Quick Tip-Keeping Lettuce Fresh
Have you ever bought lettuce with every good intention of making lots of healthy salads-only to have it wither grow slimy before you used it all? Having to chuck produce in the trash-or even the compost-is a waste and the antithesis of frugal!
Here are 2 quick tips to make your lettuce last longer
#1-Consider buying Romaine lettuce. Yes, I know it costs more, but it tends to last longer in your fridge, so the additional cost may be worth it for you.
#2-Wrap your lettuce, once cut, in a dry kitchen towel (or piece of papertowel) and place in an unsealed plastic bag. The moisture that naturally evaporates out of the lettuce and then condenses in the plastic bag or wrap is what causes it to get slimy so fast. If you have something in there to absorb the water (ie the cloth or paper towel) you will be amazed at how much longer it lasts! This tip works on most fresh leafy greens.
I was given a voucher for the green bags. I wouldn’t have bought them otherwise because I didn’t really see the sense in buying a packed of bags just for the purpose of making produce last longer and I wasn’t ven sure if they were going to work, but I have to admit those things have saved me a small fortune since I got them last year. Lettuce keeps at least three times as long and I’ve had strawberries in one of the bags for almost two weeks in the fridge and they were still perfect.
I’ve easily saved the cost of the bags over and over again, plus I almost never had to throw away fresh fruit or veg anymore.
They’ve only been for sale in the UK for a year or so but I think they’re been available in the US much longer so they’re probably a lot cheaper.
https://www.greenbags.com/
http://www.jmldirect.com/product.asp?pf_id=K6776&changecurrency=GBP
Sorry left the wrong link. Mine are the JML Keep Fresh Bags. They're reuseable indefinitely whereas the Debbie Meyer bas can only be used ten times.
Hmm…maybe the green bags would be a good Mother’s Day gift for all of us! Thanks for the reminder about a bag with paper towels; I used to do that but admit to being lazy lately and throwing away way too much lettuce.
Erika
Leanne-the green bags do work well, my mom loves them and they are reuseable. I have the bread ones my mom gave me since I bake all my own bread. . .
Erika-They probably would make a good mothers day gift!
I have found that removing the core from lettuce makes it last longer.