{"id":1507,"date":"2015-08-16T13:10:15","date_gmt":"2015-08-16T18:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chirphopstudio.com\/?p=1507"},"modified":"2020-02-10T14:30:11","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T19:30:11","slug":"return-of-the-cereal-box-liners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chirphopstudio.com\/?p=1507","title":{"rendered":"Return of the Cereal Box Liners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chirphopstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kale.jpg\" alt=\"kale stored in cereal box liner\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chirphopstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kale.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.chirphopstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kale-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since it&#8217;s gardening season, it&#8217;s time to get back to my favorite use for cereal box liners. This free resource comes in handy in so many ways&nbsp;around the house.<\/p>\n<p>Once&nbsp;that exciting first day of harvest rolls around, these bags come out of the cabinet and get put to work for the rest of the summer.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1509 photodrop\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chirphopstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/lettuce-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"lettuce stored in cereal box liner\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chirphopstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/lettuce-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.chirphopstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/lettuce.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>The plastic is thick and sturdy and the sizes are as varied as boxes of cereal, so there&#8217;s a good chance you can find a bag that suits your storage needs.<\/p>\n<p>To prepare what&#8217;s been picked, rinse the vegetables thoroughly and let them sit in a colander for a bit. Then bounce the colander up and down, or shake bunches of leaves to drain excess water. At this point, don&#8217;t worry too much about draining. You&#8217;ll get another chance.<\/p>\n<p>Pack the produce into the bag. Once it&#8217;s full, you can pinch part of the top about halfway across the opening (to keep the vegetables in), and tip the bottom up, to drain more water that has pooled.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1508 photodrop\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chirphopstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/beans-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"green beans in cereal box liners\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chirphopstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/beans-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.chirphopstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/beans.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>The fruit or vegetables I&#8217;ve stored in these&nbsp;bags&nbsp;has seemed to last longer with some moisture in the bag.<\/p>\n<p>The only exception I can think of would be tomatoes, but I use recycled plastic tomato baskets (from winter store-bought tomatoes\u2026 boo!) for those.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever had ripe tomatoes on the vine and looked at them after a rainfall, you&#8217;ll know that excess water tends to make them&nbsp;swell and burst. I wipe them after rinsing and pat them down with a paper towel.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve found that closing the bag loosely seems to extend the life of what&#8217;s inside. The tightest security I use is a small chip clip, but most often I just roll or fold the top and let it stay that way. For something like beans, which are such a tasty grab-able snack, I just leave the bag open in the refrigerator. They don&#8217;t last long enough to go bad!<\/p>\n<p>Happy harvest (and storage).<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since it&#8217;s gardening season, it&#8217;s time to get back to my favorite use for cereal box liners. This free resource comes in handy in so many ways&nbsp;around the house. Once&nbsp;that exciting first day of harvest rolls around, these bags come out of the cabinet and get put to work for the rest of the summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,21,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-do-it-yourself","category-recycled-material-ideas-for-art-and-craft-projects","category-tutorials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chirphopstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chirphopstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chirphopstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chirphopstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chirphopstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1507"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.chirphopstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1739,"href":"https:\/\/www.chirphopstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507\/revisions\/1739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chirphopstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chirphopstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chirphopstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}