It's tempting to buy the big bag of celery at Costco but you'll seldom use it all by the time it starts to fade. If you wrap the celery in a plastic bag and then wrap that bag in aluminum foil you can get a much longer refrigerated shelf life.
Prepper weblog Preparing One Day at a Time claims they've kept celery fresh using this technique for more than a month. I can't verify that as of right now, but next time I go to Costco I'm going to give it a try.
What methods do you use to preserve produce in your fridge? Let us know in the comments below.
Day 15 Preserving Produce | Preparing - One Day at a Time via Prepare Today
Plastic wrap and storage containers definitely have their place in most kitchens, but if you have no love for the stuff and wish there were a way to store your vegetables and produce without resorting to disposable zipper bags or a fridge full of containers, you do have other options to keep your food fresh. 
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One of the food tips that I've heard before is to separate bananas at the top to keep them from ripening quickly, but I never understood why or saw this in action. This week's Banana Experiment proves it's true, however: if you want to hold onto your bananas for longer, separate them at the stem. 
