Simplify: Lettuce in a Pillowcase

One of my favorite simple swaps is a pillowcase instead of a salad spinner. If I were savvy, I'd get a cool business going selling cute designs, but as it is, we just use a pillowcase signed at a sleepover when I was 12 or so. It's got my maiden name across the end, and then lots of signatures that mean nothing to me anymore.

But it's great for salad. Effective, takes up no room on a counter or shelf, kids love to help swing it around. (Just step out the back door to do it, since it leaves nice trails of drops on your kitchen ceiling and floor otherwise.)