- Do you ever attempt to make a salad
only to find the lettuce has gone bad already?
Frustrating, I know.
Well, today we are fixing that problem with this video
because I'm going to tell you a simple tip
to keep your salad greens fresh longer.
Now, I love bringing salads to work
because they're super easy to prep
and my salads are anything but boring.
I mean, I am nuts about my Buffalo chicken salads,
BLT salads, loaded Santa Fe salads,
I can go on and on, but I get pretty serious about my salad.
However, something I am not crazy about is
when the head of lettuce I just bought at the store
goes bad before I even get to it.
And if you're watching this, I know I'm not the only one.
Now I'm gonna start out with a head of iceberg lettuce
but you can use green lettuce or romaine for today's method.
Whether you're taking the iceberg apart
into individual cups, or you just wanna shred it
into smaller pieces to make salads,
the process is the same.
Now, one head of iceberg lettuce actually yields a lot,
but no worries, I'm about to show you how to make sure
all of this stays fresh for future meals.
So what I'm gonna do, which I learned from my dad,
is remove the core from here.
And just like that, can only do it one time.
Did you get that?
And with your hand you just pull it out.
So now that you've removed the core,
you can slice it in half and remove the outer leaves
or shred it.
So I'm just gonna cut the lettuce in half.
No, I personally like prepping iceberg lettuce
because I can use it for taco cups or instead of a sandwich
I can just fill it with my favorite things.
I'm going to use a salad spinner
but if you don't have a salad spinner,
you can just get a big bowl and do the same thing.
Now if you're wondering if I separate every single leaf,
the answer is no, they're all kind of in there
because I like to use these as is for cups.
Now this loose leaves right here
I just stick them at the bottom.
The idea is to get all of this soaked
with water and vinegar.
Next, I'm gonna pour about a cup of white vinegar
into the bowl followed by enough water
to just fill the rest.
I'm going to give this a quick mix and let the lettuce soak
for just a few minutes.
By the way, the lettuce is not going to taste like vinegar.
It's going to help it stay fresh, crispy,
which is exactly what we want for salads.
Now, all you have to do is drain the water and rinse.
Now we're using a salad spinner.
This is the fun part.
Now, if you're wondering
if your salad spinner actually did its job,
let's see how much water it got.
It took some out.
So now the lettuce is clean and mostly dry,
it's time for storage.
Now I use a large Tupperware container
which I just take two sheets of paper towels
and put them at the bottom
because what you wanna do is absorb any excess water
that did not get spun out
because moisture is the enemy of lettuce.
Now, I use my salad spinner to wash off grapes
or even berries.
A little basket inside is actually the most convenient part.
Right, so I just take all my lettuce pieces right here,
put on the top and I take one more sheet of paper towel,
place it right over the top.
Super simple, right?
Now, this is how I prep the lettuce for the week.
I just put my big pieces of lettuce
inside the Tupperware container.
But you can also finely chop it, wait up.
Because if you,
I already did that for you,
if you don't have large container
or you just don't have a lot of fridge space,
you can just put your lettuce inside of a zip bag
with the paper towels and do the same thing.
And this, my friend, is how I prep lettuce for the week.
What do you think?
What other foods do you struggle to prep?
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