{"id":8,"date":"2026-10-11T03:47:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T03:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-harvesta\/keeping-your-veg-box-fresh-all-week\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T03:47:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T03:47:40","slug":"keeping-your-veg-box-fresh-all-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-harvesta\/keeping-your-veg-box-fresh-all-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping your veg box fresh all week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vegetables keep longer when each kind is stored the way it likes. Unpack the box on the day it arrives instead of leaving it in the crate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Leaves and herbs:<\/strong> into the fridge in a bag or a lidded box, with a piece of damp kitchen paper for herbs.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Roots (carrots, beetroot):<\/strong> twist off the leafy tops, which pull moisture out of the root, and keep the roots in the fridge drawer. Cook beetroot leaves like spinach within a day or two.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Potatoes and onions:<\/strong> somewhere cool, dark and dry, in separate places and out of plastic.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Squash:<\/strong> on a shelf at room temperature. Whole winter squash keeps for weeks.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Tomatoes:<\/strong> out of the fridge, stalk side down, for the best flavour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plan the first meals of the week around the most delicate things, such as salad and soft herbs, and leave the roots and squash for later in the week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few minutes of unpacking on delivery day keeps leaves crisp and roots firm until the next box arrives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-harvesta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-harvesta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-harvesta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-harvesta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-harvesta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-harvesta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-harvesta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-harvesta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-harvesta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}