A whole shelf in my fridge is dedicated to delicious ready to eat salads!
I found Salad in a Jar on a Pinterest board from LifeHacker.com and I couldn't wait to try it. I love salads, they are so healthy, and this idea will get me to eat more of them. According to LifeHacker.com, "Here's an ingenious way to make sure you eat salad everyday: Make jars of salad on Sunday night that you can just grab to bring to work. If you layer the ingredients correctly, the salad stays fresh for up to four days. Julia writes on the Fat Girl Trapped in a Skinny Body blog that the most important part of the layering is keeping the dressing and the salad leaves from touching. She layers her ingredients with the dressing on the bottom, then onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, quinoa, and spinach. Naturally, you would adapt her salad recipe to your own tastes".
I have been making Salad in a Jar for the last several weeks and it is true, the contents have been fresh and the lettuce crisp for up to five days! There are never any jars that go to waste because my hubby and I love eating them. I brought some to my son's house and he immediately shook one up and ate it right out of jar before I even had a chance to get them in his fridge!
PS I don't buy canning jars, I just re-use glass spaghetti sauce jars! PS
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