Container for storing greenery

Fresh greenery should be available all year round on our table, so I would like to know how to extend the shelf life, because it withers so quickly. On sale there is a special container for storing greens, although you can do it yourself. In this article you will find interesting information on how to save vitamins in greenery and keep it beautiful and fresh.

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Why does the greens in the diet?

Why do we need to use fresh greens as often as possible? Some people think that its entire function is only to decorate salads for the holiday. But it has long been known that dill, parsley, green onions, lettuce, basil, spinach, celery and others are just a storehouse of vitamins, trace elements and essential oils. They give strength, saturate us with useful substances, rejuvenate and even help to fight excess weight.

Important! Once upon a time, on our expanses of greenery, we used only onions, dill, parsley, sorrel and nettle. And now we are available herbs-seasonings, which are popular in other countries: oregano, basil and thyme from Italy, marjoram and rosemary from France, coriander from Asia and others.

In summer it is easy to get these spices. They can be raised in the country or buy cheap on the market. When there are a lot of greenery and it costs a penny, few people think about extending the period of its storage. Withered - threw out - bought or snatched in the garden fresh. But from autumn to spring, even the price of unpretentious parsley with dill flies to the skies, not to mention some oregano or spinach.

Greens should be present in the daily diet, if we want to stay young and healthy for a long time. Therefore, the question of how to keep fresh fresh herbs is always relevant, except for summer. Below in the text you will find a lot of useful information and learn how to prepare for storage of grass, in which to store it and for how long.

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How long can you store greens?

Green leaves have well-developed leaves, but thin cover tissues. That is, it is juicy exactly until the moment it was cut. Then it catastrophically quickly loses its moisture reserves and withers. So do not buy greens "for sometime later", otherwise - it will not retain its freshness until the right moment. After cutting from the garden or purchase immediately take action - either immediately eat, or prepare it for storage. The storage times vary depending on the storage location( refrigerator or freezer).

Important! Just put in a glass with water a bunch of dill - not the best solution. Heat and sunlight will not only lead to a quick withering, but will also destroy the entire supply of vitamin C, which such herbs are so famous for.

Greens in the kitchen, of course, pleases the eye, but only when it grows in a pot on the windowsill.

In the fridge, the greens can be stored without sacrificing its usefulness for 1-2 weeks. Sometimes it persists even longer, but then its vitaminicity decreases:

• Store the vitamin beam preferably at a temperature of 0 to +10 degrees. The best place for this is the lower shelf of the refrigerator.
• In the freezer, under the right conditions, the preservation of greenery can be extended for a month, a maximum of two. Longer it does not cost, because again, it will lose its juiciness and useful properties. Optimal storage of greens in the top of the freezer or on the door.

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How to prepare the greens for storage?

Bring home a fragrant bunch of cilantro, salad or some other fresh herb, immediately begin to process it, do not delay it until later, otherwise the greens will quickly fade:

1. First, go through it and remove the spoiled and withered leaves, accidentally hit grass andother rubbish.
2. Trim the roots and strongly long stems to make the beam the same length.
3. Then decide - will you wash it. If you decide not to wash it, then wipe the leaves with a dry napkin or a clean cloth, and you can store the greens for storage. With this approach, you will rinse it immediately before use.

Important! Experience shows that unwashed greens are kept better and longer.

1. If you decide to lay green for storage clean, then rinse it in a deep bowl or basin. To do this, the cut and trimmed greens are placed in a basin with cold water, press down with a lid or a plate, so that all the leaves go under the water. Leave for an hour, then remove, rinse a little with running water, gently shake off excess moisture and spread on paper towels until completely dry.

Important! Just under the faucet all the dirt and sand will not wash off completely. Especially carefully dry the green onions, spinach and celery.

1. Now decide in what form you will store your greens. If there is a special container for storing green leaf, then pour water onto the bottom and place your parsley, cilantro or other herb into it.

Important! Many people like to keep the greens in the cut form. Then it will fit inside the container of a smaller volume, it will take up less space in the refrigerator, and it can be immediately thrown into the prepared food.

Now we'll figure out what is more convenient and reliable store our vitamin product.

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Storage tanks for greens in the refrigerator

Each host keeps food in the refrigerator in a specific container of his choice. Consider options for how best to store useful grass.

Plastic bag

It seems that it's much easier - shoved into the package and ready. But not everything is elementary, as it seems at first glance. In a plastic bag, a bunch of dill or something else will wither quickly, turn black and rot, in less than a week.

If apart from the package you have nothing suitable, then use one of the suggested storage options in this way:

1. Put a bundle of greens inside the package, start the air and tie it up so that the whole structure resembles a balloon. Now determine it on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator.
2. The second method of storage with a plastic bag - put dry unwashed greens and tie, making holes in the walls of the package for ventilation.

Bank glass

Many people, not wanting to spend money on special containers for storing greens, keep it in glass jars. This is a very simple way:

• We wash the dried and dried or unwashed dry greens inside the cans.
• Tightly close the lid and set the refrigerator on the shelf.

Important! Useful grass will be safe for a week and a half.

Containers for storing greenery

If for some reason a ready-made special container for storing greens is not available, it can easily be built in a few minutes. For this you need two identical plastic bottles with a capacity of 1.5-2 liters and scissors.

Procedure:

1. Cut the first bottle closer to the top to get a tall glass.
2. The second bottle - on the contrary, closer to the bottom, respectively - will result in a low glass with a narrowed rim.
3. Align the edges and cut the burrs.
4. Here is your container for storing greens ready: one part will be a glass, and the second - a lid.
5. When you are going to store greens in it, pour a third of cold water inside the container for storing greenery and lower the stems of the beam into it. Close the lid and place it on the shelf of the refrigerator.

Important! Fresh greens for a couple of weeks you are provided with minimal costs.

If you do not like "homemade", but prefer to use ready-made kitchen appliances, then get yourself a ready-made plastic container for storing greens in the refrigerator. Here everything is thought out - it breathes, retains the right level of humidity and a special microclimate. Green does not crumple, and it is protected from bacteria and mold.

Manufacturers of this utensil is not so much. Of the tested, you can find the following brands.

Tescoma

Czech manufacturer Tescoma specializes in the production of quality and unique kitchen accessories. For example, a container for saving herbs and greens "Sense"( 3 years guarantee).It is made of durable transparent plastic and is a flask with a lid.

How to use:

1. You fill the required volume of water.
2. Place a vertically processed bunch of green.
3. Close the lid and place the container inside the refrigerator.

Important! In such a container, it will last for two weeks or longer without compromising vitamins and appearance. However, judging by the feedback of buyers, there are a couple of drawbacks to this device:

• Firstly - the lid is not fixed, so there is a risk of dropping the container to the floor if you take over its upper part.
• Secondly - green onions often do not fit entirely inside, so it must either be cut off or bent.

Cuisipro

Cuisipro is also famous for its kitchen appliances. In the line of its products for storage there are smart pots for greenery "Fresh Herbs", represented by different colors of the material. It is a convenient container with an irrigation system and a water level indicator in the form of a small flower. It allows you to keep fresh herbs for up to two weeks.

Important! The manufacturer gives a warranty of 5 years for his products. All these storage containers for greenery can be safely washed in dishwashers.

Prepara

A worthy product for the storage of greenery is the American company Prepara. Containers are mini( 3 pieces in the set), there are medium and large in size. In the lower part there is a water tank with a spout covered with a cork.

How to use:

1. The greens are placed vertically, with stems in the water.
2. Covered with a plastic hood, which has ventilation holes.

Important! Inside such a container, the greens can be stored for up to three weeks.

Important points:

• So you do not forget how much time the greens are in the container, it's worth buying a special timer. Attach it to the container and fix the greening date. Now you will know for sure how fresh it is.
• If you want to store the greens in a cut shape, then this is suitable for a conventional rectangular plastic container with a lid.
• The best safety will be provided by a vacuum container.

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Storage of greenery in the freezer

In the freezer, the greens can be stored not for a couple of weeks, as on a refrigerator shelf, but for a couple of months. In appearance, of course, it will lose fresh, but the taste and useful properties will remain.

How to lay grass for storage inside the freezer:

• You can store greens in unwashed form. Then you just go through it, wipe it off with a dry cloth and put it in a container. You can wrap the bundle in a paper towel and put it in a bag.

Important! At such storage it is necessary to wash greens directly before the use in food.

• Dill and mint should be divided into small portions, wrapping them in foil before placing in the freezer.
• There is another interesting way - to freeze greens in ice cubes. To do this, it must be thoroughly rinsed in a deep bowl, cut into small pieces and put into ice molds. Then pour these molds with cold water and place in the freezer. In this form they can be kept long enough. When you need a green dressing - just get the required number of cubes and add to the prepared dish.
• The green onions are best preserved in the cut form, but the basil and rosemary - store in a container in which to lay the grass layers, sprinkled with salt.

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Revitalization of faded greens

If the spice is a little faded, it can be revived:

• For this, put the greens in a glass with cold water, to which add a teaspoon of table vinegar.
• Salad and parsley will be fresh and fragrant if you treat them with warm water. Parsley just rinses, and lettuce leaves can be soaked for 15 minutes in a bowl with warm water.
• Some landladies recommend that the faded green seasoning be dipped first into hot water and then into a cold one.

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Useful kitchen appliances for greenery treatment

In addition to plastic containers for storing greenery in the fridge and pots for herbs, the producers of Tescoma, Prepara, Cuisipro and others offer many interesting gadgets that facilitate the processing of greenery, very comfortable and beautiful:

• Removing moisture from green leaves will simplify and accelerate drying for greenery -looks like a perforated basket with a rotating mechanism. Centrifugal force per minute will save your greens from excess water.

Important!"Vin Bouquet", for example, - excellent and convenient drying, in addition - quite compact.

• Triple scissors for cutting greenery( Presto from Tescoma) will turn work into pleasure. Thanks to several pairs of blades you can cope with the task several times faster.
• There is also a handy semi-circular cutter for greenery. It can have from 2 to 4 blades. They are convenient to cut not only green leaves, but even nuts. It is stored in a stylish and safe stand. For example, a knife from Ikea or Richard &Antony Joseph.
• In order to prepare the sauce, the greens need not be cut, but triturated. To do this, there is a special mortar( Tescoma President), which is also supplemented with a silicone cover for convenient storage of the product.

As you can see, the purchase of a container for storing greenery in the refrigerator will greatly simplify the task of preserving the beneficial properties and beautiful appearance of the vitamin herb. Even if you build a tank yourself, you will get an excellent result. Take care of the vitamin reserve in advance, be sure to freeze the greens for the winter - so even in the cold season you will smell the summer in your dishes.