Crisping Wilted Spinach

Every summer I try to experiment by planting something new and different in my garden.  Sometimes it flops and sometimes it is a huge success.  This year I added green beans and spinach.  So far I have been impressed with the spinach.  We have salads with just about every meal.  Our youngest loves lettuce, so this a more nutritious alternative.

The biggest dilemma I had was when I picked the spinach it looked so nice and crisp, but by the time it was washed and ready to put it away it was wilted and soggy.  I was so depressed so of course doing what I do best, I turned to the internet for answers.  

Their answer was soaking it for at least 20 minutes in a bowl of water.  I even tried this with some wilted lettuce I had in the fridge.  Low and behold, IT WORKED!!!!  No more throwing away wilted lettuce of spinach!  Just soak it in water and the hydration returns to the leaf.  Twenty minutes is just a guideline.  I soaked one batch of spinach overnight and it looked the same as soaking it twenty minutes.