Before COVID19 struck globally, life was simple and relatively easy going. Take the simple task of shopping for vegetables and fruits, for instance. Most of us would bring vegetables and fruits from the market, wash it under running water and either consumed or dried and stored them.
But now with the fear of being infected by the COVID19 virus, we are anxious to safeguard the health of our near and dear ones and are constantly looking for safe options to clean vegetables and fruits.
This becomes very important, considering the incredibly long journey of the vegetables and fruits, starting from the farm, and the number of hands they pass through before reaching your kitchen.
They are grown in some distant farm and plucked by the farmers; then they are packed and transported to different places, reaching wholesalers, from where they are supplied to super stores, online stores or local vendors. They are then delivered to the homes.
If it is an online store you are buying from, they change even more hands. When we buy from the local vendors too, the vegetables and fruits are touched by many people.
Today, thanks to the pandemic, in addition to the dirt, pesticides and other contaminants, we now must worry about the COVID19 virus too! Given all the above facts, proper washing and cleaning is very important to make them fit for consumption.
How to buy vegetables and fruits:
- While you go out to buy vegetables and fruits, carry your own cloth shopping bag.
- Always buy fresh and seasonal fruits and vegetables.
- Avoid buying fruits and vegetables which are pre-cut, damaged or bruised.
Important things to remember:
- Once you bring vegetables and fruits from the market, keep them aside for a few hours.
- If vegetables and fruits are in a plastic bag or paper bag, discard the bags and put them into the recycle bin.
- After every shopping, wash the cloth bag in hot soapy water and dry it in the sun. Once the bag is dry, it is ready for your next shopping expedition.
Ever since the virus struck, I had been looking for a good quality vegetable and fruit wash for a long time. And then I got Rustic Art’s Serve Clean Vegetable and Fruit Wash, an amazing natural and organic product that came as the answer to my quest.
I smiled happily, reading the ingredients on the pack, because my search for good quality vegetable and fruit wash was finally over! Every ingredient listed there was not only environment-friendly and biodegradable, but even the attractive packing material is biodegradable. What can’t harm the environment can’t harm us either, right?
What was more, Rustic Art has taken care to explain the working of each ingredient, which is very reassuring. Take a look:
- Baking soda, salt, and tamarind remove carcinogenic pesticides and dirt from the surface of the fruits and vegetables.
- Sodium percarbonate is a fungicide and helps to keep the fruits and vegetables fresh for a longer period.
- A natural chelating agent attracts and binds all the heavy metals from the solution.
- Soap nuts remove wax and toxic chemicals and disinfect the vegetables and fruits.
- Colloidal silver destroys harmful fungal, bacterial, and viral pathogens.
Here are some more important things to know about Rustic Art Serve Clean Vegetable and Fruit Wash:
- It is free from sulphates.
- It is preservatives-free.
- It is free from harsh chemicals.
- It is soap-free.
- It is surfactant free.
How to wash vegetable and fruits using Rustic Art Serve Clean:
- First wash your hands with soap and water before beginning your work.
- Avoid washing pre-cut, peeled, damaged or bruised fruits and vegetables.
- Avoid washing porous vegetables and fruits like mushrooms and strawberries.
- Take one litre water in a big deep bowl and put 1 tsp (5g) Rustic art serve clean in it.
- Adjust the quantity of water and Rustic Art Serve Clean according to your requirement.
- Now put vegetables and fruits in it and leave for 10 – 15 minutes.
- Take out vegetables and fruits and wash in clean water.
- Keep in a colander so that excess water drains out.
- Wipe with a clean kitchen towel and if not using immediately, store in an airtight container and keep in the refrigerator.
- Follow the same process to wash green leafy vegetables and cabbage.
Method to clean green leafy vegetables:
- Cut the stem of the green leafy vegetables because this part is most contaminated by pesticides, insecticides and other chemicals.
- Pluck the leaves and discard damaged leaves.
- Soak green leafy veggies for 10 minutes in Rustic Art Serve Clean solution.
- Take out and wash it with clean water and keep in a colander to let excess water drain out.
- Now our green veggies are ready to consume.
How to clean root vegetables:
- Vegetables like potato, sweet potato, carrot, radish etc., need extra care. Just soaking in water is not enough.
- First soak these veggies in Rustic Art Serve Clean solution for 15 minutes and then gently scrub with a vegetable brush to remove the mud and dirt. If you don’t have a vegetable brush, keep aside a separate toothbrush for this purpose.
- Finally wash it with fresh water and dry on the clean kitchen towel.
In the end, I would like to share the importance of eating only seasonal fruits and vegetables:
- In our families elders always encouraged us to eat seasonal fruits and veggies because they are nutritious and contain all the vitamins, minerals and micronutrients which are required by our body during that particular season and also are easily digested.
- Seasonal vegetables and fruits are grown in appropriate weather conditions and so they are healthy, nutritious and tasty. So, stop opting for off-season veggies and fruits, which are not only costly but are also tasteless and lack in nutrition.
- Seasonal vegetables and fruits have natural colour, flavour and taste.
- Seasonal fruits are good for health.
- Vegetables and fruits during their season are grown in abundance and are affordable for everyone to buy them.
- We can preserve many seasonal produce like mango, amla, lemon, karonda etc. in the form of murabba, candy, achar, jam and many other ways.
- We can make instant pickles and chutneys from the seasonal vegetables and fruits.
Finally, a few words about Rustic Art:
All Rustic Art products are environment-friendly, water-efficient, vegan and are biodegradable.
To know more about Rustic Art products, just click the link given below and peep into the beautiful world of Rustic Art with its wide range of eco-friendly products.
