Julie Bove > wrote:
: >> >
: >> > what I do find difficult is making salad for one and keeping the greens
: >> > fresh for a few days as, if I want a variety of vegetables in the
: >> > salad,
: >> > lettuces, baby greens, tomatoes, radishes, etc, one serving uses so few
: >> > of
: >> > each that they tend to go rotten before I an finish them.
: >> >
: >> > Wendy
: >>
: >> Yes, I find that to be a problem too, since I'm usually the only one
: >> eating
: >> it.
: >>
: >
: > I've gotten better at not overbuying, but I do try to store greens in a
: > way that minimizes waste and spoilage. I have a Rubbermaid crisper bowl
: > that I keep washed lettuce in. It has a little grill in the bottom so
: > that the lettuce isn't sitting in any water that hasn't spun off after I
: > wash the lettuce. Other items get wrapped in a damp paper towel and
: > stored in a closed plastic bag. I put cut radishes in the lettuce
: > crisper, along with cucumbers that I've cut into. Mushrooms tend to be a
: > big problem in the summer, as I sometimes get tired of mushrooms before
: > I finish a box; in the winter, spare mushrooms go into soup.

: Cucumbers are the bad thing here. Costco sells tiny ones but you have to
: buy a ton! If we could get one or two tiny ones it would be perfect. I
: hate touching slimy cukes.

simple solution is to buy the tiny (or any cukes) at another store that
sells them either by fewer pieces or by the pound. Each cuke may clst
more, but if you only eat two or three and thow out the slimy rest, you
are not sving anyting.

I find those tiny Persian cukes to be great to have on hand for a snack
when I get the munchies. Has angela tried that?

Wendy