How To: Dry your salad leaves using a cotton pillowcase

Before you toss a salad together it's important that any leaves you use are dry and crisp. Usually you'd use a salad spinner to remove the water, but what if you don't have one and you're low on time?

Take a gander at this video to learn how to drain a salad using a cotton pillowcase.

CHOW Senior Food Editor Jill Santopietro shares a tip for the underequipped kitchen just in time for the holidays.