How To Store Salad Greens


Updated 10/02/11 11:49 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 17 comments

How To Store Salad Greens

The vegetables of summer are amazing, making it so easy to eat healthy. I love to buy baby lettuce and freshly harvested mesclun from local farmer's markets and vegetable stands. They taste amazing, and they're so crisp, but if you don't eat them within a couple of days, they can turn soggy and slimy. Here's a great little trick I learned from a farmer friend on storing precious fresh salad Read more

Definition: Frisee


Updated 08/10/09 2:51 PM · Posted by partysugar · 5 comments

Frisee

Frisee A green leafy vegetable with pale, delicate, slender leaves that range in color from light yellow-white to yellow-green. The feathery, mildly bitter vegetable is often used in salad mixes. Purchase crisp frisee with no signs of wilting, refrigerate in a plastic bag for up to 5 days and rinse clean just before using. Read more

Definition: Mesclun


Updated 04/17/07 10:28 AM · Posted by YumSugar · 2 comments

Mesclun A salad mixture of small, young salad greens. It can include lettuce, spinach, arugula, frisée, Swiss chard, mustard greens, endive, dandelion, sorrel. The name mesclun comes from Southern French mescla "to mix." It is also commonly known as mixed salad. Read more