How to keep your supermarket herbs fresh for weeks: a simple lifehack

Using fresh herbs has a unique charm - they add zest and visual flair to main dishes, making them perfect. Unfortunately, herbs are the kind of product that doesn't have a long shelf life, so when the desire to cook something with them arises, you have to go to the supermarket.

And recently in TikTok user with the nickname hey.itsbel published a great storage trick for herbs. This simple trick will keep your greens fresh for weeks. This will save you time, effort and money.

To start, the blogger carefully washed the parsley leaves without freeing them from the stems. Then she laid the greens out on a paper towel and waited for all the excess moisture to come out. The point of this trick is that the towel should get wet, but the greens should not.

Next, wrap the greens in that same damp paper towel on all sides. Try not to press the greens so they don't lose their shape. Put the greens in an airtight bag and squeeze out any excess air.

Put the bag of greens in the refrigerator and keep it closed. Thus, your greens will be kept fresh for several weeks.