How To Keep Fresh Strawberries Fresh (for a week!!)

I love when strawberries are in season and on sale at Costco. The only problem is I have a small, young family and we have a hard time going through 4 lbs in 2-3 days before they start going bad and I usually end up throwing half of them away. Last summer when I was telling my sister about this little dilemma she shared what is now one of my favorite food tips. She told me to soak them in vinegar water and it will make them stay fresh for at least 5 days. At first I was skeptical but quickly became a believer. I have been doing this little trick ever since and rarely do I end up throwing any away. So today I am going to share with you this simple but oh so amazing strawberry saving trick. 

First things first. Remember that with all food, the fresher the food, the better. This will not resurrect 3 day old strawberries, (wouldn't that be amazing though). Generally I try to do this with in the first 24 hours of buying my strawberries but have found that I get the best results when i do it within the first few hours of bringing them home.

What you'll need

• 10 cups water
• 1 cup distilled white vinegar
• Bowl for soaking strawberries
• Knife and cutting board for cutting off stems (optional)
• Tupperware for fridge storage (or whatever you like to store your food in)

1. Rinse Strawberries

Quick, easy and fun no bake birthday cake,

It was our friends birthday a few weeks ago and I wanted to make a fun but very quick and easy treat for them. So away to Pinterest I went. When I saw this, I laughed, it was so clever, and it would be perfect for us to do.

Fruit Salad Recipe

7 Layers of Fruit Heaven 

My husbands family loves to get together and there is always an abundance of amazing food to eat when they do. This weekend being Mother's Day was no exception. I was in charge of bringing a fruit salad. I am no chef by any means, but I do enjoy creating something fun and delicious to share at parties.

After searching online for some new ideas, this is what I came up with. A seven layered fruit salad with French Cream. It was a great success and extremely yummy! This was really easy to make. If you can cut and mix you can do this. Basically, chop up fruit, mix cream, and then layer together. I made enough for about 30+ people so it took me about an hour and a half to chop and put it all together. However most of the fruit can be cut up a few days prior, that will be a huge time saver.

Here is the recipe. 
7 Layer Fruit Salad