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GIVEAWAY: Good Cook ProFreshionals Produce Keepers!

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Disclosure: This giveaway is sponsored by Good Cook ProFreshionals. I have received a set of Good Cook ProFreshionals Produce Keepers, as well as information to help promote the product as part of this giveaway. I am also a Good Cook Kitchen Expert blogger selected by Good Cook to represent their brand. I do not receive a commission for Good Cook products purchased through my website.

Hey, Super-Couponers! I’m giving away FOUR sets of ProFreshionals Produce Keepers from Good Cook! Click here to jump to this week’s blog giveaway!
AND, the first 40 people to register for my July 18th Super-Couponing workshop in Woodstock, Illinois will receive a free Citrus Keeper at the class!

UPDATE: Giveaway has ended! The winners are Dtomkins845, Prea, Mygoldcloud and Queenkitty!

Do you have problems keeping produce fresh in the fridge? While some things (apples and strawberries come to mind) are eaten within days of bringing them home, other produce tends to languish in the refrigerator — especially if you don’t need the an pepper, lemon, tomato or onion for a recipe. While I know there are better ways to protect and store produce, I must confess that I usually leave the produce in the plastic bags from the store, which isn’t the best way to ensure everything stays fresh.

Enter Good Cook’s ProFreshionals produce keepers! This is a fun, practical set of food storage containers specifically designed to keep a variety of produce fresh. And FOUR of my readers will win this entire set of them!



The set includes:

  • Grapefruit Keeper
  • Asparagus Keeper
  • Pepper Keeper
  • Cantaloupe Keeper
  • Citrus Keeper
  • Tomato Keeper
  • Banana Keeper

As part of this giveaway, Good Cook sent over the full set of ProFreshionals keepers for me to try out and review. Each keeper is designed to keep a particular kind of produce fresh in the refrigerator.

Sadly, this is how most of my produce was stored in the fridge prior to preparing for this promotion:

But Good Cook has a Produce Keeper for each of these. Who knew?

The Citrus Keeper is designed to keep a whole or cut lemon or lime fresh (plus, it’s darn cute.) I love this as I rarely use an entire lemon or lime at once for a recipe. I used half this lemon for a recipe, and five days later, I opened the keeper up to use the rest. It was fresh! I know from experience that my former “stick it in a plastic bag” method wouldn’t have had the same result.

This Bell Pepper Keeper is fun too. It snugly holds a whole or cut bell pepper, and I was also impressed with the freshness of the cut pepper after leaving it in the refrigerator for a few days. It was still crisp and not soggy. My only complaint with this keeper is that larger bell peppers won’t fit in it. I had to really squeeze this one into the keeper, and I had a larger bell pepper that I used for dinner which did not fit in it at all.

While all of these Produce Keepers are pretty cool and practical, my favorite is the Asparagus Keeper:

Again, I usually keep my asparagus in a bag, on its side, in a drawer. And it gets soggy and rubbery in a day or two. I think the design of this keeper is brilliant! It’s designed so that you can fill the bottom of it with water, then trim the ends of the asparagus and put them in the keeper. A raised grid in the bottom of the keeper allows water to circulate under the cut ends and keep the asparagus fresh. And on top…

… the lid is vented with small holes so the asparagus can breathe. How about that?

While we’re on the topic of asparagus, I’ll share one of my favorite, easiest ways to prepare it for summer grilling season. Rinse the asparagus, cut the bottom 2″ off each stalk, then fire up the grill. Grab a bottle of Italian salad dressing and a basting brush. Brush the asparagus on all sides, then lay it crosswise on the grill. Use a tongs to flip it after about three minutes as it cooks quickly. 6 minutes later… grilled and delicious!

All of the Produce Keepers have twist-and-lock lids, and they’re made of BPA-free plastic. Their shapes and colors make it easy to recognize what’s inside, unless you come up with alternate uses for them too. I’ve already discovered that the Cantaloupe Keeper also provides a nice, squish-proof container for a pound of grapes, and it keeps them fresher than leaving them in the bag. And my Grapefruit Keeper…

… is currently doubling as an onion keeper, thanks to this enormous Vidalia that was too large to use for one recipe. Another bonus? The cut onion is not smelling up everything else in my fridge. This keeper is keeping the onion-licious scent where it belongs… not seeping into other foods.

Now, on to the giveaway! Want a chance to win this entire set of seven Good Cook ProFreshionals Produce Keepers, valued at $42? To enter, simply post a reply in the comments! This Good Cook giveaway begins today, June 6, 2013, and runs for one week. The giveaway will end on June 12, 2013 at 11:59pm CST, and on June 13th, FOUR winners will be chosen via a random number generator!


More about Good Cook ProFreshionals Produce Keepers:

Keep your produce fresh longer with these Good Cook ProFreshionals Produce Keepers! Store unused peppers, melons, tomatoes, bananas, and asparagus in these colorful produce keepers. Keep them crisp and fresh longer in these specialized, transparent lid containers, which prevent contents from spoiling or smelling. These shaped food storage containers are designed to represent the produce each stores, and they are easy to identify in the refrigerator.

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Through June 30th, 2013, enjoy a savings of 25% off these keepers, as well as your entire order at www.goodcook.com, with promo code KEEPERS. And, if you buy any Produce Keeper, you’ll receive one free Banana Keeper with your purchase.

Legal: This giveaway is sponsored by Good Cook. Responding to this post with a comment qualifies readers to enter. Duplicate posts do not increase chances of winning. The contest began at midnight CST on June 6, 2013 and will end at 11:59pm CST on June 11, 2013. Four winners will be chosen via random-number generator on June 12th, 2013 and announced the same day. Winners will receive ONE set of seven Good Cook ProFreshionals Produce Keepers as shown above. Prizes, information, and giveaway have been provided by Good Cook. I have received a set of the above seven Produce Keepers, as well as information to help promote the product as part of this giveaway. Winners will be contacted via the Private Messaging feature of JillCataldo.com and via email. If a winner does not reply to the message within 48 hours of notification, that winner will forfeit the prize and a new winner will be chosen. Fulfillment will be handled by Good Cook. Giveaway is only open to residents of the United States. Odds of winning are determined by number of eligible entries received. Good luck to everyone!

Comments

  1. I would love to win! I have been keeping a wish list of Good Cook products and some of these were on my list!

  2. I am excited by a chance to win these. My CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) is about to start for the year so these would work great for me. Thanks Jill.

  4. Nothing like timing. I just cleaned out my refrigerator and am ready to restock with fresh produce. These produce keepers will look really cool in my veggie drawer.
    Thanks

  9. Would love to give these a try!! Thanks for the opportunity to win these.

  18. My 6,5,and 3 year old LOVE to go “asparagus hunting” with Daddy. We eat fresh asparagus cut right out of the ditches about three times a week in the month of May. Here’s the best way to eat them. Put them in a ziploc and throw in some olive oil, garlic, pepper, and Montreal steak seasoning. Shake, shake, shake and let sit a few minutes. Then cook them on the grill:-) The asparagus keeper would look so much cuter than the bowl filled with water we use now;-)

  20. These look great! I’d love to win! I throw away too many old lemons & limes.

  22. I will probably end up buying these. Veggies don’t last very long. Thanks :)

  23. I would put this to good use in my frig. Tired of inventing penicillin with my rotting food. All my coupon savings down the drain.

  27. These look so cute and practical. I especially like the asparagus holder. We grill our asparagus too – only we coat with olive oil. Yum!

  30. So A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!!!! Especially love the tomato & asparagus keepers. They need to put a strawberry one in there too!!

  31. In case you don’t win these (or you have more produce than one set of these can handle), here are some alternatives:

    When I cut a lemon, I go ahead and squeeze out all the juice and put the extra juice in a tiny Tupperware container. Because of the high acid content in the juice, it will keep for a long time.

    When I buy asparagus, I cut an inch or so off the bottoms, and put them in a mug with an inch or so of water. You can put a plastic sandwich bag loosely over the top, if you want to.

    Half a grapefruit seems to keep pretty well in a Tupperware or Rubbermaid container.

    When I use half a banana, I peel the whole thing and put the unused half in a Rubbermaid container. It keeps fine for a few days. (I store unpeeled bananas in the fridge, as well.)

    When I slice a cantaloupe, I only slice up half a cantaloupe at a time. I just cover the cut end of the remaining half with plastic wrap until I’m ready to slice it.

    I slice bellpeppers, put them in a freezer zipper bag, and put them in the freezer. They work fine for cooking later.

    Once I slice open a tomato, I go ahead and slice or chop the rest, put it in a Tupperware container to use within the week on sandwiches, salads, tacos, etc.

    Also, keep a list of what produce you have in the fridge so you don’t forget to use it!

  32. Produce is one thing that I always end up wasting because it goes bad before I can use it all.

  33. Perfect idea, especially for me since my hubby is such a picky eatter that I often waste produce for myself! Plus they are cute which is a great bonus!!

  39. Have never seen anything like these before, except the lemon keeper. Look very neat!

  40. picked our first radishes today and the rest of the garden is looking great. These would be great for storing the goodies.

  43. This would be great – I hate to toss fresh produce and it keeps me from buying it sometimes if I know I can’t use it up

  45. Every week I get so mad when I have to throw away produce that was once fresh. These would be great! Thanks for another great giveaway!

  48. This is a great giveaway! Who wouldn’t want these cute thing in the fridge. I’ve been wanting to get a keeper for my onions, but never have taken that step. Thanks for the chance.

  55. I like bananas, but they always turn too fast for me, so I would love to win this to try it. Wish me luck! :)

  58. These Produce Keepers are so nice, it would be great to win a set since I do tend to keep even the smallest amount of leftover produce!

  59. Love the asparagus keeper and your cantaloupe-made-onion-keeper! Thanks for the chance to win.

  60. This is such an inventive and practical way to store produce. My refrigerator is filled with produce in plastic bags. These would make me smile whenever I opened my refrigerator.

  61. I love the idea of getting rid of the plastic bags! Seems like we waste so much produce when only using part of each in a recipe….

  63. I’m a regular user of sandwich bags as well. No wonder my produce goes bad so fast. And, these are super cute!

  64. Great idea for the asparagus keeper. To keep my berries from molding I rinse them in water and vinegar 10:1 ratio.

  68. Thank you for this give away! Perfect for the summer with all the fresh produce available.. especially at Farmer’s Markets!!

  74. If I win Im going to use the onion immediatly! Ive never seen anything like these, useful and cute.

  77. I have switched to a more whole foods way of eating and these would be GREAt to help me keep these items lasting a little longer:)

  78. Oh these are so neat! So many times my fruit has gone bad after I cut it up! These would be so wonderful and I know little Carter would love them too! So cute and fun!

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