Homemade Fruit and Veggie Wash

By: Terita

When plain water doesn’t get your produce as clean as you’d like, try this simple, homemade veggie wash made from a blend of vinegar and water.

Do you wash your fruits and vegetables after getting them home from the store or farmer’s market? We do. While washing your vegetables isn’t a guarantee you will remove everything that could make you or your family sick, it can help.

Does Washing Your Vegetables Make Them Safer?

• Washing veggies can get rid of larger-particle dirt and debris.
• It can also help remove high concentrations of bacteria and viruses.
• Washing helps minimize exposure to pesticides, though it will not totally eliminate these residues.
• Washing veggies may NOT protect your kids from specific resistant bacteria such as E. Coli or Salmonella.

According to the International Food Safety Council, the E. Coli bacteria has made itself very resistant to cleaning, after it has clung to your produce effectively.  It develops a film over itself to ensure survival.  Sometimes, those little buggers even lodge themselves within the flesh of your produce, that would not be removed with any cleaning method.  However, if they have not developed their film that helps them cling on, and are loose, they can be rinsed away.  This is the same case with the salmonella bacteria.

So, if for any reason, you can minimize the exposure to pesticides and bacteria, it most definitely should be a practice you could teach your kids.

This is our practice for cleaning our fruits and veggies.  But, we wait to clean the produce until we are ready to eat. Cleaning early and then letting sit on a counter, may encourage more bacteria to begin growing.

How to Make Homemade Veggie Wash

Add the following ingredients to a clean spray bottle:

• 2 cups water
• 1 cup white vinegar (with 5% acidity)

Spray your veggies liberally, then let them soak for 10 minutes.

After You Spray, Rinse

After you have let your veggies rest with the vinegar spray for about ten minutes, give them a good rinse in clean, fresh water. Simply rubbing your fruits and veggies with your hands is an effective final step.

This easy practice can help keep your kids well!

So, do you wash your produce?

Source: https://www.superhealthykids.com/parenting/homemade-veggie-wash/

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