Clearly Fresh - A Clear way to stretch your food dollar!

I have seen this logo on my Costco broccoli florets for awhile

With food prices soaring and the bounty of summer produce, it is so important to be able to store food so that we can lengthen its shelf life and minimize waste.  There is nothing worse than having to throw out half a container of fuzzy strawberries, or slimy celery. You may have noticed that some of your packaged produce at the supermarket has a sticker with wavy intersecting blue and green lines on it, the sign of packaging that provides for optimal moisture and air exchange to lengthen the shelf life of produce.  This technology that has been used for years for commercial packaging and shipping of produce is now available for home cooks. You can buy this same kind of packaging to use in your home to keep your favorite fruits and vegetables fresh longer.  I was intrigued when I was approached to try these new Clearly Fresh bags.  I have tried other specialty products meant to help me beat mold and decay to delicate fruits and vegetables, but have not really been much impressed by the actual results in my kitchen.

However skeptical, when I received a sample of these new bags, I agreed to try them. I held on to them to see firsthand how they would work in helping me to extend the useable life of the produce I purchased on our way home from the Outer Banks.  I used these to test their effectiveness with strawberries and raspberries, two fruits that are quick to deteriorate, as well as grapes that we got at Morris Market.  I kept some of the fruit the way I normally would in the fridge and half I put in the Clearly Fresh Bags and stored. After about 4 days, the strawberries that were not stored in the Clearly Fresh bag were fuzzy and had to be discarded.  However,  my daughter ate the Clearly Fresh strawberries for a full week, which stayed fresh.

How do they work? These bags use BreatheWay technology that slows the respiration rate of produce and allows ethylene, a ripening agent to leave the bag freely.  The result is packaging that allows the optimum balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide, slowing the rate of deterioration and keeping your precious produce fresh longer. I don't know about you, but with food prices the way they are, anything that helps me make the most of seasonal produce or bulk produce purchases is great by me.

So try these bags yourself, and take advantage of summer produce  and bumper crops and your produce will be Clearly Fresh!

Question:  What was the last spoiled item of produce you pulled from your fridge??