Healthy foods that don't need refrigeration?!
Healthy foods that don't need refrigeration?
Besides fruits like bananas, oranges, apples, etc. what kinds of fruits and vegetables you can buy that don't need to be kept cold in a fridge? Can foods like carrots, strawberries, celery, etc. be kept at room temperature?
(long story but i can't use my frige)
If you can think of any good ones that would be fabulous!
Answers:
potato, sweet potato, leeks, onions, garlic, tomato, kiwi, grapes, grapefruit, mango, cucumber, beets, turnips, kale, pomegranate, kohlrabi, coconut, and blueberries.
Strawberries, unless you picked them, go fast. The things that wilt; carrot, parsnip, celery, lettuce, should be kept with one end (root end) either moist or in water in a dark place. It makes them "hibernate" and slows down the ripening/rotting process.
Do not eat ANY foods that have mold on them. It is carcinogenic (cancer causing). Cutting mold off fruit, veggies, bread, cheese, or any other food won't rid you of the toxins present. We are not versed well enough in mycology (study of fungi and molds), but know that when you see mold on the surface of something that is the bloom. The whole piece of food has been contaminated with toxins that may make you sick or worse. Horses and cattle can die in just a few minutes from eating moldy feed. Humans take longer. Just stay away from mold, it is not worth risking your health. Throw away contaminated items and try not to breathe the spores.
You also may think of getting a portable cooler and keeping perishables in it with a bag of ice at the bottom. One 5# bag may last for several days. Drain out water daily.
Eat wisely and stay healthy.
You can keep strawberries out (they actually stay sweeter if you do) for a couple days. You might just want to buy what you can eat over the coarse of a couple days
If you clean the carrots and celery and put in a bowl with water they would keep for a bit, otherwise just find a very cool, dark place and they should keep for a while. Helk before refrigeration people kept them in their root cellars!
Carrots,strawberries, celery, will keep for about three to four days,than they will start to get soft, so you dont have a fridge,just buy a small amount, apple,pears,grapes plums will last longer.
i cut off the ends to my carrots and celery and put upside down in a drinking glass full of water...it will stay good for as long as you need it...if it looks wierd, just trim a little more off the ends.....i have also rehydrated cabbage, kale, bok choy, and lettuce if they get wilty in the fridge, by using this same method
Check out the links below. There are a lot of freeze dried foods you can buy. They can be a little more expensive than buying them in their whole form.
The best bargin by far is TVP, texturized vegetable protien. You can buy the plain unflavored stuff in any health food store, but if you go online you buy beef flavored, chicken flavored, bbq, sloppy joe, taco, bacon and ham flavored.
I make meat loaf out of the beef and people don't believe that it not really made with hamburger meat.
TVP is a lot healthier for you than any kind of ground meat on the market as long as you don't a soy allergy. I pay about $7.50 a can when I just buy a few cans, but if you can spend $100 at a time you pay as little as $5.50 a can. The can is a large coffee can sized can that hold 40oz which is 40 servings. I keep a 1/4 or 1/4 cup measuring cup in my cans just a put a few scoops in whatever I'm cooking.
TVP is high protien 12grams, a Healthy carb 8g, with 4g of fiber, and only 2g of sugar, and only 3.5 g of fat for some of the flavored varieties.
And it's only 110 calories. You'll never get beef with those numbers.
The websites below sell TVP, Pasta, dried fruits, veggies, and spices that will keep for a long time, up to 10years. The food taste good, and if you shop carefully you can easily save some money. If you do a lot a cooking definately check out Sun Organics herbs and spices. If you buy them a pound at a time you get high quality organic spices for cheaper than buying the average stuff at the grocery store.