Cooking Tips: Choosing salad greens

When buying salad greens, look for bright colors and greens that look crisp, moist and fresh. Brown or dark green spots and withering leaves are a sign of aging. Look for heads of lettuce that are tight.

To check if a head of lettuce is fresh, turn it over and look at the base, if it's starting to turn brown, look for one that looks more freshly cut.

Submitted by: Cheri Sicard

Cheri Sicard is the editor of FabulousFoods.com, where you can find lots more cooking tips as well as recipes, holiday and entertaining ideas, celebrity chef interviews, recipes newsletters and much more. www.fabulousfoods.com.

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