Do you end up asking, “The place ought to I retailer these dehydrated crackers?” or “Can I freeze this uncooked soup?” Good questions! In any case, you wish to maintain your valuable uncooked elements & recipes as recent as doable, proper?
On this submit, I’ll focus on finest practices for the storage of complete uncooked meals and ready uncooked dishes, together with storage location and kinds of containers.
Not Storage Materials!
Don’t retailer your oh-so-yummy inexperienced smoothie within the fridge. You’ve got in all probability discovered this the onerous approach! Smoothies are finest loved straight out of the blender. If saved within the fridge, smoothies lose taste and texture (consistency). An enormous ugh to saved smoothies!
Similar with uncooked soups. Do not retailer your leftover tomato soup within the blender within the fridge (a double fake pas!).
In the case of storing salad, do not retailer leafy greens with dressing already on board. They only aren’t glad if you try this! Retailer your fave dressing in a separate container out of your salad to keep away from sogginess.
Retailer your ready greens in particular person containers. Every veggie has a distinct storage time. Shredded carrots will not final so long as chopped broccoli, for instance. Plus you need your flavors to remain true, proper? So retailer your veggies individually!
The place & For How lengthy?
Ready recipes:
Pates & nut-based spreads/dressings: Savory recipes like Walnut Pate and Alfredo Sauce will retailer effectively within the fridge (3 days).
Dehydrated savory recipes: Retailer within the freezer! In the event you maintain dehydrated objects within the fridge, they’ll take in moisture and go smooth. Yuck! So retailer within the freezer! Toss your dehydrated goodies (like dehydrated burgers, crackers and pizza crust) in ziploc luggage and freeze. Eat proper out of the freezer or let sit on counter for 5-10 minutes.
Or you’ll be able to even toss them within the dehydrator, simply lengthy sufficient to heat them up and take any additional moisture out. Dehydrated crackers retain their consistency and taste extraordinarily effectively. I like to recommend letting them cool off after dehydrating, then placing them straight into the freezer. Any nut-heavy dehydrated savory recipe will maintain effectively within the freezer. Not the fridge!
Two weeks is my most freezing time for something, however that is simply me.
Desserts: Most of my uncooked dessert recipes are saved within the freezer (if it says to retailer in freezer, then be sure you do!).
It is a necessity for these recipes resulting from their elements (like coconut oil). Fruit-based desserts (like pies) retailer finest within the freezer, because the filling will leak into the crust and go all smooshy. I maintain my desserts as much as 2 weeks in freezer, in the event that they final that lengthy!
Nonetheless, recipes like brownies and truffles retailer effectively within the fridge for as much as per week. They retailer within the freezer equally effectively. Frozen brownies style sooo good!
Uncooked meals elements:
Here is somewhat trick I discovered: retailer your fruits and veggies on the highest shelf! This is not a lot about storage as it’s about “visibility.” If you open your fridge, instantly your eyes will probably be drawn to your wholesome uncooked meals objects. It is a psychological factor, and it really works (for me, at any charge!).
Nonetheless, I do desire my fruits at room temperature, not chilly. So whereas I maintain these things within the fridge, each day I put those I am going eat on a plate on the counter. It is a great way to maintain observe of how a lot I am consuming in addition to rotating out the older objects.
Onions and root veggies: Retailer in a darkish cool location.
Nuts & issues: Ideally within the fridge or freezer, so the oils within the nuts do not go off. Nonetheless, I retailer my nuts, together with seeds (chia, flax, and so on) and dried fruits within the pantry, grouped collectively by kind in order that they’re straightforward to search out. I additionally group collectively my ‘moist’ objects like honey, olive & coconut oils within the pantry, as effectively.
Containers
I prefer to retailer liquid-y objects in glass mason jars. Glass is nice for not leaching flavors or oils or colour from the merchandise (like from sun-dried tomatoes in oil). Glass pyrex bowls with rubber lids (or good previous cling wrap!) additionally work effectively.
Tupperware is nice, together with ziploc luggage for goodies like cookies and crackers.
Ideally, retailer your meals objects in containers that supply visibility (sure, once more with the visibility!). You need to have the ability to see what is going on on inside!
Questions, Anybody?
I hope this has answered a few of your uncooked meals storage questions! Please do be at liberty to share your favourite storage suggestions and experiences!
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