Spiffing Up Your Store-Bought Veggies

This post is for those of us whose can't grow everything they eat.  Or, how to clean and freshen your store-bought veggies...

I learned this trick from my wife who learned it from someone in the restaurant business.  It is an old restaurant trick that gets the limp out of your veggies but it also helps remove harmful bacteria and other toxins.  So enough talk, here is the trick:

Fill the sink with water (about half full leaving room for your veggies) and a half cap of bleach.  Place your veggies in the sink and let them soak for 20 minutes.  Drain and fill with pure water and let the veggies sit another 20 minutes.  Repeat.  Let your veggies drain and dry for a few minutes and put them in the fridge.

You will be amazed at how freshness and crispness will be restored to lettuce!