Bananas

NeuroticVirgo
NeuroticVirgo Posts: 3,671 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Does anyone know how to make them last longer than a few days? Every time I buy bananas they seem to go bad faster than we can eat them.

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  • melsinct
    melsinct Posts: 3,512 Member
    Put them in the fridge. The skin will go brown and look unpleasant but the inside will be perfectly fine.
  • Quickster34
    Quickster34 Posts: 209 Member
    seperate them from the bunch, and place them around a bowl so they dont touch , seems to work for me
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    Yeah - refrigerated bananas are yummy!

    Another idea (longer term). Bananas freeze easily. Leave the peel on & just place them in a ziplock bag. When you thaw them, the texture is mush. They're perfect for cooking & blending.

    Frozen banana slices can be added to fruit salads, just serve (almost) right away. Frozen grapes are yummy too!
  • Caniacgirl59
    Caniacgirl59 Posts: 63 Member
    I usually break up the banana bunches at the market and buy a couple that are ripe and ready to be eaten that day or the next, and then buy a few that are still green that will be ready to eat in a few days.
  • mes1119
    mes1119 Posts: 1,082 Member
    I buy the greenest ones they have. And stick to smaller bunches, only enough to last about a week, bc that is only about as long as they will last.

    They do make bags or something that you can put them in that is SUPPOSED to help but I have never tried it.
  • PaleoPath4Lyfe
    PaleoPath4Lyfe Posts: 3,161 Member
    I buy the greenest ones they have. And stick to smaller bunches, only enough to last about a week, bc that is only about as long as they will last.

    They do make bags or something that you can put them in that is SUPPOSED to help but I have never tried it.

    I have bought the Debbie Meyer green bags and they only seem to work well with certain veggies or fruits.............bananas not being one of them.

    However, I purchased these bags made by Hefty (Fresh Extend) and I have had GREAT luck with them. I have broccoli and cauliflower that has lasted almost a month (we got way too much in our produce basket and I had no one to give the extra too)

    You can read about the Hefty Fresh Extend bags here............again, I have had better luck with these than those Debbie Meyer green bags.

    http://heftybrands.pactiv.com/products/food-storage-bags/hefty-fresh-extend-bags.aspx

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  • jessicaj_824
    jessicaj_824 Posts: 114 Member
    I love to eat them fresh or frozen. Once they get too ripe I will peel what I have left and break them in half and line in tupperware and throw in the freezer. Eaten frozen they are like dessert. This is esp great for me since I cannot do dairy and this is my ice cream substitute.
  • Sabresgal63
    Sabresgal63 Posts: 641 Member
    I usually break up the banana bunches at the market and buy a couple that are ripe and ready to be eaten that day or the next, and then buy a few that are still green that will be ready to eat in a few days.

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  • allysabee
    allysabee Posts: 123 Member
    Do you put all your fruit together? My mom told me a fact recently that I did not know! Apples apparently make other fruit go bad faster, so if you put all your fruit in a bowl, make sure to seperate the apples from everything else!
  • LainMac
    LainMac Posts: 412 Member
    Can't help. Have 6 in the family, 3 of them teens. I go through 30 bananas in a week. Biggest problem is trying to keep a banana until it freckles because that's how I like them.
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