdish in there, it always says burn regardless of how much water or liquid I have in there.Thanks!
Another food storage tip I’ve found: A big reason milk goes bad is due to the airspace in the container. When the container is filled to the top and minimal air space the milk lasts easily 7 days past the expiration date. When I purchase a gallon I pour it out of the jug into smaller glass containers and fill the to the top with minimal airspace. This means I’m only opening/using one container while the others are stored unopened. I just used milk that was 9 days past the expiration and it was fine.
Please post an Instant Pot video and include some of your favorite food saving IP recipes in the video! Also, would love to know what the best way to store celery and carrots after you have "prepped" them for eating.
I'm definitely on team mushroom lover. I was born and raised in the pacific northwest where mushrooms grow like wildflowers. Many folks go mushroom hunting here, but i like to pick mine up from the farmer's market. My favorite is Chicken of The Woods-- so good as a vegetarian chicken substitute!! Chanterelles are a close second :)
Cutting of the ends of the asparagus before putting in water works best and put a tent of a plastic bag over them. I have kept it for a couple of weeks this way. Thanks for your videos!!!
I aem Instant Pot obsessed. My collection for now is an 8,6 and3 quart. It is just my husband and I but I use at least one or two of them every day. We are whole food, plant based vegans. The instant pots help me to batch cook and always have delicious food ready. Would love to see some instant pot dishes that don't include animal products. Love your channel!!!
