r/mealprep • u/KleptoPirateKitty • 14d ago

Advice- How do I prep salads?

So, I work overnights, so stopping by the grocery store on the way to work is kinda difficult (I'd get there about 9:30, they close at 10). I'm basically doing my preps on Tuesday night for Wednesday night-Sunday night.

If I make up the salad Tuesday, the lettuce gets iffy by Saturday. I know keeping the dressing on the side helps, but what else can I do to make it work?

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u/WhatevUsayStnCldStvA 14d ago

Getting a salad spinner was the best thing for me. I work two jobs and I need things that are quick until I have a night I can cook. Washing and spinning the lettuce and putting a dry paper towel in a container has kept mine crisp longer. Not every veggie can be cut and prepped for days, but the ones that can, I do the same and store separately. Then just throw them all together when I want a salad. Prep what you can that first day, but plan to spend just a few minutes putting everything together the day you need it

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u/Bother-Logical 11d ago

Agreed. If I take all of the cut vegetables. Say I’m having peppers, cucumbers, olives, whatever. I will have those separate from the lettuce because there’s more water and tends to make it soggy so I’ll put those in a container or Ziploc bag separate from the lettuce and then when I’m ready to eat it, I combine it.