How to stop bananas going brown with one clever food storage hack

How to stop bananas going brown with one clever food storage hack

Forget the old wives’ tales about wrapping banana stems in cling film as an Express reader has given us the inside scoop on a “more effective” storage hack – plunging the stalks into water. They claim: “A simple and cheaper way of making bananas last longer is to immerse the stalk end in water. Ours … Read more

How to keep bananas fresh for two weeks, according to professional chef

How to keep bananas fresh for two weeks, according to professional chef

Bananas are one type of produce households need to store properly or they will end up with a brown banana very quickly. While many people put their over-ripened bananas to great use for delicious banana bread recipes, there are only so many of them you can bake. A perfect banana is ideal for topping off … Read more

Best way to keep bananas fresh for 10 days longer or more

Best way to keep bananas fresh for 10 days longer or more

Bananas are tasty yet notorious for going brown too quickly, and the reason may be that you are storing them in the wrong place. Research from Wrap, an environmental reduce waste organisation, states that British families throw away 1.4 million bananas each day at a cost of £80 million a year. The figures, which were … Read more