You can extend lettuce freshness in the fridge if you add its "root" sides to water in a jar, then bag and tie it with a plastic bag. It can last an additional week or two before it gets soggy/damp
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And if you’ve bought leafy greens like lettuce leaves or rocket, you can extend their life by putting them in an airtight container with a piece of paper towel underneath, on top helps as well. This absorbs the excess moisture so they don’t go so gross.
Or buy packs of 'living lettuce' and keep it on your counter with water
Do you like the celery roots or the stalks?
I am very fond of the cooked roots in white roux.
Never have been especially fond of the stalks, but I know that many people love to eat them e.g. as kind of snack-sticks with different dips.
The stalks, I will cut them into finger length segments and glue them together using PB. I eat them as a snack when I get a second at work.
Try baby carrots with roasted cashews. You don't need to cook them, just eat them together. They were made for each other. If you like to cook, though, carrot cashew soup is delicious.
I used to eat baby carrots dipped in this stuff, but I needed to cut down on the salt, so I stopped:
Peanut butter on celery is a classic snack.
I've never cared much for celery, it has very little nutritional value. But, the seeds are supposed to help with high uric acid, so I started eating it. It's okay cooked, and I even started liking it. But, I decided it was taking up space that I could use for something more nutritious, so dropped celery in favor of brussel sprouts. Now, I just use ground celery seed as a spice.
Tomatoes, fresh from the garden, with a bit of balsamic vinegar, is what convinced my husband uncooked tomatoes are delicious!
The difference between a garden or farm fresh tomato and the things in the grocery store are enormous.
Tastebuds do change as you age, so you will probably find a lot of things you didn't like starting to taste better. Also being able to prepare things the way you like them is huge.
To this day I still do the peanut butter in the celery with little raisins on top. Ants on a log I think we called it. Great snack. Also good on lunches.
Ants on a log! Classic.
Allo ..... Wet celery i assume ?
Celery is the Coldplay of vegetables.
Coldplay is much better covered in ranch dressing
You mean... it used to be good?
Welcome to the wonderful world of fiber! It helps reduce butt cancer.
I put the stem of thr lettuce in a small bowl of water and cover the lettuce in a loose plastic bag, it keepy my lettuce fresh and crispy for weeks... I do the same trick with my celery, leeks, green onions, and other such vegetables that would otherwise wither and wilt in the fridge.
Good for you. Celery is not my favourite but that's probably because I grew up eat ants on a log a little to often.