To save money on the shopping budget, nothing better than buy in large quantities.
It's definitely cheaper! Except when these foods end up rotting at the bottom of the fridge...
The problem with buying large quantities of vegetables is to eat everything quickly.
You have to finish everything before the vegetables rot at the bottom of the fridge.
Fortunately, you don't need to cure potatoes for weeks to sell your stock!
There are ingenious grandmother's tricks to preserve your food for a long time, without them getting damaged.
It is true that buying food in bulk has many advantages.
We avoid a certain number of round trips to the supermarket and it is often cheaper in the end.
Normally, the more the format increases, the more the prices per kilo fall.
Be careful, however, to check the price per kilo, because this is not always the case!
But if you find a good plan, it would be a shame not to take advantage of it!
And with our 33 tips, there's no risk of your products molding in the fridge or at the back of the cupboard. Watch:
It may sound weird... But it's not nearly as far-fetched as that!
The onions will last more than 8 months if you put them in pantyhose and hang them up.
It's very easy:you put an onion in tights and then tie a knot.
You put on a second one and tie a knot and so on.
And then, it's rather original as a decoration, don't you think? Check out the trick here.
Above all do not mix potatoes, onions and apples.
Together, these fruits and vegetables will ripen and rot faster.
Why ? Because each releases gases containing plant hormones that can oxidize other fruits and vegetables.
If you put them all together, they spoil even faster.
It is better to keep them in different spaces, such as boxes well separated from each other, in a dry place.
At the market, you fell in love with strawberries, raspberries, currants galore... Then you put them in the fridge on your way home.
A few days later, when you want to taste them, what a horror!
Mold has developed on your red fruits.
To prevent this incident from happening again, simply put in a basin 1 measure of white vinegar for 10 measures of water.
Dip your fruit into it. Dry them gently and put them in the fridge. Your fruit will be preserved from mold longer. Check out the trick here.
If you ever notice that traces of mold are starting to grow in your fruit tray in the fridge, do the same.
The mold will disappear.
Good news ! Honey does not rot. Never. It is rot-proof .
It is for this reason that well-preserved jars of honey have been found in the Egyptian pyramids.
So, no need to put your honey in the fridge.
In fact, you can store it wherever you want as long as you close your jar tightly.
And if you make candied fruits with honey, they will keep for a very long time! Logic…
Milk keeps longer than you think.
It all depends on whether it is fresh milk or not. Please note that an open bottle of fresh milk will keep for 2 days in the fridge.
An opened bottle of UHT milk can be kept in the fridgefor up to 7 days .
Before consuming your milk, check that it has not soured. If so, there are plenty of tricks for using sour milk.
If you have an open bottle of milk and you don't know what to do with it, you can always freeze it.
Also discover: How Long Can Food Be Stored? The Illustrated Guide.
Just like milk, egg yolks can be frozen .
To do this, mix the egg yolks with a little salt in a bowl.
Transfer them to a freezer bag. And hop, in the freezer!
All you have to do is take what you need for your recipes.
Practical, right? Check out the trick here.
And if you're looking for the best way to keep your eggs longer, this is it!
Open cans of tomato sauce that go moldy in the fridge, you know?
Normal, we open a box or a jar of tomato sauce, and it is rare to use everything at once.
The sauce base is quickly covered with a layer of mold.
Instead of racking your brains for a recipe to use up that leftover sauce, freeze it in a freezer bag .
You can even create portions that you can scoop out easily:just squeeze the air out by pressing the bag.
Then make marks with your fingers to delimit the portions:it works very well if the sauce is thick.
Lay the freezer bag flat in your freezer.
The next time you need tomato sauce, just cut out the amount you want!
I love buying bunches of fresh herbs:parsley, chives, etc.
The problem is, I never use all at once.
I just take a little to season my dishes and I put the bouquet back in the vegetable drawer.
And there, I forget it... My beautiful bunch of fresh parsley turns into a pile of disgusting rotten herbs.
You see what I mean ? Yuck…
Now I prefer to freeze the rest of the herbs I don't use. I wash them and cut them into small pieces.
I put them in the ice cube trays and cover with olive oil. This prevents the herbs from turning brown.
I can then take just a block of frozen herbs s to prepare my meal.
Very practical for always having fresh herbs! Check out the trick here.
Not entirely, but just the tip! Bananas tend to spoil quickly.
Afterwards, the children no longer want to eat them. To avoid this problem, simply separate the bananas each other.
Then wrap the end in plastic wrap.
It's simple and this trick allows you to keep your bananas for 4 more days. Check out the trick here.
So that your vegetables like celery, broccoli or cucumbers don't get soggy, just wrap themin aluminum foil .
They will stay firm and crisp for at least 4 weeks. Check out the trick here.
Did you buy too many vegetables? You don't think you can eat them all quickly?
And now the risk is that they end up rotting at the bottom of the crisper. Don't panic.
To be able to keep your vegetables for a very long time, here is a super practical trick.
Wash, peel your vegetables. Cut them into small pieces. Immerse them for a few minutes inboiling water .
Drain them well. And put them in a freezer bag. Head to the freezer .
Almost all vegetables keep very well this way.
When you're in a hurry, just whip out a bag and dump the contents into a pan or make a soup.
In addition, you save money, because you can buy your vegetables in larger quantities on the markets. Check out the trick here.
The problem with salad is that it wilts quickly in the fridge.
But with this trick, your salads will stay very fresh:no more rotten or yellowed leaves.
Just wrap your salad in sheets of paper towels.
This absorbs moisture and your salad stays green and crisp.
It also works for all leafy vegetables:Swiss chard, cabbage...
You can also keep a nice crisp salad for 1 week using this trick or this one.
You can store your ginger root in the fridge.
But chances are you don't use it every day.
To keep your ginger fresh, peel it and grate it .
Put everything in a closed jar in the freezer .
All you have to do is take a few pinches when you need it for your pastries or Asian dishes. Check out the trick here.
We think we are doing the right thing and we store the tomatoes in the fridge so that they keep longer.
And we are wrong! Because in the fridge, tomatoes spoil, wrinkle and become mealy.
Place them in an open container, stem side up, at room temperature.
Then cover them with Sopalin paper . Check out the trick here.
Yes, the 10 kg of apples you have just bought to take advantage of a promotion can keep for 6 months s.
Still need to know how. Just put them in a damp and cool place.
A cellar is ideal or in the bottom drawer of the fridge.
Check it regularly to sort out and remove damaged apples that could contaminate others.
Root vegetables, such as carrots, potatoes, turnips, but also onions and garlic, love sand!
To keep them for a long time without damaging them, put slightly damp sand in a bin.
Then bury your vegetables in it. They will be able to stay like this for whole months without any problem.
Remember to keep your bin full of sand and vegetables in the pantry or garage:sand can contain bacteria.
No need to bring them back to the kitchen. Check out the trick here.
Here you are with a large amount of minced meat? Ground meat does not keep for long, even in the fridge.
If you don't plan to cook everything right away, freeze it, but not just anyhow.
If you put your entire package of ground meat in the freezer, you'll be forced to use it all the next time you thaw it.
Or... throw away the rest!
Put it in a freezer bag instead.
With a pen or a stick, divide it into small parts as in the photo before placing it in the freezer.
So you can take only the amount you want.
Never refreeze a thawed product, especially meat.
The cold chain is broken, bacteria grow and you risk serious food poisoning.
Want to know how to defrost meat? Find out how here.
Your fresh cream, cottage cheese or cottage cheese will keep better if you put the jarsupside down in the fridge.
Why ? Because the whey will cover the bottom of the jar, thus limiting contact with the air as a protection.
The growth of bacteria will be less important. Awesome, isn't it?
Your grandmothers certainly used glass jars to preserve food.
Again, they were right! Food is much better preserved this way.
In addition, the jars are easier to wash than Tupperware. They do not damage or stain.
And bacteria cannot live there.
Not to mention the fact that glass is much healthier than plastic.
To discover: How to Clean Your Stained and Sticky Tupperware with Baking Soda.
You are certainly buying cheese in plastic packaging.
Have you noticed that if you don't eat it quickly, it tastes like plastic?
Not terrible…
So take it out of its packaging and put it in parchment paper or food paper.
To keep a pineapple fresh longer, remove all the leaves.
Turn your pineapple so that it is upside down .
This little trick allows the sugars to be well distributed inside the fruit.
It will only be better for it and will keep better. Check out the trick here.
Do you know what the temperature of your fridge is? Often it is 3°C.
But if you lower it to 2°C , your food will keep much better. Easy as a trick, isn't it?
To know precisely the temperature of your fridge, it is best to have a fridge thermometer, like this one.
You can keep your salad for 1 month! To do this, cut it into small pieces, wash it and wring it.
Then put it in a jar that closes in the fridge. It will stay fresh for 1 month. Check out the trick here.
Do you like onions and spring onions to enhance your salads? Do you buy plenty every time?
You can keep them 3 times longer by putting the root in water.
And you can even regrow them afterwards. Find out how to do it here.
You can very well store a cake at room temperature for a few days.
If you put it in the fridge, it will probably last a few weeks.
In the freezer, you can keep it for a few months.
But the problem is that if your cake is cut, the part in contact with the air will go stale.
Fortunately, all you have to do is place slices of white bread on the exposed part so that your cake retains all its moistness.
You can hold them together with toothpicks. And if your cake is not started, discover the trick here to keep its softness for a long time.
We often buy too much bread. It's a shame to let it go stale, isn't it?
To prevent your extra bread from hardening, put the excess in the freezer .
When you're out of bread, you'll be happy to have some in the freezer! Discover the trick.
Have you started a good bottle?
It would be a shame to throw away a half-full bottle because you can't put the cap back on it.
With this trick, you will no longer need to throw away leftover wine or champagne.
Just boil your cork to soften it. Discover the trick.
If you buy a lot of pears at once, put them on a sheet of newspaper.
They will keep longer. It also works for apples. Check out the trick here.
How to store your garlic for many months without it sprouting?
The solution is to put it in perforated paper bags . Check out the trick here.
And it also works for onions and shallots!
Did you buy macaroons? Yum ! At the price it is, it would be a shame to let them harden.
The best way to store macaroons, homemade or not, is to put them in an airtight box in the fridge. Check out the trick here.
I always had the habit of buying a lot of lemons at the same time. But in the pile, there was always one that was moldy.
But now I know how to do it:I immerse them in fresh water . Check out the trick here.
The mold that develops in the open jar of jam is a classic. Well, not anymore.
Because you just have to put the pot upside down to avoid this little problem. Check out the trick here.
A lot of times when you're cooking, you don't need whole lemon juice.
To avoid throwing away the surplus, consider freezing leftovers in an ice cube tray. You can use it whenever you want! Check out the trick here.
