Salad tips

To keep oil and vinegar from separating in you homemade salad dressing. add a little dijon mustard. It aids in the emulsion.
Wash and dry salad greens the day before serving. I dont have salad spinner and used this simple method instead: shake excess water off greens and put them in a clesn plastic bag with sheet or two of paper toweling. Close the bag and whirl it around like a big windmill. Works just great!
Always break up lettuce into bite size pieces by hand. The edges will tend to darken if you cut the lettuce with metal knife.