Woman reveals simple tip to revive wilting vegetables

Many people have gone to make dinner only to realise their fresh vegetables have gone off and need to be thrown out.

But a now a woman has revealed an easy hack to revive wilting vegetables, which she says she now ‘swears by’ and stops food waste.

Alesha Ruddenklau, from New Zealand, shared a video to TikTok showing how to keep her broccoli fresh, by cutting off the stem and putting it in a cup of water.

Explaining that it’s the ‘life hack she randomly saw one say and is now an unconscious standard practice in her life,’ Alesha begins by taking a discoloured old broccoli out her fridge.

She then chops off the end and puts the stem in a cup of water, which she then places back in the fridge.

Alesha next opens the fridge door to show how the water revived the broccoli,  and made it look good as new.

The video has since racked up 340,000 hits, with hundreds commenting their shock.

Last year, home organiser Emily, who shares top tips via Making Homes A Heaven on Instagram, shared a picture of her homemade water garden on Instagram.

Alesha Ruddenklau, from New Zealand, shared a video to TikTok showing how to keep her broccoli fresh, by cutting off the stem and putting it in a cup of water. TikTok user shows off hack for refreshing old wilted broccoli

Before: The vegetable was wilted with parts becoming lighter and darker as the food becomes discoloured

The picture revealed celery, asparagus and spring onions all in glasses of water, which she says keeps them fresher for longer.

She explained: ‘Many fresh foods are plants and need water to stay fresh… I’m regrowing my celery, keeping my asparagus from going soft and always have green onions as they grow.’ 

Hundreds of people commented on Alesha’s post saying they were going to try the hack.    

Alesha next opens the fridge door to show how the water revived the broccoli, and made it look good as new.

Home organiser Emily, who shares top tips via Making Homes A Heaven on Instagram, shared a picture of her home made water garden on Instagram. The picture revealed celery, asparagus and spring onions all in glasses of water, which she says keeps them fresher for longer

‘These are the tips big broccoli don’t want you to know,’ one said. 

‘WHAAT?! WHAT!!?? I wish I could apologise to the many, many broccoli I’ve thrown away,’ joked another. 

‘I need to know this 17 broccolis ago,’ said another.    

‘Seriously? I mean seriously? This should be on tonight’s news,’ wrote one TikTok user. 

‘Wait what? I’ve wasted so much broccoli,’ commented another. 

‘Oh good gawd. The amount of broccoli that I’ve binned. I’ve learnt something new today.’