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Tips for Cleaning and Selecting Pesticide Free Produce

April 12, 2013 By MommyOctopus Leave a Comment
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It’s that wonderful time of year again where fresh veggies are starting to appear in the farmer’s markets and road side stands. If you are like me you love to eat local and buy produce from local farmers. Sometimes organic produce isn’t available so to be sure that I am giving my family the most natural, chemical-free produce I can I ordered the Fit Fruit & Vegetable Wash, Combo Pack, 7.5 Pound Box to try. It’s a nifty little kit that came with a bowl and strainer, two big bottles of wash, and a spray bottle of wash. It strips off preservatives so you want to eat whatever you wash in a couple of days. Gross, huh? There are preservatives on vegetables. Right now you can get  the Fit Fruit & Vegetable Wash, Combo Pack, 7.5 Pound Box on Amazon for $21.32 when you select the Subscribe and Save option.  So far I have used it to wash celery and carrots and I was amazed at how they came out. You simply soak your veggies in 1 capful of wash and 1/2 gallon of water for a few minutes and rinse in the strainer.  It definitely stripped off some wax and residues. This is going to become something I keep on hand all the time.

Speaking of fresh produce here’s a quick list of conventional produce items that have the most pesticides and a list of conventional produce items that have the least pesticides.  You can learn more about the “Dirty Dozen Plus” and “Clean 15” here and there is a handy printable version here. I keep a copy in my purse that I can pull out and reference when ever I am shopping.

The Dirty Dozen Plus:

  • apples
  • celery
  • sweet bell peppers
  • peaches
  • strawberries
  • imported nectarines
  • grapes
  • spinach
  • lettuce
  • cucumbers
  • domestic blueberries
  • potatoes
  • green beans
  • kale, collards, and leafy greens

The Clean 15:

  • onions
  • sweet corn
  • pineapples
  • avocado
  • cabbage
  • sweet Peas
  • asparagus
  • mangoes
  • eggplant
  • kiwi
  • domestic cantaloupe
  • sweet potatoes
  • grapefruit
  • watermelon
  • mushrooms

 

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