.. Re: question re my attempt at soup

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You are welcome, Rusty. You could use the bagged lettuce in the same way....mix

up the main ingredients of your soup WITHOUT the lettuce, pour whatever is

" left " into freezer trays, leaving enough in the VM container for the smoothie

or soup you intend to consume NOW, and just add the lettuce and buzz it in.

That way, you can still make a full pitcher at once to save time, but just add

the lettuce in to each portion. You might consider portioning the blend into

individual mason jars and freezing those-just let them thaw out for a few

minutes before you want them, dump them into the VM and add some lettuce at the

time you are ready to consume them. Just be sure to allow about an inch of

headspace in the mason jar before freezing, to allow for expansion.

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> ...I am wanting to get healthier, so please feel free to make any

> comments or suggestions to help me to improve and understand things.

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> It makes sense as you say it. I had a bag of salad mix and just figured I

> would get more vegetables by putting it in.

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> In future I will put more vegetables in without the lettuce.

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> Thank you for letting me know about this.

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> Rusty

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> Re: question re my attempt at soup

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> The biggest thing I can see " wrong " (and I mean that in the spirit in which

> you asked the question) is that it has lettuce in it. Lettuce is the ONE

> food that you NEVER see canned, dried, frozen, and rarely cooked-that is

> because it is so high in rapidly declining enzymes, that it simply doesn't

> keep well. If you were to make your soup without the lettuce, you could

> freeze leftovers in ice cube trays and transfer them to zipper freezer bags

> for future use, adding your fresh lettuce in at the time you reprocess them.

> Lettuces tend to get slimy very quickly, due to the rapid enzyme release, so

> adding them at the moment of consumption is pretty much the only way to get

> a good result. The " thickness " that comes as the lettuce breaks down, is

> really just a sort of " slime " forming as the enzymes release-not harmful,

> but not the most pleasant either. I grow tons of lettuces of various kinds

> in my gardens, both indoors and out, and have tried many ways to " preserve "

> them-with not-so-good results. I finally just started growing mostly

> " cut-and-come-again " type lettuces, where I can cut off what I need AS I

> need it, and the leaves will keep growing. You can very easily grow this

> type of lettuce indoors on a sunny window ledge, or in something like an

> aerogarden, so you always have it when you need it, without the waste.

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