When it comes to serving and enjoying your next plate of salad, how you prep your lettuce makes more of an impact than you ...

Iceberg lettuce usually looks impeccable, and with the leaves so tightly packed, you might be wondering: do I really need to rinse every single one? Experts have a clear answer.

Tear lettuce with your hands or cut it with a plastic knife. If you prefer to wash romaine or loose lettuces before storing, make sure they are completely dry.

Right now, our farmers’ market offers abundant fresh greens and many types of lettuce. Lettuce salads make a light, ...

Incidentally, tearing lettuce leaves rather than chopping them after you wash them also helps prevent the release of plant fluids. This is as the leaf splits along the veins when you tear it ...

Tear lettuce into bite-sized pieces. Peel cukes, quarter and chop. Use a vegetable peeler to get the skin off the carrot; peel the rest of it into thin slices.

I planted lettuce in March. We harvested enough for some salads, but instead of tearing off just the outer leaves, we cut the plants off at ground level. Now I see new growth.

Salad is always a good idea but sometimes, you may feel like cutting corners, especially when it comes to washing lettuce. You may figure, iceberg salad, the leaves are already so tightly packed ...

Tear lettuce into bite-sized pieces. Peel cukes, quarter and chop. Use a vegetable peeler to get the skin off the carrot; peel the rest of it into thin slices.