Kitchen Tips: Preserve Produce Longer - as part of the expert series by GeoBeats.

Every time you buy fresh fruits and vegetables, they start to emit ethylene gas, and this is a natural bi-product, all fruits and vegetables, as they mature or as they ripen. So, the best way to extend their shelf life, in your refrigerator, is to buy these little green bags, and they are actually called "The Little Green Bags". All you do is pop in the peppers, carrots, celery, onions, grapes, whatever you wish. Put these directly in your vegetable bin, and this will extend the crispness for atleast double the time.

You can do the same thing with berries. You know how fragile strawberries or raspberries and blueberries tend to be. Well, if you put this in a bowl and put in a little bit of paper towel, so it absorbs all of the moisture. Leave it open like this in your refrigerator, and this will last you easily in prime condition. They will be juicy and ripe, and luscious for easily one week.

In addition to the Little Green Bags, they have eggs, they have green discs. And, again, they do exactly the same thing. So these can go directly into your produce drawer. They will absorb the ethylene gas. So you can find many brands, many styles, have fun hunting online. You are going to save a tonne money this way. And you know that when you are cooking, you can go into your refrigerator, into your vegetable bins, and you know you are going to take out a nice, crisp vegetable or a luscious ripe fruit.