Any way you slice it, fresh fruit is a great nutritional bargain, but there's a lot you need to know to get the most for your money. Here are a few tips.
Some fruits continue to ripen after they've been picked.
The most common ones avocados, bananas, and honeydew. Buy them slightly under-ripe and store them in a fruit bowl at room temperature. Other fruits like peaches, pears, and plums will only continue to ripen if you store them in a closed container like a brown paper bag. But fruits like apples, berries, grapes, grapefruit, and pineapple will only ripen on the vine. Be sure to buy them fully ripened.