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Mum shares ingenious ‘lettuce hack’ for keeping cut avocado fresh for a week

‘I’ve never thought of doing this!’ - by Amy Sinclair
  • 06 Feb 2020

It’s the popular food that’s notoriously hard to keep fresh once it’s cut open - avocado. 

The fruit often goes brown or a little bitter when it’s left in the fridge despite all the usual tricks - wrapping it in cling wrap, storing in a container - which can be frustrating and wasteful. 

Mum shares ingenious ‘lettuce hack’ for keeping cut avocado fresh for a week

But now a clever mum has revealed her secret trick for keeping it fresh for up to a week in the fridge - using a very unlikely method. 

Sharing her hack on Facebook, the New Zealand mum reveals how wrapping the cut avocado in a lettuce leaf and storing it in the fridge kept it perfectly ripe and delicious for a whole week. 

To prove her point, she posted a snap of a large chunk of deliciously green and beautiful avocado - which she claims has been sitting in the fridge for seven days, wrapped in a lettuce leaf.

She wrote: 'I sort of accidentally discovered that I have been throwing away first class food wrap.

'Lettuce leaves, primarily the outer ones that are a bit harder, make for excellent food wrap. Since they're designed for that purpose in the first place.’

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She adds: 'It was all good for today's breakfast. Incidentally, lettuce leaves even keep bread buns fresh,' she said.

Many people were blown away by the clever hack. 

‘Oh my god who would have known this? I'll have to try it,' said one. ‘I’ve never thought of doing this!’ added another. 

Said one more: 'Wow this is really awesome.’

So giving this a go!

Amy Sinclair
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