Do you eat pre packaged salad?

[demelza]

I am totally wanting to eat healthier... ( I get scared about salmonella.) I am lazy so sometimes I get the prepacked Dole salads or prepacked indivudal salads from the grocery store. Is this really bad?? How serious are you about washing your fruits and veggies? I usually run it under tap water and rub it... not sure how effective that is.

[scotty]

All the time. Usually it's all pre-washed.

[bonquiqui]

I don't see how it can be unhealthy. It is salad. lol The only kind I ever by is prepacked dole. Maybe I am the flameful one lol

[loveday]

I am a lazy eater. So yes, all the time. Never had an issue. You can get a special salad wash if you so wish, but I have never found a need for it.

[scotty]

The Organic Girl (if you're into that) is washed three times. Then a cow licks it. I kid. But, really, it's washed three times. It's not too expensive.

[thatsnotmyname]

Sometimes I'm a lazy eater, but I've been trying to be more careful lately. I bought this stuff: www.amazon.com/Environne-Fruit-Veggie-Wash-32/dp/B001SAQO9M and you should see what's left in the water after I wash fruit & veggies. It's disgusting.

ETA: this is what it looks like, if not worse

[scotty]

Plain white vinegar is a good, cheap veggie/fruit rinse, too.

[Deleted]

Sure. Usually I just buy the boxes of baby mix greens from Costco though. It's like 2.93 for a large tub and that will last me the week.

[rupertpenny]

I do all of the above. I probably get organic at least 80% of the time when it is prepackaged.

[dcannie]

i think it's cheaper to buy my romaine and spinach separately than the pre-packaged bags. i wash it all when i get home, mix it and put it into several ziplocks w/ a paper towel and it lasts over a week. the pre-packaged salads never last that long for me.

[hubes]

Jun 20, 2012 17:15:22 GMT -5 scotty said:

The Organic Girl (if you're into that) is washed three times. Then a cow licks it. I kid. But, really, it's washed three times. It's not too expensive.

Dude. Kissing cows gives you samonella!

[scotty]

lol hoobs

dc, never heard of the paper towel thing, going to try that.

[dcannie]

Jun 20, 2012 17:38:30 GMT -5 scotty said:

lol hoobs

dc, never heard of the paper towel thing, going to try that.

yeah, line a gallon bag w/ two paper towels and it absorbs any moisture. this changed my life. well, it at least allowed me to cut out a mid-week grocery trip for more lettuce.

[janegold]

Jun 20, 2012 17:42:47 GMT -5 dcannie said:

Jun 20, 2012 17:38:30 GMT -5 scotty said:

lol hoobs

dc, never heard of the paper towel thing, going to try that.

yeah, line a gallon bag w/ two paper towels and it absorbs any moisture. this changed my life. well, it at least allowed me to cut out a mid-week grocery trip for more lettuce.

I recently learned the paper towel trick too. I haven't tried it yet, but I am looking forward to not feeling like I have to eat the lettuce within a day after our produce delivery arrives.

[ralphlauren]

I do not. I have in the past but I do not eat them anymore

[karmasabiotch]

I buy it all the time but I wash it again.

[statlerwaldorf]

I grow my own, but it's not like I have a green house with fresh salad all year round. It usually just depends. Sometimes I buy a head of lettuce and sometimes a prepackaged mix. The ones I grow are all organic, but I don't buy organic at the store.

[msmerymac]

If it's not from the farmer's market, it's prepackaged. Both extremes, I guess.

[rex]

I buy lettuce from the farmer's market and all of my other veggies organic.

The lettuce in the bags always looks slimy to me.

[alzi]

i buy bagged baby spinach and romaine - then chop other stuff to throw with it. i'm too lazy for anything more than that..

[kellbell191]

We grow some and buy at the farmers market. The farmers market lettuce here is so cheap and so good. I love my salad spinner. The stuff in bags goes bad too quickly but I do buy the clamshells of baby spinach from Costco.

[eightangryreindeer]

I eat prepackaged greens for convenience but I would prefer not to. I do find it time consuming to wash and spin it all.

I've heard that bleach solutions are used to wash pre-bagged greens sometimes.