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- Freeze whole strawberries, peach
and banana slices on a cookie sheet. Once frozen, store in a
plastic zipper bag in the freezer. Great for use in beverages
such as fruit smoothies.
- You'll get superb flavor as
well as protection from discoloration if you sprinkle avocado
with fresh lime juice instead of lemon juice.
- To ripen green pears, place
2 or 3 in a brown bag, loosely closed, and store at room temperature
out of direct sunlight.
- To ripen a tomato fast, put
it with an apple in a perforated bag or a covered bowl. The apple
gives off ethylene gas that speeds the ripening process.
- Dip fresh strawberries into
sour cream or plain yogurt and roll in strawberry-flavored gelatin
crystals for a quick treat.
- To keep cut apple slices from
turning brown, sprinkle them with a little lemon juice or other
citrus fruit. Great idea for kid's school lunches!
- Don't refrigerate those tomatoes
you just purchased at the local market! Instead, store them stem-side
down in a basket or bowl on your kitchen counter or table and
they will continue to ripen, improving their flavor and texture.
Refrigerate after desired ripeness is reached.
- Don't squeeze fresh tomatoes
to remove the seeds because it makes them mushy. Instead, scoop
the seeds out with a teaspoon or very clean fingers!
- To keep cauliflower snowy as
it cooks, add 2 tablespoons lemon juice or white vinegar to the
cooking water.
- As a rule, flat-leafed parsley
is best for cooking. Curly-leaf parsley is best for garnishing.
- When boiling corn on the cob,
add a pinch of sugar to help bring out the corn's natural sweetness!
(Remember not to overcook, which can toughen the kernels. About
3 minutes is all it takes.)
- To quickly and easily remove
the core from iceburg lettuce, firmly smack lettuce core-side
down on the kitchen counter top and simply twist the core out!
- Find a good buy on sweet or
bell peppers, then find you don't have the time to prepare them
before they go "bad"? Don't let them go to waste. Seed
and chop those peppers and toss them in a freezer bag. Next time
a recipe calls for chopped bell pepper, just grab what you need
out of the bag.
- When purchasing fresh mushrooms,
always use a brown paper bag to hold them instead of a plastic
bag. Store unwashed mushrooms in the paper bag in your refrigerator's
vegetable drawer. They will retain freshness twice as long than
if stored in a plastic bag.
- Add a half a rib of celery when
cooking cabbage to help eliminate the odor.
- To keep potatoes from budding,
place an apple in the bag with the potatoes.
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