Hands up I’ll admit these vegetable storage bags were an impulse buy. The impetus of a fridge rammed over Christmas had me thinking how smart it would be to save space by storing vegetables outside of the fridge. I bought them in Lakeland although similar exist elsewhere. They’re not especially expensive, around £3 something each.
They’re cotton with a blackout lining, a draw string and a zip at the side to get vegetables out from the bottom. They’re sold in potato, onion and vegetable versions although apparently these are all the same apart from the colour. Keep your vegetables in a cool dark place and supposedly these bags will keep them nicely without being in the fridge.
I thought these might revolutionise my fridge organisation. See how I got on with my vegetable storage bags in this latest video below. I warn you now, it doesn’t end well.
Obviously I didn’t expect my vegetables to last for weeks but surely five days isn’t much to ask?
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Haha great video Sarah. Made me laugh. I’ve never stored potatoes, onions or carrots in the fridge and mine last for ages – I do have a rather cold kitchen though.
Hmm, that’s not great. 5 days really isn’t much to ask for such hardy veggies. Is your cellar damp? Not that that should make potatoes sprout so quickly. We store our onions in a basket behind a curtain so there’s lots of air flow around them, potatoes we buy by the sack so they stay put in a paper sack and I must admit all other root veg lives in the fridge.
I’d like to see what Lakeland come back to you with.
Janie x
I don’t think my cellar is damp. Lakeland just gave me no quibble refund.
Hoe disappointing Sarah, those bags actually lost you money. How could they have not road tested them better?! Love the video though and will imagine you may just be better off leaving the veggies on a rack.
They’re back in the fridge for now.
How disappointing! I was quite excited, in a middle of the road way of course, by these bags when I saw your post. How unfortunate they didn’t work out. I could imagine a cellar would be one of the best places to use them.
Well you’d think so too wouldn’t you. If they don’t work in a cool dark cellar I don’t know where they’d work but it’s mystery why my mum gets on ok with them.