My Secret For Storing Herbs So You Can Stop Buying Them Every Other Day

Food editor Taylor Ann Spencer shows you how to clean and store herbs so they stay fresh longer.

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00:00If you're storing your herbs like this, they're going to go bad so much faster.

00:04Here's how to clean and store your herbs to give them maximum life for you to enjoy.

00:09There are two categories of herbs. There's your soft, tender herbs like dill, parsley, cilantro,

00:16and then there's your hearty herbs with harder stems like rosemary or thyme. Regardless of what

00:23type of herb it is, you're going to want to snip those rubber bands off, clean them, and dry them.

00:28I recommend a salad spinner for this. You're also going to want to trim those bottom stems.

00:33The best way to store soft herbs is to fill a glass jar with about two inches of cold water.

00:40Stick the herbs into the jar, then cover them loosely with a plastic bag and refrigerate.

00:46This will keep them for about three weeks. For hard herbs, you're going to want to wrap them

00:50in a damp paper towel and then put them in a sealed bag or container in the refrigerator.

00:54Hard herbs should last two to three weeks.