Tips: Food Storage Tips

• Store coffee in the freezer. It keeps the coffee fresh from the first to last cup. Put enough coffee into small snack size zip lock bags to make 8 cups, then store them in the freezer. It's a little extra work when you first do it, but saves time when you're in a hurry. Store the little bags in a larger bag. Just pop it out and you're ready to go in a few seconds without having to measure and count. When you're down to the last couple of bags you know it's time to buy more. FabulousFoods.com ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

• When cooking pasta or rice (brown, long grain or wild rice), cook extra. Freeze 1 cup servings in zip lock bags. It heats quickly in the microwave for quick meals FabulousFoods.com ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

• When roasting garlic for a recipe, do 10 or more heads at one time, cool, then squeeze out about 2 tablespoons purée at a time into snack size plastic zipper bags, says reader Nancy Mueller of Greenfield, Wisconsin. Place all the little bags into a larger one and freeze. Then you have recipe-ready roasted garlic on hand any time! Just be sure to label the bag because it resembles frozen mashed bananas! FabulousFoods.com ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

• To keep lettuce longer, wrap it in a damp cloth placed in a plastic bag in the refrigerator. FabulousFoods.com ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

• To revive marshmallows that have become hard, place them in a plastic bag with a couple slices of fresh bread. Seal the bag and after a few days the marshmallows will be as good as new. FabulousFoods.com ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

• Popcorn will keep longer if stored in the freezer. FabulousFoods.com ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

• Basil wilts quickly, but it perks up if set it in cool water for about 30 minutes. FabulousFoods.com ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

• Wrapping lettuce in a paper towel before putting plastic bag to store in the fridge. It helps to keep it fresh and from getting wilted and slimy as fast. FabulousFoods.com ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

• Place bananas in a plastic bag--colored grocery bags seem to work best. Place in the fridge, and the bananas will keep up to a week without ripening further or getting black. FabulousFoods.com ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

• Storing whole onions should not be done in plastic bags. Lack of air reduces the storage life. FabulousFoods.com ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

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