I was extremely blessed this week to get a case of salad from the f
ood bank. We haven't gotten a walk in fridge yet but it is scheduled soon for which we are grateful. However, they got a shipment of salad which had no place to call home and would go bad over the weekend. So, I tried something I have never tried before. I dehydrated lettuce.
ood bank. We haven't gotten a walk in fridge yet but it is scheduled soon for which we are grateful. However, they got a shipment of salad which had no place to call home and would go bad over the weekend. So, I tried something I have never tried before. I dehydrated lettuce. I have dehydrated spin
ch and kale before so I figured "Why not dry lettuce?" First off I shared with friends and neighbors but still had plenty so I washed it and put it on the dehydrator. By morning, the lower trays were dry. It is such a thin vegetable that they dehydrated quickly. I moved it around and let the rest dry. I put spinach on the tray as well as they had a few containers of that as well.
ch and kale before so I figured "Why not dry lettuce?" First off I shared with friends and neighbors but still had plenty so I washed it and put it on the dehydrator. By morning, the lower trays were dry. It is such a thin vegetable that they dehydrated quickly. I moved it around and let the rest dry. I put spinach on the tray as well as they had a few containers of that as well. After 24 hours, the lot was dry and I put it in Tupperware for safe
keeping. Then today, I put some of the lettuce in my coffee grinder and blended it into a powder. I then poured it into a glass and added water and drank it down. It was a bit like drinking hay. It was fairly gross. Then my daughter suggested I put some of my dehydrated veggies in it and make it like an actual salad. So, I put in dehydrated tomato, mild peppers, onions and a few pieces of dehydrated pineapple to give it a sweet flavor. It wasn't half bad.
keeping. Then today, I put some of the lettuce in my coffee grinder and blended it into a powder. I then poured it into a glass and added water and drank it down. It was a bit like drinking hay. It was fairly gross. Then my daughter suggested I put some of my dehydrated veggies in it and make it like an actual salad. So, I put in dehydrated tomato, mild peppers, onions and a few pieces of dehydrated pineapple to give it a sweet flavor. It wasn't half bad. I think next time I am 
going to add more tomatoes and make it like a spicy V8 by putting hot peppers in rather than the mild and I will omit the pineapple as I thought it was weird having it sweet.
going to add more tomatoes and make it like a spicy V8 by putting hot peppers in rather than the mild and I will omit the pineapple as I thought it was weird having it sweet. What I like about this idea is that sometimes I am running when I am out of town and am hungry but don't have time to go somewhere or 
don't want to spend the money on the gross fast food salads and I can make these ahead of time in the snack baggies and just dump the powder into my water bottle, shake and feel like I am being healthy. By no means is this "wonderful" to taste or a meal substitute for those who need to eat every meal but for me, it is a healthy alternative I can always have on me that isn't heavy to carry and won't go bad if I don't eat it that day as fruit or salads will.
don't want to spend the money on the gross fast food salads and I can make these ahead of time in the snack baggies and just dump the powder into my water bottle, shake and feel like I am being healthy. By no means is this "wonderful" to taste or a meal substitute for those who need to eat every meal but for me, it is a healthy alternative I can always have on me that isn't heavy to carry and won't go bad if I don't eat it that day as fruit or salads will. It was good to know that I can dehydrate lettuce and was surprised by how quickly it dried and how well it chopped in the coffee grinder. It made it very easy.
Here is to healthy eating!
What about adding it to soup? I should think that would work really well!
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