{"id":16828,"date":"2016-09-14T05:15:34","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T12:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/?p=16828"},"modified":"2025-05-28T13:38:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T13:38:37","slug":"foods-you-should-not-refrigerate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/foods-you-should-not-refrigerate\/","title":{"rendered":"Foods You Should Not Refrigerate (But Probably Are)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Should I Be Refrigerating That?<\/h2>\n<p>You may think you are doing your produce good by keeping it cool.  In reality, certain foods are best kept at room temperature!  Take a look at the foods below, some may surprise you.<br \/>\nPotatoes: starches turn to sugar in cool temperatures<br \/>\nGarlic: the cold may make the garlic sprout too early; is also needs air circulation<br \/>\nAvocados: have difficulty ripening in cool temperatures<br \/>\nTomatoes: refrigeration breaks down the cellular structure of tomato skin, making it mushy<br \/>\nBananas: like avocados, have difficulty ripening in cool temperatures; the outside skin will also turn brown (the inside typically stays intact)<br \/>\nMelon (uncut)*: will ripen faster; remains sweeter on the countertop<br \/>\n*cut melon must ALWAYS be stored in the fridge<br \/>\nPeaches, Apricots, Nectarines, Cherries &amp; Plums: start them off on the counter, then once they start smelling sweet, transfer them to the fridge<br \/>\nHoney: indefinite shelf-life; will crystallize in the refrigerator<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15477\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-divider-line.jpg\" alt=\"blog-divider-line\" width=\"620\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-divider-line.jpg 620w, https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-divider-line-300x29.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/shop.thedolcediet.com\/collections\/personalized-plans-certifications\/products\/dolce-diet-custom-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17058\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Dolce-Diet-1-on-1-Consult-800.png\" alt=\"dolce-diet-1-on-1-consult-800\" width=\"620\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Dolce-Diet-1-on-1-Consult-800.png 800w, https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Dolce-Diet-1-on-1-Consult-800-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Dolce-Diet-1-on-1-Consult-800-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Dolce-Diet-1-on-1-Consult-800-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should I Be Refrigerating That? You may think you are doing your produce good by keeping it cool. In reality, certain foods are best kept at room temperature! Take a look at the foods below, some may surprise you. Potatoes: starches turn to sugar in cool temperatures Garlic: the cold may make the garlic sprout [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16829,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-post","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Foods You Should Not Refrigerate (But Probably Are) - The Dolce Diet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/foods-you-should-not-refrigerate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Foods You Should Not Refrigerate (But Probably Are) - The Dolce Diet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Should I Be Refrigerating That? 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