Salad tastes best fresh and crunchy.
To ensure that the healthy side dish can be kept longer, you should follow a few tips.
Since salad is very healthy and also good for the figure, it is often on the shopping list for many people.
However, if you only do a large purchase in the supermarket once a week, you often throw away wilted heads of lettuce.
Sometimes you don't have the time or inclination to prepare the healthy side dish, sometimes you simply forget that the iceberg, romaine lettuce or lamb's lettuce is still in the vegetable compartment of the refrigerator.
You can use a little trick to extend the shelf life so that in the future no lettuce has to hang its head in the truest sense of the word.
You just lack the inspiration to try different salads?
Then you should definitely take a look at the recipe for the Green Goddess Salad.
Grilled lettuce hearts with feta and honey are also worth trying.
Shelf life: With the secret cloth trick, your salad stays fresh longer
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A damp cloth sprinkled with vinegar or lemon juice can help extend the shelf life of lettuce.
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When shopping in the supermarket, make sure that the lettuce is still fresh and crisp.
The best way to recognize fresh lettuce is when the leaves are hard, firm and close to the head.
In addition, the interface at the stalk is light and not dry.
If the lettuce already feels soft or mushy or even has brown spots – keep your hands off.
If possible, avoid ready-made salads.
These should be consumed particularly quickly, especially after the weekly shop.
Ready-made salad mixes are delicate and spoil faster.
If possible, make sure not to interrupt cold chains.
It is advisable to take a cool bag or something similar with you, especially when the outside temperatures are warmer.
After shopping, drizzle a little vinegar or lemon juice on a damp cloth and wrap the head of lettuce in it.
The vinegar or lemon juice makes it harder for germs to develop and the salad stays fresh for longer.
Store the lettuce wrapped in the damp cloth in the crisper of your refrigerator.
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Don't forget to wash the lettuce before you eat it - but only if and only as much as you need it.
If it is washed, the shelf life of lettuce is reduced.
It is also advisable to serve the salad dressing separately.
If the salad is already dressed, it won't last as long.
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