If you’re like most people, you’re not running out to buy your vegetables and fruits fresh, on a daily basis. But you’d prefer you could make it to the end of the week without your veggies getting limp or your fruit getting brown. Nothing bums us out more than paying good money for organic fruits and veggies, only to see them go bad. So here are a few tips to help you get the most out of your purchases, and minimize the waste:
1. Freeze It: If you realize you’re not going to be able to eat it fresh, consider whether you can freeze it. Slice and dice your sweet peppers and onions and freeze them for later. The next time you work up an omelet or some fajitas, you’ll be glad you did. Strawberries and other fruits will make great weekend smoothies and bananas will make for some delicious banana bread.

2. Keeping Things Pretty: If you’re trying to save time (and sanity) when putting out salads prior to dinner or a fruit platter before the party arrives, but worried about the fruit or veggies going prematurely brown, squeeze a little lemon on them. The acid preserves the color for a longer period of time.

3. Wash Later, Not Now: Berries last longer if you wash them immediately prior to eating. So don’t get over-zealous and wash all your fruit as soon as it makes its way out of your canvas shopping bag.

4. Separate: Fruits and vegetables preserve better if you store them in separate crispers. Thus, the two crisper drawers…
5. Keep Your Lettuce Crisp: Don’t leave your lettuce in the plastic bag from the grocery store. Direct contact with plastic bags cause lettuce to go bad quickly. To preserve the life of lettuce, wrap it in a paper towel, then place it back into the plastic bags and put them in the crisper.

5. Keep Your Lettuce Crisp: Don’t leave your lettuce in the plastic bag from the grocery store. Direct contact with plastic bags cause lettuce to go bad quickly. To preserve the life of lettuce, wrap it in a paper towel, then place it back into the plastic bags and put them in the crisper.

Examples of how go green saves your unwanted energy, are everywhere…

1. Concerning on Driving….
2. Think about Short Trips….

Do you drive as fast as the law allows..
You shouldn’t. Car engines perform most efficiently at around 55 miles an hour. If you combine that with gentle driving on properly inflated tires, you will save energy and help the planet too.

You could always use a bicycle to travel around town. Am I right…
you could simply walk for those short trips. You won’t be pouring hydrocarbons into the atmosphere, warming the planet, you will save energy, and you will get some good exercise at the same time. Walking and cycling when you can are excellent examples of how go green saves your unwanted energy.

• Don’t Rinse- Skip rinsing your plates before putting them into the dishwasher. In average you will save 15 gallons of water per load. Plus, you will save time.
• Change to  Fluorescent Bulbs- If every house in the United States changed all of the light bulbs in their house, that would be equivalent to taking one million cars off the streets.
• Hang Outside to Dry   - Get a cloths line or rack to dry your cloths. Your cloths will last longer and you will save money
• Turn off computers at night - don’t just put them to sleep. You will save an average of 4 cents a day which ads up to $14.60 a year.
• Use Both Sides of Paper- if you have a printer with a double sided print option use it. You will save half of the amount of paper you would have normally used.
• Get rid of baths - Don’t take baths, take showers. You will in average save about half the amount of water that you would if you were taking a bath.
• Don’t get bottle water - Instead of bottled water get a reusable container to carry water. Also you can get a filter to make your home tap taste more like bottled water. It is definitely more cost efficient.
• Turn the water off when you brush - Your parents have said this before, now I say it. You will save 4 gallons of water doing this alone.
• Recycle Glass- If you do not recycle this, it will take a million years to decompose.
• Don’t Pre-heat the Oven – unless needed, just turn the oven on after you put the dish in it. Also, to see if it’s finished just look through the glass instead of opening it.