{"id":2008,"date":"2022-07-08T11:58:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T15:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/?p=2008"},"modified":"2023-11-09T14:11:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T19:11:35","slug":"storing-fresh-herbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/act\/in-your-home\/storing-fresh-herbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Storing Fresh Herbs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tomasz-olszewski-9rt6gV_IjhA-unsplash-1024x744.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tomasz-olszewski-9rt6gV_IjhA-unsplash-1024x744.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tomasz-olszewski-9rt6gV_IjhA-unsplash-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tomasz-olszewski-9rt6gV_IjhA-unsplash-768x558.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From stopfoodwaste.org <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Store cilantro and other fresh herbs just like cut flowers in a jar with 1-2 inches of water and covered with a plastic bag to maintain moisture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For tender herbs like mint, dill, parsley, and cilantro, remove any wilted leaves, trim the stem ends, and place the bunch into a jar or glass with 1-2 inches of water. Try to ensure that the leaves stay above the rim of the container.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Loosely cover the herbs with a plastic bag and place them in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.&nbsp;Be sure to change the water every few days (or when it starts to look cloudy), and remove any wilted or slimy leaves when you notice them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong>&nbsp;Don&#8217;t wash the herb leaves until you&#8217;re ready to use them as the extra water can rot the leaves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From stopfoodwaste.org Store cilantro and other fresh herbs just like cut flowers in a jar with 1-2 inches of water and covered with a plastic bag to maintain moisture. For tender herbs like mint, dill, parsley, and cilantro, remove any wilted leaves, trim the stem ends, and place the bunch into a jar or glass [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-your-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2008"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2010,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008\/revisions\/2010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}