Hi, I'm wondering about how long can I keep salad leaves in it? Does it work well with the packaged salad blend that I buy in the grocery stores?
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I don't buy packaged salad but I do blend my own and it keeps for 4 or 5 days I love this bowl so much I bought one for each of my kids too
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Hi, I don't use the packaged salad, because I don't care for the odor or smell. Fresh iceburg lettuce is my favorite and it will last for a week and a half if not cut. I just ate fresh strawberries that I bought from Costco three weeks ago and they were still presentable at a dinner. Another long-laster is asparagus-over three weeks. Good luck.
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Hello,Store and keep vegetables, fruits and lettuce fresher for up to 2 weeks. You can store salad blends in the keeper, but with the varied vegetables in the salad, the storage time may vary. A produce storage guide will arrive with the keeper. Shelia
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I have kept salad greens in the spinner for a day without any salad dressing on the greens. Worked ok but the spinner takes up a lot of room in the refrigerator.
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I wouldn't because the plastic in the bagged salad is very thin and the seal a meal is made for the heavier plastic bags sold with it. You would probably end up with a gooey mess of melted plastic and ruin the machine if you tried it. There are bag clips you could use on your salads, that's what I use. Or, there are battery operated bag closers, that melt the bags closed at a safer temperature but I'm not sure where to get them. I have one I bought years ago through a mail order catalog. They are rather small and hand held. Good luck.
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I have put Kale and Spinach in my smoothies (along with 4-5 ice cubes, 1 cup of liquid, 1 cup yogurt, a kiwi and some frozen fruit) and it chops the kale or spinach into very small fragments, it does not pulverize/liquify - but I would still consider that it does a very good job.
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I do more veggies than fruit also. I believe they do not recommend you store it for more than a few hours. I always try to drink mine right away in 15 - 20 minutes. Depending on the vegetables, you could cut them up and freeze them, (freeze on a cookie sheet on parchment paper and then bag up once frozen) and then every morning take out just the frozen chunks you want to use, which also makes the drink cold without using ice. It's no big deal to just make and then drink and clean up is super easy. I find this very quick and easy to use on a drink by drink basis.
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I have loose leaf tea from other places who recommend storing the unused portion in the freezer. I keep another portion stored in a glass jar in my pantry and refill that from the freezer stash when it runs out. I had mine for almost two years now and still tastes great!
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I take my produce out if the bags when I get home. Leafs do fine in the crisper unprotected as long as it isn't too cold and the leaves are dry.
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I usually put leafy pieces through with another fruit or veggie. I add the spinach or kale with a carrot, apple or other firmer fruit or veggie. Maybe this will help...
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Yes, I store all my lettuce in them. I either roll individual leaves in paper towels that are a little wet, or make sure the bag is damp. Romaine will last 2 weeks this way.
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No, it will not be dry like store-bought. Commercial packers likely use a blower/tumbler of some kind to remove all water from leaves as well as anti-microbial packaging. I'm a market farmer and my greens are double-washed and spun dry in the Dynamic - spinach lasts three weeks in 1/2 lb. bags loosely tied; lettuce about 10 days.
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Yes, it works reasonably well, provided you add some liquid (olive oil, for instance). Enough so the end result will be a thick paste. Otherwise, most leaves will cling to the side and will not be chopped.
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Hi Rosebud, I have one in my frig right now but there in no information on it as to what it contains. I know for me it doesn't seem to work that well. I always recycle my vegetable bin often so it is not like I let things set for a long time. I was hoping this would help me with doing this less. I really don't see any major difference in the life of my produce. I am still looking to find a different replacement. If I remember from the original package that it may contain a charcoal type ingredient. I hope you will have better luck if you decide to buy it.
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These are really good with lettuce, I mainly use spinach and it lasts over a week but if you line a paper towel (on top of the green tray inside) in with the produce, it lasts even longer. Another option is the Brawny Produce Protectors, they're a pain to clean but take up less space and work just as well as the tupperware does.
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It works great with fresh kale! I have only tried spinach in it twice and found that spinach just doesn't have the flavor or amount of juice that I can get from the kale. In other words, it works, but I would save my money and invest in the kale instead... you only need a few leaves of kale vs. several handfuls of spinach.
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It doesn't seem to be large enough to put leafy greens in it. I haven't tried to do that , but there is no reason it couldn't if the greens were very cold, almost frozen, and you only had a small amount.
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Horribly for kale. There are always little chunks left in there no matter how long you blend it for. For other, softer greens it does pretty well, especially for spinach.
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If you can get a perfect reseal on the lid, then it should last at least 12 months or more. Depends on how much air is left in the can. Take some packing tape and run around the brim after resealing should help it last for a long period of time. We are using old bar syrup bottles that don't have a perfect seal but our mix will last about 2-3 months before it starts to gel up. We actully use General Finishes Arm-R-Seal and thin it out with Mineral Spirits for our DIY Salad Bowl and End Grain cutting board Finish. Compare the MSDS of Salad Bowl and Arm-R-Seal and you will see that they are almost the same. Salad Bowl is nothing more than thinned out Arm-R-Seal. The Wood Whisperer talks about finishes in his video End Grain Cutting Board video-- http://www.thewoodwhisperer.com/videos/how-to-make-a-butcher-block-cutting-board/ Best Regards