How to Wash Fruit and Vegetables

I try to buy organic produce as much as I can. It is my hope to reduce the amount of harmful, carcinogenic pesticides my family is ingesting when they eat. Plain and simple. Unfortunately, buying organic produce isn’t always plain and simple. There are times when certain things stop me from getting the organic produce I prefer.


Sometimes, the organic produce I’m looking for just isn’t available. This happens with grapes all the time. Other times, it’s about three times the cost, or even more. Don’t you just love it when conventional strawberries are 2/$3.oo and one package of organic strawberries is $5.99? What about when I’m buying for a party? I can’t always afford to buy large quantities of organic produce.


After researching how to wash conventional produce to remove pesticides, I found the answer was quite simple: use vinegar! Good old vinegar to the rescue once again. I feel much better about occasionally feeding my family non-organic produce now that I know I can reduce the amount of pesticides on the fruits and vegetables by using this simple natural vinegar wash.

Here’s how you do it:

https://happyhealthymama.com/how-to-remove-pesticides-from-fruits-and-vegetables.html

The Dirty Dozen

Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce

https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/dirty-dozen.php