Comments on: How Clean Is Your Produce? http://commonmom.com/health/how-clean-is-your-produce/ Uncommon Sense Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:43:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Pam http://commonmom.com/health/how-clean-is-your-produce/#comment-610 Pam Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:48:22 +0000 http://commonmom.com/health/how-clean-is-your-produce/#comment-610 Well, I am with you...I clean the veggies when I get them home from the store...it is included in the time needed to grocery shop. I just use water to rinse and scrub them off...I dry it a bit and then put it in the fridge...so I pretty much do what you do. Way to go on raising veggie eaters! Well, I am with you…I clean the veggies when I get them home from the store…it is included in the time needed to grocery shop. I just use water to rinse and scrub them off…I dry it a bit and then put it in the fridge…so I pretty much do what you do. Way to go on raising veggie eaters!

]]> By: Melanie http://commonmom.com/health/how-clean-is-your-produce/#comment-608 Melanie Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:14:52 +0000 http://commonmom.com/health/how-clean-is-your-produce/#comment-608 I have always just done the cold water rinse and scrub. I do wait until I am going to use it to do it though, so I don't end up with mold. I think that plain old water works just fine, we've never gotten sick from our food. I have always just done the cold water rinse and scrub. I do wait until I am going to use it to do it though, so I don’t end up with mold. I think that plain old water works just fine, we’ve never gotten sick from our food.

]]> By: Regina http://commonmom.com/health/how-clean-is-your-produce/#comment-607 Regina Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:17:21 +0000 http://commonmom.com/health/how-clean-is-your-produce/#comment-607 If you find out the "truth" please share with the rest of us! I typically wash veggies in coolish/warmish water dry them off and put them in ziplock bags (I place a sheet or two of paper towel inside the bag to catch any leftover water, I think I saw this on the Food Network). If I am making leafy greens (cabbage, kale, etc.) I wash them in water and a little bit of apple-cider vinegar, then rinse really well and cook. Sometimes I clean, then blanch, and then freeze veggies. It saves on prep time when I want to cook them! Hope this helps. Blessings! If you find out the “truth” please share with the rest of us! I typically wash veggies in coolish/warmish water dry them off and put them in ziplock bags (I place a sheet or two of paper towel inside the bag to catch any leftover water, I think I saw this on the Food Network).
If I am making leafy greens (cabbage, kale, etc.) I wash them in water and a little bit of apple-cider vinegar, then rinse really well and cook. Sometimes I clean, then blanch, and then freeze veggies. It saves on prep time when I want to cook them!

Hope this helps.
Blessings!

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