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This Week’s Bag Featuring Lettuce! – June 25th, 2018

June 25, 2018 by Diane O'Neal

hydroponic lettuce

Lettuce is a good source of vitamin A, folate, potassium and fiber! It is a part of the daisy family and most often grown for it’s leafy greens. Iin addition to a classic salad, lettuce leaves can be used on sandwiches, for wraps and grilled, among other things. Originally pervasive in North American and Europe, Lettuce’s nutrient value and ease of use has led to it’s consumption around the world, and now China produces over 50% of the 26.1 million tons produced in a given year since 2016. Hydroponically grown lettuce, which is what we typically feature in our bags, is easy to grow and does not use soil.

Preparation

Step 1: Inspect your head of lettuce and remove any wilted or discolored leaves. These tend to be around the outside of the head of lettuce.

Step 2: Wash the romaine lettuce thoroughly, using cool running water. Get in between all of the different layers of lettuce leaves.

Step 3: Place the leaves in a salad spinner and use it to dry the leaves, or lay the wet lettuce leaves between layers of paper towels and allow the moisture to be soaked up.

Step 4: Tear the leaves with your hands into the size pieces that you desire, or leave the romaine leaves long for dishes such as Caesar salads.

Recipes 

Romaine Lettuce Wraps

What else is in the bag?


Beefsteak Tomatoes
Green Grower’s

Butternut Squash
Ho Farms

Sweet Onion
Aloun Farms

Lettuce
Kunia Country Farms

Mixed Carrots
Twin Bridge Farms

Try out these recipes!

Butternut Squash Quinoa Casserole
Romaine Lettuce Wraps
Southern-Fried Sweet Onion Rings
Watermelon, Avocado, Mint and Feta Cheese Salad

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