Comments on: Save a Ton of Money by Eating Salad for Lunch

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:40:00 +0000

I was buying the pre-bagged lettuce and keeping it in the bag .. but once I decided to wash it and put it in the spinner. I was surprised how long it stayed fresh in there – easily over a week. Now I try to use the spinner always. Plus, it saves a container. 🙂

By: beth

beth — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:02:00 +0000

I buy the pre-bagged lettuce. It gives me a couple of different lettuces, which there's no way I could eat all of them if I bought full heads.

I also own a Progressive Lettuce Keeper which is pretty awesome at keeping my lettuce fresh.

By: Stevi

Stevi — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:05:00 +0000

I’ve been doing something similar for the past few weeks. I use baby spinach, instead of lettuce, because I’m trying to increase my iron, but the technique is basically the same. I wash the spinach, let it dry thoroughly, then put it in a gallon zip bag, with a folded paper towel on one side. I also shred carrots and keep them in a quart size zip bag with a folded paper towel. A baggie of chopped red onions, some sunflower seeds, and a bottle of dressing finish up my supplies. The zip bags fit easily in the mostly unused crisper drawer of the breakroom fridge, so my coworkers don’t complain about my week’s worth of food in the fridge, LOL.