Mouldy carrots will be a thing of the past (Image: Getty)
There’s nothing worse than spending money on beautiful fresh produce, only to forget about it once it’s been tossed in the fridge drawer; then you find it slimy and stinking weeks later.
One of the worst offenders for this is – beautifully crunchy and fresh when bought, but quickly they will turn soft, wrinkled and bendy if you don’t
The tempting thing to do is toss them in the vegetable drawer – but cook and nutritionist Amanda Rocchio says you should never do this.
In a video posted to Rocchio said: “You’ve probably been storing your the wrong way, let me show you the right thing to do.
“Whether you prefer to buy whole or prefer to grab a bag of , you’re probably tossing them in a fridge drawer.“
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She said the best way to keep carrots fresh for longer is to store them in water in an airtight container. This method will keep them fresh and crunchy for up to a month.
However, make sure that you keep the water fresh by emptying the container and refilling it every couple of days to avoid the carrots going slimy.
This trick also works well for celery, another vegetable prone to going off in a forgotten vegetable drawer.
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Vegetable drawers are not the best place to store vegetables (Image: Getty)
The reason vegetables can spoil in the fridge drawer is temperature fluctuation. When you open and close the fridge door, the temperature is constantly rising and falling and the humidity levels are also ever-changing.
Carrots are highly sensitive to humidity changes, and the drawer in the fridge is designed for higher humidity levels than the rest of the fridge.
If the humidity is too high for carrots, it can lead to them becoming mouldy while a low humidity will cause them to dehydrate and deteriorate.