And no,
eating iceberg lettuce with 2 tomato chunks, and a few cucumber slices is not my idea of a «meal».
One day I'm going to enjoy
eating iceberg lettuce again but I think I am too underwhelmed with my history of terrible salad bars and equally depressing «house» salads.
And although I'd
eat iceberg lettuce if I liked it more, a cup of raw spinach has more vitamin A than a cup of broccoli or asparagus.
Not exact matches
I've been working a lot, traveling a lot and sometimes you just want to
eat a bowl of
iceberg lettuce.
My perfect BLT and the one I grew up
eating (not that there's much of a differentiation between what you're probably used to), was simple — perfectly ripe farmer's market tomatoes (or garden tomatoes) dusted with a little bit of salt and pepper and layered with crisp
iceberg lettuce, at least four pieces of crispy bacon (flimsy bacon is a crime in my household) and then smooched between toasted whole - wheat sandwich bread smothered with light mayo.
It has a sharp bite that makes it much more exciting to
eat than romaine or
iceberg (blegh, I can't stand
iceberg lettuce — totally flavorless!)
I know you've written about never cutting
lettuce and never putting down your fork while
eating salad in France but the
iceberg looks to be a significant logistical challenge even if its scale is not as grand as an American - grown specimen.
My Mum used to say «you can
eat all the
iceberg lettuce (celery) you want... it is all water, no calories and minimally good for you.»
It was considered a healthy dip for veggies and was about the only dressing that mothers could get to
eat on an
iceberg lettuce salad.
In November and December, 71 people in five states became sick after
eating at Taco Bell outlets, an epidemic that was later traced to contaminated
iceberg lettuce, and another 81 in three states became sick after
eating tainted
lettuce at a fast - food chain called Taco John's.
The volunteers then
ate or drank either Fuji apples (raw, juiced, or heated),
iceberg lettuce (raw or heated), spearmint leaves (raw, juiced, or heated), green tea, or water.
As long as one is
eating a wide variety of fruits and vegetables,
iceberg lettuce is a perfectly good and healthy choice at times, even if other leafy greens are available.
But if one is
eating a healthy, plant - based diet and you like
iceberg lettuce, enjoy it without any stigma or guilt.
You just might be
eating a plain salad of
iceberg lettuce instead.
Yes you can make a salad pretty cheaply if you go for bargain basement tomatoes and
iceberg lettuce but is there any taste off them, do they have a scent, will you want to
eat them again?
same thought experement: imagine
eating nothing but
iceberg lettuce and deep - oil fried white potatoes and white bread and nothing else... no other food... that's a very unhealthy diet, of course... Anyone over the age of 8 or so can easily understand we need to look at many variables in our diet, as well as many variables in health.
Their nutrition profile compares favorably to kale and spinach and trounces
iceberg lettuce, the most widely
eaten salad green in the United States.
In brief, I can
eat raw
iceberg, greenleaf, redleaf, and romaine
lettuces, lemon and lime, as well as raw onion and a little bit of pepper and carrot.
Instead of
iceberg lettuce, students
ate dark, leafy greens.
Lettuce,
iceberg — can cause liver problems in hamsters if
eaten in excess (more than a few small pieces every three days)