Washing Your Vegetables

How do you actually wash your vegetables?

Well for me, I wash them 3 times. My first, rinse is to remove the sand and dirt or worm. Gently pressing them into the water, turn them in circular motion, putting hands into the water holding the vegetable gently like a shape of a ball then raise them up from the tub and back into the water. I do this for a few times like about 5 times.

Then I remove the veggie to another tub, pouring the water and cleaning the tub because there will be a lot of dirt stuck to the tub.

The 2^nd wash, I will do the same, making the veggie spin circular motion in the water slowly for few times and rinse them up and down just like previous. This time after removing the veggie, I will check the tub, if the tub still remains a lot of dirt, I might need to change the water and repeat the same washing method.

The final wash, means there would not be dirt in the water and tub after removing the veggie in the previous round. This wash will be the time to remove chemical residues, toxic pesticide and bacteria surface contamination which might not be able to be done by water. You may add in a few drops of some fruit and vegetable wash of any brands you like. I found some brand name Safeguard fruit and veggie wash, Good Maid Bio, Mercola and many other brands.

Well if you can’t find any of these from your grocery shop, you could try out your own home made veggie wash with a 1 teaspoon of vinegar and 2 table spoon of salt. Soak them for about 10-15 minutes. Sounds simple, right? The vinegar will get rid of the bacteria and dissolve pesticides residues and wax. Not to forget, spin circular motion slowly for a few round just to ensure the veggie wash or vinegar goes through all the leafy veggie. Rinse them and let us start cooking.

For me I don’t scrub my veggies, I just spin them in circular motion as I mentioned above, I don’t want my veggies to break into pieces and melt while cooking later. But if you are having apples or harder surface food, you may scrub your fruits gently.

Meanwhile, what can you to do with the 10-15 minutes? Don’t just stand there and watch your vegetable. Not to worry, it ain’t going to run away. You could get ready your ingredients and spices, chop your garlics and shallots or even utensils and plates for cooking.

Optimize your cooking time. Happy Cooking!