Leftovers… How best to store them?

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Hi Tracy,

So we have learned about all these healthy, natural ways of eating, but what about storing the food and leftovers?  I was looking at some Tupperware and was excited to purchase, but then I started thinking about plastics. Should I be storing my food in plastic? What about reheating?

Thanks,

Storage Stumper

 

Yes, great question!  You work hard to prepare healthy food.  You certainly don’t want to contaminate it in storage or reheating.  I am a very big fan of glass for all types of storage.  I use large mason jars for liquids and Anchor or Pyrex bowls for food. Despite marketing messages otherwise, research shows that chemicals from plastic can indeed leach from bags and bowls when we microwave food in them.  This can also happen when you transfer hot leftovers from a cooking pan to a plastic storage bowl.  Or microwave fresh vegetables in the bag you purchased them in.  It’s hard to avoid plastic for storage container lids, but I recommend glass as the #1 solution for the surface in contact with food.