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Keep Garlic Butter: I always have a tub of garlic butter on hand. To do this, slightly let a cube of butter in a pan or microwave-safe dish. Finely mince fresh garlic cloves (about seven cloves per cube of butter), or use a garlic press. Mix the minced garlic in with the softened butter. Keep the container in the fridge, and add to it as needed. It spreads very well on bread for broiling, and if you love garlic, the more the better.
Keep Lettuce Fresh: To keep lettuce fresh for a long time, promptly clean, drain dry and chop your lettuce right after you buy it. Dispose of the parts you don't need (the core and curled leaves). Use an old plastic container to store the chopped lettuce. My choice is the large tub of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter after it's been used up and cleaned. It will keep for up to four weeks, and stay fresh and crispy. The first time I did this, the lettuce remained fresh from Memorial Day straight through the end of June.
Keeping Lettuce Fresh II: Lettuce will also keep better if stored in the refrigerator without washing first so that the leaves remain dry; wash the lettuce the day you are going to use it.
Keeping Bean Sprouts Fresh: Place the sprouts in a Tupperware container of cold water, and then refrigerate covered. The sprouts will remain crisp for up to five days.
Plastic Wrap in the Fridge: Keep your unused plastic wrap in the fridge - this will prevent the infernal sticking when you go to use it the next time.
Storing Celery: To store celery so that it will keep for weeks, wrap fresh stalk bundles in aluminum foil and put in the refrigerator.
Storing Cottage Cheese: After buying cottage cheese, store the container upside down in the refrigerator. The cottage cheese will stay fresh longer.
Storing Onions & Potatoes Together: Never store onions and potatoes together; each has different storage needs. Potatoes keep best in a relatively moist environment (90% to 95% humidity), with a temperature range of 41 to 48 degrees F. Onions prefer somewhat drier conditions (50% to 70% humidity) and cooler temperatures (30 to 40 degrees F). Additionally, stored in close quarters potatoes will acquire an unpleasant onion odor. Keep onions and potatoes separated and cool, and they should keep well for weeks. Tip from the Food Network.
Storing Tomatoes: To keep tomatoes fresher longer, store them with the stems pointing down.
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