The secret to keeping your lettuce fresh and crispy

The secret to keeping your lettuce fresh.

I love salads!

I will eat them everyday if possible. There are so many options on how you can create one you really should never get board of a salad. You can have a completely different flavor each day of the week. So many options.

Eating as many salads as I do, I have finally figured the way to keep lettuce crispy and fresh. Here is a little tip to keep your lettuce FRESH and crispy the entire week.

• Instead of buying pre-washed bagged lettuce, but a head of your favorite lettuce. 
• As soon as you get home, wash it well. Tear each leaf off the stem rinsing it thoroughly.
• Place cleaned leaves in a large bowl of water. Soaking and stirring leaves around for a few minutes to ensure you get all the dirt and critters off. Drain water out.
• Cut the lettuce leaves in half and dry them well. I use a salad spinner to get all the water off the leaves. It works wonderful!  

• Place the clean dried lettuce leaves in a large plastic bag and close. 
• Using a knife or scissors, cut holes in the bag on each side so the lettuce gets air and can breath. 5 or 6 holes on each side of bag.
• Place the bag in your the refrigerator.  

Your cleaned fresh lettuce will crisp up and stay fresh the entire week. 

Not only will you save money by buying an entire head of lettuce, but you get MORE lettuce AND it will last longer than a bag of pre-washed. Who knows how long it has been in that bag already. And the stink of rotting leaves ruins the entire bag!

Note: If you put lettuce in your refrigerator without washing, the leaves wilt immediately. 

Tip 2: If you have wilted leaves, soak them in a bowl of water inside the refrigerator for 30 minutes or so. WALLA. Crispy once again. Use immediately.

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Quinoa Guacamole Tacos

Originally I discovered this recipe from Food Babe and I revised it to my liking. It is a favorite at my house and seriously THE BEST guacamole you will ever have! It may take a little time to prepare the guacamole but OH SO WORTH IT! 

Serves: 2 – 3

Ingredients Vegetarian Version 

• 2 romaine hearts or 1 head of romaine lettuce 
• ½ cup dry quinoa cooked to package instructions 
• 1 tsp Lemon pepper 
• 1 cup of veggie or chicken broth 
• 3 small ripe avocados diced 
• juice of one lime 
• 1 and ½ cups of cherry tomatoes diced in half and squeezed of excess liquid 
• ¼ cup white onion diced 
• handful of cilantro diced 
• pink Himalayan salt to taste
• Garlic Salt to taste
• Pepper to taste 
• 1 garlic clove minced 
• 1 jalapeño or Serrano pepper diced with seeds removed 

Ingredients Meat Version
Add to the above ingredients

• 1 5oz Beef strip steak 
• 3 Tbs Greek Yogurt 
• 1/4 cup shredded Cheese

(All organic ingredients when possible)

Instructions

• Combine quinoa and Lemon pepper in broth and cook to package instructions.
• Make guacamole by putting all ingredients except romaine in a bowl and combine well.
• Place washed and thoroughly dried romaine leaves on a platter.
• Serve family style – Make the tacos by using a romaine leaf as the shell, adding a scoop of quinoa and a scoop of guacamole to the middle.
• Whoop it up by adding salsa, hot sauce, greek yogurt and or cheese for toppings.