I hate buying fresh herbs.
I mean, for nearly the same price as you would pay for an ounce of herbs in the refrigerated section, you can buy an ENTIRE PLANT. Kinda ridiculous, isn’t it? Dried herbs just don’t do the trick for me since they lack the robust flavor and plants die when you don’t water them… so I end up falling for the grand scheme – refrigerated herbs.
Sometimes, it truly makes sense to buy herbs, especially when they are hard to come by fresh. Take for example, Thai Basil. Extremely rare herb to find fresh, and can completely alter the taste of your Thai dish (if you’ve been cooking Thai all this time without FRESH Thai basil – you’re not doing it right, FYI)
Recently, I came across Thai Basil at the local Central Market, and I was thrilled to say the least. I grabbed the remaining bunches and brought them home to save for another week, without the fear of them dying on me.
Normally, herbs last 4-5 days in the fridge (if you’re lucky). With this technique, I have had herbs last me for over 2 weeks.
Lets get started!
- Start by prepping your fresh herbs. This means, remove all the dead leaves and pat them dry.
- Find a nice little container to fit them. Nothing fancy, but nothing you will need any time soon. Fill it up with 3/4th’s water
- Now find a plastic bag to cover. You can normally use the same plastic bag that came with the herbs in the grocery store. Loosely cover the herbs with the bag
- Voila! Now you are ready to refrigerate your bouquet of herbs until you use them next.
Hopefully, this helps increase the longevity of your fresh herbs! Let me know how long you manage to make them last 🙂
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Brilliant idea! And thanks for swinging by the “Ranch” – we 💕 visitors. 🙂
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Genius! I imagine if you also trim the bottoms of the stems a little, like you would with roses, it might last even longer…
Meno
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That’s a brilliant idea, concept should be no different than flowers. I will experiment that with my thai basil, thanks! 🙂
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Let me know how it turns out! I would love to try this, I hate to let herbs go to waste.. but they always seem to in my fridge.
Meno
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Great advice. My favorite thing to do is to eat them quickly. People say I eat so many herbs and greens that they’ve turned my eyes green. 🙂
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That’s hilarious! That’s great you’re able to incorporate different varieties of herbs into your dishes 🙂
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My husband is Persian – thanks to him, I’ve learned that one needn’t incorporate – one of the best sandwiches is merely soft thin bread, feta, & basil. Or a plate of fresh herbs to eat in large pinches between mouthfuls of rice dishes.
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How fascinating!
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That’s a great tip!
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Very useful , thank you! 🙂
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Thanks for this share. My kitchen always have fresh herbs for my photographs. I will try this next time:))
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