I've been trying to make salads with cherry tomatoes to bring to work, but when I leave them in the container for a few hours they get all watery and the other ingredients get soggy. Is there any trick to keep it from turning into a mess?
Cherry tomatoes release a ton of water when you cut them and let them sit, so the best thing is to cut them right before eating or keep them whole in the container and assemble everything at the moment! Another trick that works is drying them well with paper after cutting them, and if you need them to last longer, keep the tomatoes separate from the other ingredients and only mix everything together when you're about to eat.
the trick that actually works is drying the cherry tomatoes really well after you cut them, with paper towels or a clean cloth, and then keeping them separate from the rest of the salad until you're about to eat! what they said about cutting them at the last minute is fine but it's not very practical if you're taking it to work, so i'd say it's better to just keep them whole in a separate compartment of your container, along with the dressing (which also speeds up how much water they release if it's in contact), and put it all together when you're about to eat. it also helps a lot to use lettuces or spinach that can handle moisture better instead of delicate stuff, that way the damage is less if for whatever reason they get mixed together before you planned!
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