Learn how to properly store one of the most Vitamin K rich vegetables on the planet. Also, learn about Asparagus' growing process after it's been picked!

1. How To
Properly
Store
Asparagus

2. Meet
Asparagus…

3. After
Asparagus is
picked from
the
ground…

4. … it continues to breathe!
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CO2
2
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2

5. And metabolize!

6. Very similar to fresh picked flowers.

7. Thus,
storage
is
similar
too!
Fresh Water
Glass Jar
Trimmed
Stems

8. S T E P #1Cut 1 inch
off the
bottom of
the
Asparagus.

9. Fill a medium
sized cup,
mason jar, or 2
cup liquid
measuring cup
with fresh
water.
S T E P #2

10. S T E P #3
Place Asparagus
upright in cup.

11. S T E P #4 Place plastic bag
loosely over bundle
and refrigerate.
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12. Asparagus will
stay fresh for up
to two weeks!

13. If water in cup becomes cloudy...
CHANGE IT!

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