Vegetable washing

I always wash my vegetables, sometimes my husband does not, and he thinks it is no big deal.  I went peach picking earlier this week, and the gentleman helping us made a huge deal about rinsing and scrubbing every peach that we ate the peel of.  I asked my friends why and they mentioned that to get perfect fruit, you need a lot of pesticide.

Well, today I bought some typically dirtier vegetables, like lettuce and spinach, and I wanted them really clean.  So I googled about vinegar washing.  Once I saw the first batch of vegetables after they were cleaned, I promptly chopped and threw in every vegetable I bought, or planned to use, to soak in the wash AND the cold water rinse.

So now I pledge to you: I will always wash all the fruits and vegetables in more than just a water rinse.

Wow, this much dirt was on the vegetables.

Yeah, the water that was once clear looked like this.