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
Keeping bananas perfectly yellow seems like a losing battle, especially in summer when kitchens warm up and fruit flies are rife. That said, there is an abundance of food storage hacks that claim to extend the shelf life of bananas. However, most of these focus on keeping whole produce fresh, without a second thought on … Read more
Bananas often ripen only after a few days of being bought, meaning a whole batch has to be eaten quickly otherwise they turn brown and go mushy. However, it turns out that bananas should be lasting weeks without spoiling and that most people are storing them the wrong way as they should never be stored … Read more
Bananas are known for having a short life span and going brown before their time, but you can keep them fresher for longer by storing them in the fridge. It has often been a misconception that bananas need to be kept out of the fridge as it causes the skin to go black or brown, … Read more
Food storage hacks are crucial to be aware of when it comes to fruits, vegetables and other fresh produce – especially bananas. Bananas are one of those kitchen ingredients that can ripen in an instant and turn brown and mushy even faster. If your bananas do not last you a few weeks without going brown, … Read more
Bananas are usually stored in fruit bowls, but this is actually one of the worst places to keep them in the kitchen to stop them from spoiling. Katherine Kyle, a food expert and founder of Magical Life Fruit, has shared that one of the storage “secrets” that “nobody tells you” is that bananas should always … Read more
Bananas are an important part of any shopping list, and there is nothing worse than buying fresh fruit only to discover it has quickly ripened and gone mushy. It may seem obvious to store bananas in a fruit bowl, but this may be what is causing them to spoil at a much faster rate as … Read more
If not stored correctly, bananas can ripen in the blink of an eye making them go to waste. Some enjoy the taste of an overripe banana, but for many, once they go brown they become inedible. A known trick to prolong a bunch of bananas is to wrap their stems in cling film, but it … Read more
Green and yellow bananas bought from a supermarket may seemingly ripen far too fast, which means many of them may be thrown away when they feel squishy on the outside. Rather than let any browned bananas go to waste, you can use them to make sweet banana bread. But, before you buy your next bunch … Read more
One thing that makes bananas so hard to keep fresh is that they ripen very quickly. Unlike apples, oranges, and other fruits, they don’t do well in the fridge as the skin turns black leaving the bananas looking unappetising. While many people opt for the fruit bowl as the best place to keep them, this … Read more
