Chatting with Sue about Salad

This grownup-girl child is Sue.

She is, among many other things, auntie extraordinaire, running training calendar administrator, and most importantly for this post - salad coach.

Last week she gave me two very important lessons which I am now sharing with the world/you 5 people who read this.

1) You can keep lettuce and other leafy greens like 4 times longer in the fridge if you pack them in a container with a lot of water, like immersed in water.  For reals, it worked.  Tonight our salad is made of CSA butter lettuce from 17 days ago.  SEVENTEEN DAYS AGO.  It's fresh and green.  wth?!

2) Green salad dressing is the bomb.  Just as delicious as that bacon fat dressing I've linked to somewhere on this site.

It's a tweak-as-you-go affair so here is what I did under her guidance:
Toss in a blender or a food processor:
1 handful of Kale
2 stalks of green onion
1/3 cup of apple cider vinegar (any vinegar)
1/4 cup of avacodo oil (any oil)
1 tbsp mustard
salt
pepper

depending on quantity, thickness, taste for vinegar, tweak it.