All About Storing Avocados (plus other tips and recipes)

Well, it's been awhile...I hope you all enjoyed your holidays! I took a nice break and spent some time with family. We had a great time and ate some good food. Speaking of family, my sister and I like to argue about the best way to store avocados. She puts them in the fridge as soon as she brings them home (unripe). I am adamantly against that method and did some testing to prove her wrong. My favorite method is the first one listed below. Although I'd rather eat my avocados at room temp, sometimes this isn't possible so this method allows me to eat avocados everyday.

I love avocados. (Though I guess not as much as my niece who loves them so much she wants to "marry them!") Seven of my recipes use avocados and I'm sure there will be more. I would live in California just to have inexpensive avocados. Maybe even my own tree. Oh, how wonderful that would be. Now, I have to ration my avocados so I have enough. Those babies are expensive. When I catch a sale, dropping the price to $1 per avocado, I load up. Unfortunately this means that sometimes I just can't eat them fast enough. I mean I could, but that whole rationing thing still applies.

Simple Storage Tip for Longer-Lasting Fresh Herbs

I shared this tip on my Facebook page when I first started my blog. Many people weren't aware of this, so I figured it was time to make a post for anyone that missed out. I've been storing my fresh herbs (ones that aren't planted) like this for a long time and they last 2-4 weeks this way (longer if you remember to change the water occasionally). Now, there are other ways you can store herbs (and you can freeze them as well), but this is how I like to store mine when I want to have fresh herbs on hand (since I kill most of the ones I plant).

All About Freezing Lemons and Limes

At one time in my life, I relied on ReaLemon for most of my lemon juice needs. They leave that extra "L" out for a reason (it's from concentrate). Lemons can be expensive though. And if you don't use them quick enough, they can get moldy. Seriously, what happened to the price of lemons? Back in my day, you could get a lemon for a nickle. No, maybe that was bubblegum...

So when I can, I buy lemons in bulk when they are on sale or cheaper than usual. I don't want the lemons to go to waste, so I freeze some of the juice so I can always have fresh juice on hand. (If you want to zest and juice your limes and maybe oranges, do that too.) Now, I know someone is thinking, "I don't have time to juice a bunch of lemons." And that's okay. If you buy lemon juice in a bottle and decide not to buy ReaLemon, here are a few other options: Santa Cruz Organic Lemon Juice and Volcano Lemon Juice. (This one I actually found at the base commissary for $5 for a large bottle. Supposedly it can be found at Costco.)