Do you do this too?

I dislike grocery shopping.

Actually I hate it.

HATE.

So yesterday, I went to get my stock of fresh fruit and vegetables.

Since I was there I picked a few unnecessary items.

I wasted an hour in the store and came home hungry.


Almost $70.00 in beautiful fresh fruit and vegetables, and a 'tude from having to deal with grocery stores, other shoppers (that probably didn't want to be there either) and a new, still being trained, cashier.

So what did I do when I got home?

Put everything away and ordered a pizza.


Do you come home from shopping and have no desire to cook or clean any of the produce?

[side note]

I G00gled for the photo.

Here's the first photo I G00gled, AND posted AND then changed:


I didn't notice the extra melons until I had hit preview.

Limp, Mushy and Bruised

I read that if I put bananas in the refrigerator, they will stay fresh and stop the ripening process. It did say the peel will turn dark, but the inside would remain fine. Here is my first attempt. Yes, the outside is unappealing (pun intended) but it tasted fine. It did have some discoloration inside, but nothing that affected the taste.



Since I am eating mostly fresh fruits and vegetables, I have been trying to figure out how to keep them from going bad so fast. I really don't over buy. I would like to go to the market just twice a week.

My cukes go limp (I know, BIG time set up for jokes), my lettuce looses it's crisp, 'scrhums start turning brown, celery gets rubbery, and baby carrots get dry and white.

I think this banana thing will work, but any suggestions on other fruits would be helpful. Do you have any tips to keep fruit and vegi's fresh just a wee bit longer?