Food Storage Tips

Baby Green Garlic Tip

Green garlic is garlic that is harvested before the scape (the flower bud) and bulb form. Use and store green garlic like you would scallions, including the green leaves which you can chop fine and sauté or caramelize as you wish.

Asparagus Storage Tip

Cut the ends 1/4 inch and stand upright in a glass with 1 inch of water or enough to keep moist. Keep in a refrigerator until use.

Spinach Storage Tip

Dunk spinach in a cold water bath, then spin dry and store in a damp towel in a plastic bag for up to 1 week.

Ravioli

Keep ravioli frozen until you are ready to use them.

Turnips

Already topped, keep in a loosely wrapped plastic bag in the refrigerator, use within a couple of days.

Cabbage

It comes prepackaged in its own wrapper leaves. Just place whole unwashed heads in your vegetable bin. The outer leaves may yellow and wilt, but just discard them to reveal the fresh inner leaves. Once cut, wrap in a sealed plastic bag and keep in refrigerator. A whole cabbage can last for a month.

Red Russian Kale

Keep dry, unwashed greens in a sealed plastic bag in your refrigerator. Thicker greens, such as kale, can be kept for up to two weeks.

Garlic

Dried Garlic can be kept for several months in a dark, dry, well-ventilated place at a cool room temperature.

Daikon Radish

Keep unwashed radishes in a plastic bag where they will keep for up to 2 weeks.

Napa Cabbage

It comes prepackaged in its own wrapper leaves. Just place whole unwashed heads in your vegetable bin. The outer leaves may yellow and wilt, but just discard them to reveal the fresh inner leaves. Once cut, wrap in a sealed plastic bag and keep in refrigerator. A whole cabbage can last for a month. Once cut it will keep for several weeks.