Tag Archives: Storage Tips

Berries are delicious. They’re also fragile, fickle, little pricks. Really the best advice I can give you on this one is to eat em up, quick like. Alternately, go ahead and freeze them or turn them into a righteous compote that you can pour over everything: pancakes, ice cream, styrofoam packing peanuts, etc… But because we all like toContinue reading “Storage Tips: Tender Little Berries”

(My grandfather adds an r into words like squash and wash. I can’t for the life of me figure out why.) The cool thing about writing this is I get to troubleshoot issues I’m having and then pass the info along. For instance, my cucumbers from last week are looking a little…. well…let’s just sayContinue reading “Storage Tips: Cukes, Zukes and Squarshes”

Caroline and Anthony’s Chalkboard This idea comes from Core Group members Caroline and Anthony and is a great way to help you manage your share and plan meals for the week. Keep a chalkboard or dry erase board in the kitchen on which you write down your weekly share. You can then write down menuContinue reading “Storage Tips: Meal Planning”

Composting for the Erudite* Urbanite   Composting. It’s great, right? Use something from the earth, allow it to return to it and start the whole cycle all over again. Hakuna Matata. That’s all fine and good when, say, you can have a big ol’ heaping pile of rotting foodstuffs out behind the ol’ barn or something,Continue reading “Storage Tips: Compost”

People for the Ethical Treatment of Tomatoes OR “Good God, why are you still keeping them in the fridge?” So Tomato season is about to be upon us. I don’t know about ya’ll, but a fresh summertime tomato is pretty much my raison d’etre. Everything else is me just waiting around to die. …Hm…. ThatContinue reading “Storage Tips: Tomatoes”

How you keeping up with all those greens? Drowning in salad yet? If so, then perhaps consider this idea, which can be found on nearly every blog that has the word “Mommy” in the title: Make a whole set of these on Tuesday evenings and set them in the fridge. Every morning grab a takieContinue reading “Storage Tips: Mason Jar Salads”

By giving us small potted plants as opposed to pre-cut herbs, Farmer Ted, in his infinite wisdom, is giving us a gift that keeps on giving. All you have to do is keep it alive.  YOU: “But potted herbs? I can’t grow things! What am I supposed to do with these?” ME: “There’s a lot toContinue reading “Storage Tips: Growing Herbs”

Give Those Roots a Buzz Cut And no, I’m not suggesting you shave ?uestlove… What You’ll Need: Some plastic ziplock bags, a sealable tupperware, or some of those green bags they sell on TV Some paper or cloth towels. A knife or kitchen shears Radishes, Beets, Turnips, Carrots, etc… with their greens still intact Directions IContinue reading “Storage Tips: Radishes, Beets, Carrots & More”

Bag them Greens, ya’ll! Fresh, early season greens totally rule… that is, until they start looking like that gross lady in the bathtub from The Shining. Here’s how you avoid that. What You’ll Need: Some plastic ziplock bags, a sealable tupperware, or some of those green bags they sell on TV…if that’s how you roll. Some paperContinue reading “Storage Tips: Greens”