too much salad -- what to do?

[AkL]

I know this sounds kind of ridiculous, but I have too much salad. The fancy stuff, mixed greens, arugula, etc. We had a party last weekend and now all the salad is left over, untouched. No dressing on it. Literally, like 5 containers full. It takes up the entire veggie bin of my fridge.

My question is, is there anything I can do with it, so it wont go to waste? How to store long term? Puree it into little cubes and freeze (like the Jessica Seinfeld/Sneaky Chef "hide veggies in your kid's food" thing)? Saute it? Or do we just give up and toss it?

[jeniyo]

at least you can make a pesto out of the arugula and freeze or saute or throw in soups.

you should try a warm salad of caramelized onions, bacon, warm over cold greens. it sorta welts the greens so you make people eat more veggies as you toss in more green to compensate the wilting.

i've never though about pureeing baby greens for a sauce but it sounds like a good idea.

[Riatta]

Maybe a local soup kitchen would be glad to have it rather than throw it out.

[Cherylptw]

You can make a gazpacho out of it; I did this once when I had a ton of salad left from a catering...I know it's winter but you can still have say, a cold soup appetizer then a hot entree...another option is that once you process it like a soup, you could warm it through and use it as a sauce for topping chicken, pork etc,.

[chef chicklet]

I guess this is possible we do warm basil and other herbs, puree them and use them as sauce on their own or to enhance other ingredients.

[goodhealthgourmet]

you can absolutely saute/wilt it, or add it to soup or pasta. this might help:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/619266
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/677084

[chef chicklet]

have a soup and salad party this weekend? Or pizza and salad. Or, wraps?
Watch a couple of good classic movies, and invite friends.