Long life salad

[Kristin251]

I keep radishes celery onion and bok choy chopped and in a bowl with water ( no water for onion) and then assembly is easy! Makes for a good snack too.

 

[Prem51]

The only salad veg I find doesn't keep for a week are red/yellow/green peppers which tend to go soft if you don't use the whole pepper. I find they keep crisp longer if you cut the pips and inner pith off any unused portion and keep it in chilled water in the fridge.

 

[welovedzig]

Tesco have frozen avocado.
Radishes keep well, so does celeriac

Tesco have frozen avocado - they are horrid!

 

[Chook]

Tesco have frozen avocado - they are horrid!

Yes, I agree. Really revolting.

 

[Resurgam]

Oh - I eat them when barely defrosted, sort of avocado icecream - I have never tasted them fully defrosted, as I assumed that they would not have survived the process, like strawberries.

 

[Sweet_Sophie]

The only salad veg I find doesn't keep for a week are red/yellow/green peppers which tend to go soft if you don't use the whole pepper. I find they keep crisp longer if you cut the pips and inner pith off any unused portion and keep it in chilled water in the fridge.

I dry roast my peppers in the oven and add them during the week in salads. Would that be ok? I'm a newbie

 

[Chook]

I dry roast my peppers in the oven and add them during the week in salads. Would that be ok? I'm a newbie

Yes, thats fine. I roast mine in big batches in olive oil - along with aubergine, courgette, red onion and cherry tomatoes. Its a big favourite with both me and Mr Chook so I've usually got some in the fridge - sometimes I add some to salad and sometimes I just scatter some cubed goats cheese or fetta over for a light lunch.

You can buy jars of already roasted peppers but I don't think they have the toasty flavour of home roasted.

 

[Chook]

Tesco have frozen avocado - they are horrid!

I recently bought these and I have to agree, they are disgusting!!

 

[Rabdos]

Maybe try sauerkraut if you like pickled cabbage 1.9g of carb per 100g according to Waitrose.
http://www.waitrose.com/shop/DisplayProductFlyout?productId=7473

I see Dr. Fang has big belly

 

[MuntiJay]

try salad with these ingredients:
crab sticks, onion, rice, cucumbers and corn

 

[carty]

The rice and corn would cause me serious spikes I think you may need to try a small portion and test
CAROL

 

[Tony337]

Hi
Assuming you are in the UK lidl do a lettuce that's still growing in a bit of soil with rooting.
Its 99p and you just add a drop of water and lasts over a week depending of course how much you eat.
I really like it.
The other obvious alternative is grow your own and just take the leaves off as and when.

Good luck

Tony

 

[Prem51]

try salad with these ingredients:
crab sticks, onion, rice, cucumbers and corn

Be careful, crab sticks have a high sugar content.

 

[Ann1982]

There's no sugar in my pickled red cabbage @carbolysis

If you don't like red cabbage, you could try something greener....

Mine neither, but then it's home made.

 

[Pinkorchid]

Those precut salads in a bag, I think only last a couple of days? Do they are not convenient.

If you line an airtight plastic food container with kitchen towel put in the lettuce and close container keep in the fridge and it will last twice as long as keeping it in the bag