{"id":37741,"date":"2025-04-09T04:15:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T11:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/?p=37741"},"modified":"2025-04-09T09:46:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T16:46:04","slug":"this-amazing-fruit-reduces-my-grocery-bill-by-400-dollars-every-year-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id37741-this-amazing-fruit-reduces-my-grocery-bill-by-400-dollars-every-year-2.html","title":{"rendered":"This Blue Fruit Cuts $400 Off My Grocery Bill Every Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/blue-strawberries.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-37744\" src=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/blue-strawberries-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"blue fruits\" width=\"395\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/blue-strawberries.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/blue-strawberries-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/blue-strawberries-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/a>Have you ever wondered why there aren&#8217;t very many blue fruits or vegetables in nature? I know I have. In fact, most fruits and vegetables that people usually offer as examples of azure produce are actually purple.<\/p>\n<p>And, no, blueberries aren&#8217;t blue; they&#8217;re purple too. Sorry.<\/p>\n<p>Yes &#8230; the strawberries you see in the photo that accompanies this article really <strong><em>are<\/em><\/strong> blue; they&#8217;re genetically modified.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right; the only reason they&#8217;re blue is because a couple of mad scientists injected genes from a fish called the Arctic Flounder Fish into the fruit.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s cheating, folks.<\/p>\n<h3>Introducing a <em>Truly<\/em> Blue Fruit<\/h3>\n<p>With that in mind, do you notice anything out of the ordinary in <strong><em>this<\/em><\/strong> picture?<a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Blue-fruit-e1465700605301.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37742\" src=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Blue-fruit-e1465700605301.jpg\" alt=\"Blue fruit\" width=\"513\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Blue-fruit-e1465700605301.jpg 480w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Blue-fruit-e1465700605301-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, that&#8217;s a miniature blue apple sitting in my kitchen fruit basket &#8212; and, obviously, it isn&#8217;t real. It&#8217;s actually a product called the Bluapple and it serves a very valuable purpose: it extends the shelf life of the the real fruit in that basket by at least a week. No, really.<\/p>\n<p>So &#8230; how does it work? Well, according to the folks at Bluapple, ethylene gas is given off naturally by <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id1208-15-organic-fruits-veggies-that-arent-worth-paying-more-for-2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fruits and vegetables<\/a> as a signaling mechanism in order to coordinate uniform ripening. The downside is that ethylene gas builds up when you store your produce in fruit bowls or your refrigerator&#8217;s crisper &#8212; and that speeds up the ripening process and hastens spoilage. This is where the Bluapple can help: It&#8217;s designed to absorb that ethylene gas for three months in the typical home refrigerator produce bin or storage container.<\/p>\n<p>Trust me: it works. Before I started using the Bluapple, my family was constantly tossing overly-ripened fruit and veggies into the trash. The prime culprits for us were tomatoes &#8212; which I refuse to refrigerate because they become mealy when stored there &#8212; as well as bananas, avocados, limes and strawberries (no, <strong><em>not<\/em><\/strong> blue; the red ones).<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, those days are gone.<\/p>\n<h3>How This Blue Fruit Saves Money<\/h3>\n<p>We now keep one Bluapple in the fruit bowl and a second one in our refrigerator&#8217;s crisper. As a result, the shelf life of our fruits and vegetables is much longer than it used to be. In fact, I estimate that, by reducing waste, our household easily now saves about $35 every month. Yes; that&#8217;s more than $400 annually. Not too shabby!<\/p>\n<p>The only trick is in remembering to replace the ethylene absorption packets every few months to ensure that your Bluapple is working at peak efficiency &#8212; but that&#8217;s no big deal at all if you&#8217;re looking for an easy way to <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id484-this-little-trick-can-save-you-thousands-on-your-grocery-bill.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reduce your grocery bill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested, I recommend trying a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00P87B16M\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00P87B16M&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=lepedoco-20&amp;linkId=2b3f9f48119a88b9818d212f25642ba4\">Bluapple One-Year Combo Pack<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=lepedoco-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00P87B16M\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> (<em>affiliate link<\/em>). The combo pack is approximately $27 but, if you buy one, I&#8217;m certain you&#8217;ll be utterly amazed with how good the Bluapple is at prolonging the life of your fruits and veggies.<\/p>\n<p>Best of all, it will reduce your grocery bill too &#8212; and who could ever be blue about that?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: smaller;\">Photo Credits: (strawberries) DailyBuzzy; (fruit bowl) the Honeybee<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered why there aren&#8217;t very many blue fruits or vegetables in nature? I know I have. In fact, most fruits and vegetables that people usually offer as examples of azure produce are actually purple. And, no, blueberries aren&#8217;t blue; they&#8217;re purple too. Sorry. 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