As a foodie gastronome Alisha delights in all things fresh with food safety being paramount.
Ensuring health and safety regulations are followed.
What is Food Safety?
Food safety refers to routines in the preparation, handling and storage of food meant to prevent foodborne illness and injury. From farm to factory to fork, food products may encounter any number of health hazards during their journey through the supply chain.
Always wash your hands for 2 minutes with warm soapy water and rinse well.
For Leafy Greens
Fill a salad spinner with your greens, then fill with water.
Add a teaspoon of baking soda plus one teaspoon of vinegar and mix well.
Soak your greens for a minute, swish, dump, then rinse under running water, and spin dry.
If you don’t have a salad spinner, you can add the greens, water, and baking soda to a bowl, let them soak, drain in a strainer, rinse, then pat leaves dry with a clean lint-free kitchen towel or paper towels.
For Mushrooms
There is some debate in the culinary world about how to clean mushrooms.
To clean mushrooms thoroughly, you can gently scrub mushrooms using a mushroom brush and then rinse them quickly under running water. After that, blot the mushrooms dry with a clean kitchen towel or paper towel.
For Other Veggies
First was your hand in warm soapy water for 2 minutes
Fill a large bowl with water.
Then add a teaspoon of baking soda and one tablespoon of vinegar
Add the veggies.
Soak for a minute or two.
Scrub with a brush.
And finally, rinse off the veggies.
How to Wash Fruits?
Washing fruit – blueberries and strawberries
Smooth-skinned fruits, such as apples, nectarines, and cherries, can be washed in a baking soda bath the same way as veggies.
Berries can be rinsed under cold water in a mesh strainer, then gently patted dry with a clean kitchen towel or paper towel just before you intend to eat them.
Although your instinct may be to rinse off berries when you bring them home, doing so actually increases moisture and accelerates spoilage, microflora, and mold. This is why it’s best to rinse them soon before you eat them.
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