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Posted on: 1/17/25 6:41 PM ET
My DD uses these boxes or something like them to store her veggies. Does anyone here have any experience with this product?
  
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Posted on: 1/17/25 8:27 PM ET
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No, this is new to me. But, I am intrigued and plan to look at these and other options as well. I do store citrus fruits in a bowl on my counter but I do eat them regularly. I have just left berries in the store container and rinse as I eat them. Again, I tend to go big on noshing on them, especially strawberries unless they are running high. Then, I kinda eat more blueberries.

Anyway, especially for veggies that get stored in the fridge, it seems that those containers might have some promise for longevity of the food.
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Posted on: 1/17/25 10:30 PM ET
Thanks Eleanor. For me the attraction is that I can cut them all up at once and store them ready to eat, just taking out what we need at the time. Thats as opposed to washing, and cutting every time I want a stick of carrot or celery.
  
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Posted on: 1/18/25 8:15 AM ET
I was recently at the co-op, they had hemp/cotton draw string bags for storage.
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Posted on: 1/18/25 10:16 AM ET
I store most of my veggies in cotton bags. Around here rice can come in cotton bags, so I reuse the bags for veggies in the fridge. Non-plastic, washable, win/win. I made tags for them during COVID using chalkboard fabric pieces sew onto heavy interfaced fabric. then used giant safetypins to attach to the bags, so I knew what was in it with a glance. There is a special pen used to write on that fabric. The pen must be wiped with a mild soap to get the writing off. So I have my standards, onion, pepper, etc, but ofter the odd ones like parsnips or beets that I don't need regularly and can be wiped off.
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Posted on: 1/18/25 1:23 PM ET
I need a gimmick! I have those plastic "veggie" bags, but my food gets lost at the back of the veggie drawer, and I forget it's there. My thought is that if I have these boxes stacked on the shelves and use the drawers for other things I might not forget the veggies.
  
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Posted on: 1/18/25 2:33 PM ET
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If your veggies get lost how about considering a combination of high visibility containers and fabric bags. Given your goal, consider investing in pretty bags keyed to the contents. Concern is that different produce has different best when cut and/or best when washed time lines.

If you have two produce drawers another combination approach might be to line one drawer with plastic grid or something ventilated with feet. Place fabric 'boxes' on top of the mesh and sort some produce into the fabric boxes. Cover all of the contents of the drawer with a towel or fabric topper. This wouldn't be quite as effective as individual bags but would provide the easier visibility and eye appeal you need while affording some protection to the produce.

I wrap most non fragile produce in dish towels which wouldn't work for you unless you could make a wrapping towel or bag in something that made you happy to look at it. Definitely think you should use a combination approach for some things cut up and some stored whole.

I like our Weck jars and sometimes store prepped produce in those. A couple of strategies....
Saved medicine cup dispenser in the bottom of small skinny containers provides a drain of sorts.
A fabric cover is sometimes better than using a glass or plastic cover. Perhaps you already have some canning jars and could consider what could be used at the bottom of the jar to keep the produce elevated.

Round aren't as efficient as squares and rectangles but they look very pretty in the fridge, are easy to clean and come out of the dishwasher dry (unlike plastic). Additionally, glass does not retain odor.


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Posted on: 1/18/25 5:08 PM ET
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I agree with glass jars, but I do like things to be quickly visible.

I choose the size of the jar according to how I plan on using the item later. Single servings in appropriately sized jars, for example. Larger jars for leftovers for a meal for both of us.

Cut up pieces of old file folders are always in the kitchen with rubber bands and safety pins and a couple of Sharpies. These are rubber banded to the jars with date and contents (if not obvious.) The safety pins secure the label to a cloth bag when used (used mostly in the freezer.)

Examples: 8 ounce jars are perfect for single servings, like berries, pudding, flavored chevre, and the like. (Regular or widemouth work great, both are straight sided in this size. Four ounce is also available, but I rarely use them.)

Pint jars are perfect for a single serving of soup or a meal. (Widemouth preferred.)

Quart jars are good for soup for two, or for larger amounts of food for more than one meal or for several people.

I also use two quart jars for larger projects, but mostly for milk from the goats. I have a small basket with rectangles cut from some past white plastic container with the days of the week on each, 2-3 of each day, and a couple that say "newest" or "oldest" if I use more than one day tag on an item that lasts more than seven days. I use these tags most of the time.

The two quart/half gallon jars are also used to chill larger projects, like a big pot of soup to be divided and frozen the next day. I do a LOT of soups in 4 oz condiment cups for women in crisis with eating disorders, so overwhelmed easily by normal quantities of food. Several 4 oz meals can often be managed throughout the day if ready to go. The convenient condiment cups would melt a bit with hot soup or such, so it must be chilled first.

My fridge is always a sea of jars. I love it! It is quick to scan what I am low on and what I need to use or process further. I keep longer term items, like my fermented garlic harvest for the year, in the very back of the bottom shelf, with one jar brought forward for use. Once in a long while I "lose" a jar and find it later, spoiled, but that is rare with this very visible system.
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Posted on: 1/18/25 9:05 PM ET
I guess I'm lazy! I keep the veggies in the veggie crisper and most of the items are in ziploc bags. The small fruit in store containers are on the regular fridge shelves and get washed just before using. The citrus and apples live in the bottom drawer. I keep my potatoes in a lower kitchen cabinet over by my prep space. We always have bananas in a bowl on the counter, Dson eats a ton of them.
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