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It is important to wash your vegetables and remove any pesticides and dirt form their skin. Making your own vegetable wash is simple and affordable. This page contains homemade vegetable wash recipes.
Washing your produce before you eat them is an important food prep step. But, there is no need to waste your money on expensive vegetable washes when you probably have all the ingredients you need sitting around your house.
It is important wash your produce, especially if you are not using organic produce because pesticides stick to your fruits and veggies. Even if I splurge for organics, I will still wash my produce before using, to get any dirt or bugs off. The vinegar helps remove any pesticide residue and the salt helps kill any bugs that are hanging out.
By StellaBell from Manchester, WA
Whatever you do, don't use anti-bacterial soap! You don't want any residue in you, and it's not that good anyway, and in time causes resistance in bacteria.
Mostly just water soaking will take care of cleanliness, but if you want to be safer from corporate malfeasance, 1 part vinegar (apple cider is nice) to 4 parts water kills many harmful bacteria, according to Cook's among others.
That assumes you bought non-organic veggies, or maybe even organic if from a big distant company, not a local farmer.
Super-perfectionists have been known to spray everything first with food grade peroxide (H2O2), wait a few minutes, then vinegar. If it's a salad, just leave the vinegar on.
Source: Partly from Cook's Illustrated, but I don't have the issue. The rest I've collected over time.
By P from Sacramento, CA
I need an economical fruit and vegetable wash.
By Hannah from Las Vegas, NV
By zimexlady
09/10/2011
I use a solution of 3% peroxide, 1 tablespoon peroxide per gallon of water. Soak two minutes, then rinse.
Does anyone know how to make a natural, inexpensive vegetable wash?
How to wash your fruits and vegetables with a simple solution using items you can find in your pantry.
When you use vinegar for veggie wash, what kind? White or cider?
I'm looking for a recipe to make a homemade veggie and fruit wash, as opposed to buying the expensive bottles in the produce sections.
What do I use to make a vegetable wash?
By Neal from Leawood, KS
I am interested in making my own veggie wash.
I am looking for a recipe to use for washing fruits and vegetables to remove spray residues.
I need a recipe for cleaning fruit and vegetables.
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