During one of my good phases, a farmers market vendor taught me to store the lettuce I was buy from him with a paper towel in the bag. As moisture gets in, the paper towel soaks up the water and keeps it off the lettuce, keeping it fresher longer. Awesome.
But normally I buy bagged salads at the grocery store, and they spoil sooooo easily once they're opened. So I applied my farmer trick:
I am going to try this! Will it work for heads of lettuce too? Even my unchopped lettuce goes bad sooo fast.
ReplyDeleteI have another trick I use that works real nice--I store even pre-made salads in the fridge in my salad spinner (like, with the lettuce in the basket, inside the outer bowl, with the lid on). I think this helps because any moisture drains out or condenses on the sides of the bowl. I've done it for up to a week even with other stuff in there too like carrots, herbs, etc. The only downside is it takes up a lot of room in the fridge.