While it has always been a chore, now that I am doing my best to eat healthy, I'm buying so much produce that the process takes the whole morning. The vegetables/fruits have to soak in the disinfectant water for 15-20 minutes so you can see how multiple batches would eat up some time. When they're done soaking, they need to dry before going in the refrigerator. If they are still wet when you repack them, they spoil more quickly. I learned that lesson the hard way with many bags of soggy, ruined lettuce, spinach and more.
Yesterday's produce purchases included: spinach, romaine lettuce, radishes, cucumbers, English cucumbers, green peppers, avocados, onions, red onions, limes, tomatoes, jalepeños, asparagus, zucchini, carrots, broccoli, blackberries, strawberries, bananas and apples. Just look at this spread.
You ask, "where are the strawberries and bananas?" Good question. I had to do the strawberries yesterday because I made strawberry shortcake to take to our small group last night. Bananas with their thick skins can be peeled and safely eaten without disinfecting. Some people extend that same reasoning to any vegetable/fruit which is peeled before eating. However, since Stephen and I experienced first hand the pain, suffering and weight loss which comes from having a parasite, I always err on the side of disinfecting everything.
Yep, that was my morning. Coming this afternoon, packing individual portions and freezing all of the fresh meat and fish I bought.
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