Berry season is here and it’s time to enjoy all those sweet, luscious strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries. But if you’re trying to stretch each grocery dollar, you won’t want to end up throwing your money away.
Berries are a super food, but they’re delicate. How often have you spent $5.00 on a basket of berries only to discover they’re growing fuzzy mold the next day, then end up throwing these precious gems away? Protect your investment with vinegar!

VINEGAR RINSE
Fresh RaspberriesBathe your berries in diluted vinegar as soon as you bring them home. Prepare a mixture of one part white or apple cider vinegar with 10 parts water. You won’t taste the vinegar since it’s so diluted. Rinse berries, then swirl them in this solution for one full minute:

  • 2 tablespoons vinegar, white or apple cider
  • 1 1/4 cups water

For more berries, double the dose and use:

  • 1/4 cup vinegar
  • 2 1/2 cups water

Vinegar kills the mold spores and other bacteria that are on the surface of the berries. They’ll stay mold-free, plump and firm for a week or more, so now you can stock up when they’re on sale!
Apple c heart symbol_40x54Karen’s Fit Tip: Do not soak for more than a minute or you’ll lose valuable water-soluble vitamins.) Drain, and rinse if desired, then store them in the fridge.

Karen Owoc

Karen Owoc is the owner of Preventive Cardiology LLC and founder of Pickleball Yoga™. She is a certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist specializing in sports prehab and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation on a mission to help health seekers achieve functional fitness and maintain injury-free fun. Her science-based approach to longevity, nutrition, and muscle health has made her the go-to source on lifestyle medicine. Karen's best-selling book on functional longevity, "Athletes in Aprons: The Nutrition Playbook to Break 100", and her transformative perspective have mended many minds, hearts, and spirits.

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