Hack: Drying Lettuce
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
- If you don't have a salad spinner or you need to dry a big bunch of lettuce that won't fit in your salad spinner.... this hack is for you. And it's FREE, too!
PS Some tips for ensuring a clean bag each time:
Use a bag that was double bagged so it didn't touch groceries
Ask for an extra bag at check out (also great if you bring reusable bags)
Use a pillowcase that you can wash and dry each time
Use a mesh bag (must do outside)
Use a gallon size ziptop style bag
Use a clean grocery bag lined with a small dish towel
omg finally a video that didn't pull out a salad spinner like I just had one laying around
Thank you for sharing your mom's technique! I'm buying a huge mesh produce bag to use for large batches of lettuce. I'm blessed with being able to step outside to scare the neighbors with my new salad spinning technique.
Julie Vanderschaegen or make the neighbors super jealous 🤷♀️ The mesh bag is a really great idea!
Love the mesh bag idea!
OMG .....I was thinking about getting a salad spinner, but after watching this for get about it.... this works even better.I actually added a single paper towel and it works even better......Thank you👍👍😁
Terry Bradley glad you liked it! And the paper towel is a great idea!!
I was going to buy a salad spinner too, but I'm trying this first. And I love the paper towel idea!
Same here! what a great hack!
Using a large-hole mesh laundry bag works better to keep the greens dry. Just step out on to the deck or veranda and spin away. If you can't go outside, then put the laundry bag in a plastic bag and use it as a water catcher before whirling away. Be sure not to just let the laundry bag tumble freely in the plastic bag or it will sit in the wicked water. Hold on to both the laundry bag and the plastic bag so the water completely separates from the leaves.
LOVE this! I'll be trying it with the laundry bag within the plastic bag soon!
Omg thank you! Grocery stores no longer provide plastic bags here
It worked! I had a lot of lettuce to cut up. I cut it, washed it, put it in a strainer...then I put it in another strainer inside the bag (so the lettuce at the bottom wouldn't end up back in the excess water) and spun it. It worked great! I had an old salad spinner I got from a yard sale, but got rid of it b/c I live in a small space and it was always in the way. Thanks, Mom ;p and thank you for making this video.
Ohhhh the strainer in the bag is GENIUS! I love that and am going to start doing that myself!
Just did It Worked like a charm.
It's crazy I was tickled pink couldn't stop laughing because of all the fun i was having lol
AND IT WORKED.
I DID my Lettuce Turnips and Cabbage 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
It is fun right?!?!
And an arm workout 🤣
Oh my GOSH THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING THIS.... YOU SAVED MY SALALD MAKING LIFE!!! Tell your mom i love her.. she is an awesome and smart woman!
Glad you like it!!!! And I will tell her! xx
You can just use big gallon size ziplock bags and pin prick multiple holes and insert that into and outer good ziplock bag. Open the pin prick zip bag put the wet lettuce inside zip. That bag. Then insert the lettuce pin prick bag into good zip bag zip it and shake around the world like you did. Then unzip the outside bag and then the lettuce. You will get dry lettuce.
Awesome! The bag-inside-bag idea is such a good idea!
I’m so glad I came across this video. I had a huge salad spinner, and it took up a lot of room and it was a headache to wash my greens in it. My lettuce still had a lot of water after use and then I would take a paper towel to soak up more water.
I can’t wait to try this today! I may go back to eating more salads now. There’s nothing worse than having chopped up “soggy” lettuce. Thank you so much for sharing your tips!
Yes same! And my lettuce wouldn’t last as long in the fridge because it was soggy. I hope it works for you!!
Thank you for this tip! I don’t want to buy a salad spinner because it’s bulky. This is more practical for me.
This was exactly my situation, too! I don’t have room for a salad spinner! Hope you enjoy!!
Thank you. I don't have a salad spinner and that worked great. Just harvested my first lettuce ever. And was hoping not to have soggy greens. I appreciate this.
Congratulations on your lettuce harvest -- tough to beat homegrown lettuce. I'm glad it wasn't soggy! :)
u just saved me from buying a salad spinner. thanks a ton.
Shital Kanitkar yay!!! What will you do with the extra kitchen space? 😁🙌
Same here a salad spinner was on my today’s store list! Thanks 💚✅
I just put one in my cart, and decided to look at RUclips to see if everyone uses a salad spinner because me too just one more thing in my kitchen. I’ll definitely try this. Thanks.
Great hack but I just realized I no longer have plastic grocery bags since there is a ban on plastic bags in Canada
ahhh yup. maybe a reusable nylon bag could work!?
I take a large dish towel and place my greens in the middle, and wrap the towel around the greens like a burrito. Then hold one end of the dishtowel securely in each hand & spin the towel until it can't spin anymore, first towards you then away from you. You will end up with the water in the towel, and dry lettuce!
It is great to learn a technique that doesn't require adding more to the laundry pile. Please only use grocery bags that have set in your car/garage/house for at least a month to let all of the outside germs die off on the bags first.
Dish towel roll-up is a grata idea too!
Haha. I have a salad dryer & yes it takes up a lot of space. This method is a great idea for when I am travelling. Absolute thumbs up. Thank you so much to you and your mom!!!!
piayu gamer for travel is a great idea! I’ll let my mom know you enjoyed 😃
I use to put my lettuce in a pillow case and stand in the backyard and swing it until all water is out. I make lots of jarred salads so I use like 3 heads of lettuce.
Loveshell7 I love this idea! Then you can just hang the pillowcase out to dry between spinning batches!
I prefer the pillowcase idea - far, far too many plastic bags being used in thd world. I wouldn't want to be re-using a wet plastic bag time and again (of worse, trying to dry the bag out between uses)
This is very cool! If I ever don't have my salad spinner anymore I'll do it. For now though, I wanted to add that I store my lettuce inside the spinner in the fridge. Saves some space.
My Gibeaut that definitely does save space and is a great idea since you need to find fridge space for the lettuce anyway!!
Yayyyy Thankyou 😂 saves me money and room in my kitchen also!
yessssss 🙌 the space saving is so key!
I drain lettuce in a colander. I cover a colander with a flour sack towel. Lay the washed greens in the towel covered colander. Then fold the remaining towel over the top of the greens & then shake the covered colander over the sink, moving it in all directions. Done.
love this!
Wish I have seen this sooner, (not so proud salad spinner owner) THANK YOU!!
Glad you liked!!! And at least now you know about this for the times you don’t have your salad spinner around!
LMFAO!!! I deleted the comment about the question at the end of every sentence!!! Your reply had me on the floor! LOL! thanks! you made my night!
I will try this hack. But I am curious if anyone else has thought about the inside of the grocery bag being dirty from items you've previously carried home from the store after shopping. I guess you can clean the bag before using it of course.
Sorry I just saw this! A few people suggested using a pillow case or a large food storage bag. I use the second bag when they double bag my groceries (so the one that didn't have groceries inside of it). Hope this helps!!
You could use a brand new unused bag from the store and then recycle them
Exactly. That’s just gross to me. You just took your cleaned lettuce and contaminated it. No thanks.
Thanks a ton!! That is Soo clever. I always have soggy lettuce and try letting it sit in bowl to drip but that don't work to good lol. This is cool! I am making chicken wraps tonight and I think my family will appreciate nice dry crunchy lettuce🙂
Yes I used to do the same! I hope your family enjoys the nice dry lettuce for those wraps!!
what the hell? How did i not find this sooner?! This is life changing!!!!
How long did you spin the bag?
Halfbakedkpop about 10-15 seconds 😀
Awesome I'll give it a try!
Have a nice day :D
Halfbakedkpop lemme know what you think!
Can't wait to try this next time. I've spent all day laying my greens out on and under weighted dishtowes (that's how my mom does) and they still soak paper towels. Also I can never get them completely clean even after many washes and soaks. Too much work if you ask me lol. It's fine. I definitely didn't want to get a salad spinner that has limited uses. Anyways, I'll try this next time bc mixed salad greens don't freakin dry no matter how many paper towels you put on them. But hopefully this hack will help
They do hold onto so much water! Can't wait to hear how the bag spinning works for you!
Did spinning the mixed salad greens in a plastic bag work? Thanks!
Thank God, I really didn’t want to buy a Salad spinner.
Me too, glad I found this video. Being a herbivour is not too easy in modern world I guess XD XD
Happy spinning
I have not tried it but I'm going to tomorrow. However, I saw someone use a towel and put the lettuce in the towel and wrap it up and spin it. I wonder which way would get the most water off? Possibly, both methods work fairly similar.
I love the towel idea! I also think lining the plastic bag with a towel could reduce mess too if you didn't want water from the towel to potentially drip out. Let me know what you try and how it goes!!
@WillowJaroshNutrition Lining the plastic bag with a large hand towel seemed best. Is very heavy with a towel. Some line with paper towels. I don't like wasting things. Using a smaller kitchen towel did absorb the moisture up, so lettuce turned out quite dry! I'd definitely suggest the addition of anything that soaks up water, whatever one has. 🙂👍 (Love your channel. Found it yesterday.)
@@Court75 This is so helpful, thank you! I'm adding the small kitchen towel-lined bag to my list in the description box for people. Such a great no-waste option to reduce sogginess. And perfect for any of us who don't have a yard to swing a soggy bag around in!
I have a salad spinner but I don't like using it. It never gets the salad dry enough. I still have to manually dry it with paper towels. Thank you for the hack.
Yes! I hear you on this. My old spinner would only dry lettuce if I put a few leaves in at a time and that was.... time consuming! Glad you like the hack!
I have a salad spinner but I really (really!) don’t like washing it. Thankfully my husband does it for me most times but I think I will give this is a try. Same principle nothing to wash! Thanks 😊
Not having to wash a salad spinner is one of the main reasons I do this! Washing greens is annoying enough without extra things to wash 😂
Like you, I have a space problem, I have a salad spinner but it takes up room and it doesn't actually get my lettuce dry. I am going to try this!
I hope it works for you!! I was very happy to get rid of my spinner and free up some kitchen space!!
I live in a 400 sq ft space and like you have nowhere for a salad spinner. This is easy and way much more fun.
Wayyyyy more fun! 😂🙌
There's no other way to say it... Your mom is a genius! This is one of those "Doh! Why didn't I think of that?!" videos.
Showing my mom this comment and pretty sure you made her year 🤗
OMG I JUST BOUGHT ONE LIKE TWO DAYS AGO! 😩😩😩😩 I’m taking my salad spinner back (but I’m keeping the bags)!!!!!!! 😆😆😆😆😆 THANK YOU!!! 🥰
Best comment 🙌
Willow Jarosh Nutrition 😂😂😂😂
Such an awesome idea!! I love hacks like this!!! Thanks for the tip!
McKenzie Steuber Thank you!!!
Thanks for this. I will try it out. I was just contemplating getting a salad spinner
I can't wait to hear what you think!
Thanks
Welcome! Thanks for watching!
This is one the kids would love to help with! 😆
My aunt once showed us how to use a clean pillowcase for the same purpose, we would have to go outside! But the thought of what that pillow case is actually used for? Pretty gross. 🙈 I do have a spinner but this is great hack to share and for visits to homes that don't!
Oh my gosh definitely a fun kid activity!!! And that’s so interesting about the pillow case. Where they dry or after washing that you’d spin them all around?
@@WillowJaroshNutrition Yes, I do believe it worked well! Maybe designating a new pillowcase just for the purpose would be most ideal. Lol Liked someone's idea to use a reusable produce bag or put paper towel in the bottom of the bag too.
@@andrearobertson9359 omg I read your comment wrong the first time and thought you said your aunt showed you how to clean pillowcases this way 😂😂😂 yes the pillowcase for the washed greens idea is such a great one!
@@WillowJaroshNutrition lmao 🤣 oh thats funny, imagine! Haha
@@andrearobertson9359 🤣🤣🤣
Awesome idea! I needed this.
Thank you! I'm so glad you found it! Enjoy the spinning! :)
I have been planning on buying a salad spinner (and wondering where the heck to keep it!), but no more! Great trick. Thank you!
A plastic bag takes up a whole lot less space :)
Your mom is a genius. Thank you. You've changed my life.
I screenshot your comment and sent to to my mom xx
Gonna give this a try...I have messed up my salad trying to dry it, but I'm definitely going to try this method. Thanks cutie pie!!!!! 😍😍😍😘😘😘
Wow .... thank u!!! This is very valuable information. Thank u for shared with us 😘
derett glad you enjoyed it and that it helps!! 🙌
Thank you and your mom. What a great, GREAT idea!!
Thank you!!!
Your mom is a genius 😮❤ THANK YOU
She will be very happy with this comment 😂💗
I dropped the bowl to my salad spinner and it broke. I was searching online for a bowl replacement, there was none. So I thought I'll check You Tube to see if if there was a DIY alternative and came across your video. Thanks so much for sharing.
What a bummer about your salad spinner bowl! So disappointing when you can't replace just one part of something. I hope a plastic bag will do the trick!
@@WillowJaroshNutrition Yes, it is really frustrating. I haven't tried it yet, but when I do I will let you know if it does the trick.
So basically we are the salad spinners lol !
😂😂😂 New title: "How to turn yourself into a salad spinner"
That is so cool!!! I cannot wait to try it!!!
I love that you hand all the credit to your mum x
Mums don't get enough (much deserved) credit!
Ma goodness... This is heaven.... Thank you so much for sharing this great video. From today my life will be easier... Thank you Thank you Thank you... Willow Jarosh
Rai Joel glad it helps! Anything that saves kitchen space and time is 🙌 in my book!
I think I speak for all your viewers when I say this... O-M-G
Thank god. I really didn't want to buy a spinner kust to dry greens. You just save me money. Thank you
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Thanks soooo much for sharing!!
Glad you liked!
It actually worked!! Thank you. I waited too long with paper towels.
Yayyyyyy 🙌🙌🙌 I’m so glad it worked and you like!!!
Great hack! Thanks so much
What do you do with the bag after? How do you air it out? Seems like the bag would be in the way while drying.
I either use it as a trash bag (and then use a new bag for lettuce the next time) or I turn it inside out and prop it up over my blender to dry on the counter. If I cleaned lettuce for dinner then I let the bag dry out overnight -- otherwise it sits over my blender until dry which is definitely in the way but I have no other option in NYC. My mom has a yard with a clothesline and she hangs hers there to dry! I also love someone's suggestion to use a clean pillowcase. then you could dry in the bathroom and toss in the laundry or hang on the clothesline or toss in the dryer!
@@WillowJaroshNutrition Thank you so much. That really helps! Love it! 💗
Great stuff, it will make my life a lot easier. Thank You
🙌🙌🙌 enjoy!!!
So glad I found this... spinning now. Lol
Thanks I'll give it a try. My problem is not enough space in the kitchen.
I hope it works for you! Same re kitchen space. I don’t have enough storage space for a spinner.
use a mesh bag, and spin it out the window!
Love this! Those greens would be super dry and whatever is under your window gets watered!
Bless your soul.
Enjoy!!
You should punch tiny holes on the inside bag so the water escapes that particular bag 💯😉👍
I love this idea. It also made me think that a clean mesh bag inside a plastic bag could work really well, too!
@@WillowJarosh
I agree 💯😉😊
OMG it totally works!
Great idea. The problem is plastic bags are being phased out where I live. Soon you won’t be able to find a single one.
This is definitely true. Small trash bags can work (and be reused) as long as they aren’t scented/treated and I’ve had some luck with the extra large produce bags at some grocery stores working for smaller batches of greens. And if you have outdoor space, a few people have suggested dedicating a clean pillowcase just to spinning greens! We will have to get creative!!!
Jamie Oliver from Food Network wraps a kitchen towel around it and whips it around
Ohhh great one! No water to empty at the end!
Thanks! I was just checking in Ebay and Amazon for a salad spinner. It's all over $20.00 including shipping. I decided to google a hack for drying lettuce. Yours popped up. I have lots of grocery bags. Thank you!!
Yesssssss! Less money and takes up way less space!
What's a CSA? Thanks much.
It’s a share in a local farm! So you don’t know exactly what you’ll be getting each week but you pay for the season and the farm delivers veggies (and in some cases fruit) that they harvest each week! It stands for Community Supported Agriculture. I loved being a part of a CSA but woahhhhhhh some weeks there was a LOT of lettuce 😂
This is great. I really didn't want to have yet more junk in my house.
terry brown same! Kitchens get so cluttered with stuff!!
Wow thanks for sharing
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You would need to use new unused grocery bags or maybe a thin pillowcase would do the job. You could put the pillow case in your washer on spin dry for a few minutes.
wow using the washing machine on spin dry is a whole other level! and definitely use a clean grocery bag!
Should you poke holes in the inner bag?
That's what I was wondering also. To force the water onto the second bag and away from the lettuce
I just use one bag -- the water collects in the edges/corners and can be emptied. I haven't tried it with two but I think that's a really cool idea! Maybe a mesh bag or a bag with lots of holes and then an outer bag to collect.
I am not laughing. Genius! A Parisian friend taught me to do this same hack using a wire egg carrier with handles off the fire escape of her apartment over an alley. It's true that IT WORKS!
Wow a wire basket is also a great idea!
We used pillow cases to dry salad greens for my 170 person wedding, one burst and we needed to pick it all back up and rewash, annoying but hysterical!!
Oh wow, using pillow cases to dry greens for a large group is a great idea. But, if one breaks.... it will rain lettuce! I can only imagine what that looked like!
You can also do this with a clean dishtowel, although you need to do it outside :)
I love this idea! Do you fold it around the lettuce and then spin it around from the edges?
@@WillowJaroshNutrition I also do the dish towel method, but it results in water spill but quite effective in drying lettuce. Ideally i would like to make a contraption using my hand blender to get is perfectly dry. How can one be certain that the inside of a plastic bag is clean, that's a worry with your method. But inserting the dish towel method in the plastic bag is ideal as it will not spray water all around the kitchen.
WOW Thanks
I'm So Trying This.
My Lettuce is soaking Now.
Once it's cleaned I'm Using this Method Today lol.
Hope you love it as much as I do!!!
@@WillowJaroshNutrition I'm Sure I will
With this method I Don't see how you can loose 😄😄😄🤗
You're welcome! Well done!
You are a saint.
Enjoy the extra cabinet/counter space!! :)
OMG! I was just going to add SALAD SPINNER!!! (just like that with all caps & !!!) to my grocery list because I am CURRENTLY drying lettuce and I’m so frustrated. Last time I dried salad greens, the following morning my husband asked me, “What happened to that new roll of paper towels I put on the holder last night?” So! I decided to check you tube for: “How do I dry lettuce without a salad spinner?” Yours was the first video to pop up, so guess what? I’m going to try it RIGHT NOW! I will reply to my own comment when finished.
Ok. One full head of iceberg lettuce .... dry enough. Worked better than that roll of paper towels the other night. NOW! We all know iceberg and it’s 20 thousand nooks and crannies throughput its entire nutritionless head. But, lately I’ve gotten so sick of that bagged salad, with no crunch or texture. Heck! It doesn’t even get cold! So, instead, I’ve gone back to iceberg as my BASE for all the healthy, nutritious stuff I add. But I digress. I had to give it quite a few spins, then broke it down into smaller chunks. I added about 10 slightly crumpled paper towels to the bag and gave it its final spin. I must say, I’m impressed and the words SALAD SPINNER!!! will not be going on this girls list! Thank you ... and thank your Mom for me.
Ahhhhh this is so awesome to hear and I’ll tell my mom, too! Thanks for the update after trying it. I’m so glad it worked for you. Also, I love iceberg lettuce, too!
Love this idea
I'm trying that tomorrow.
Can't wait to hear what you think!!!
@@WillowJarosh It worked great. I punched a few small holes in the bottom of the bag to let the water out, and went on to my balcony and swung it around ,it did much better than my salad spinner. OMG, I sound like one of the Stepford Wives. 😱
@@davidsheriff9274 great! Ahhh the holes are such a clever idea if you have outdoor space. And also, you sound like the most clever of the Stepford Wives for sure 😁
I would rather use a 1 gallon bucket or something similar. That way I can clean the bucket before and after use to prevent cross contamination.
A bucket could work! I dedicate the same bag for this each time and dry it in between or someone else suggested a pillowcase!
Thank you so much for this. I’m not buying a salad spinner anymore haha
More counter/cabinet space for you!!! :)
Thanks going to try this today
Guna try this I don't have a salad spinner thanks! Lol
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I want to try this so bad but with covid I wonder if is safe (being that is a plastic bag and all) but this hack is amazing shout out to your mom 👏🏾👏🏾
Good point! Someone suggested using a pillowcase or two and that could be an option! Or a small trash bag (from a sealed package)? I’ll let my mom know you gave her a shout 🤗
Thanks!!!
Welcome!!
Thank you
Welcome!!!
I did and it’s the best thing since sliced bread
Yayyyyyy I’m so glad you like it!!!
Lol great job
Thanks! :)
Thank you!! 🙏🙏🙏 I mean, thank you to YOUR MOM!!! 🤣
😂😂 I will pass your thanks to my mom!
But how do you clean the dirty bag before putting your clean lettuce in it?
There are some ideas in the description for ensuring it’s clean! One is to get an extra bag at the market and use that only for the lettuce drying!
Plastic bags were just banned in my state like this week😕 well that sucks lol
Here, too! A few people have suggested using a pillowcase! Or save one of the banned bags as a dedicated salad spinner :)
Thanks for the tip.......
frilink sure thing! Hope it helps!
Do you clean out the bag first? Otherwise what was the point in washing the lettuce to begin with?
Hi! I use the outer bag of a double bag -- so one that has never had groceries in it. But, if you look through the comments there are some awesome ideas for not using grocery bags, include using pillow cases, which can be washed and reused as well as using large produce bags or plastic bags you purchase new. You can also ask the checker for an extra bag at checkout and then dedicate that one only to washed greens. Hope this helps!
I love your video, I was looking for tips on google and stumple...wow...I will definately try it...Thank you
Can't wait to hear what you think!!
Genius!
Thanks, I don't want a salad spinner and this works.....
David Sweeney ditto...and 🙌🙌🙌
Awesome thanks in the year 2021 .
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This is a fun idea, but how clean is it? There's e coli on shopping carts, and consequently on items at the grocery store, (and yes possibly covid), then those things are put into these bags, and then you use these same bags to spin lettuce. Most instances of food poisoning are related to unclean produce... so if you washed some lettuce but put it in a bag that is unclean, it seems like a salad spinner, or a salad sack (same thing but washable) is a safer idea.
Salad sacks, pillow cases, baskets (if you can do it outside), etc are all great ideas! There are a few more in the video description box and in the comments, too!
How long does your lettuce last
If I dry it really well it usually lasts a week, but it also depends on the type of lettuce. I find that romaine lasts the longest!
omg thanks alot
Welcome! Glad you liked it!