I haven't had
a good iceberg lettuce salad in the longest.
Not exact matches
It consists of one head of
iceberg lettuce cut into quarters plus a
good sweet crisp watermelon dressed with a light and clean, olive oil + salt + black pepper dressing.
Well, I should say: meat + starch +
iceberg lettuce household.
The classic wedge salad, loaded down with lardons of bacon and a
good bleu cheese dressing is a thing of beauty (and, like many others here, I usually eschew
iceberg lettuce, but I enjoy it this way)
I find the outer leaves of
Iceberg lettuce makes the
best wraps, they are crisp and pliable and the leaves are large enough to make decent size wraps.
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.»
I grew up in the 50's and 60's and about the only fresh green thing we had in the winter was
iceberg lettuce (
well, except for brussel sprouts and cabbage; we won't go there because my mother was in the «cook it until it disintegrates» school of culinary practice).
However, one
good thing about it is that
iceberg lettuce is probably very filling and has some
good fibre, so if you fill up on that wedge of
iceberg first you might be less likely to overindulge in something else.
Skinny Taco DipServings: 24 • Serving Size: 1 / 24th of dip • Old Points: 2 pts • Points +: 2 ptsCalories: 59.2 • Fat: 3.6 g • Protein: 2.2 g • Carb: 4.7 g • Fiber: 0.6 g Ingredients: 8 oz 1/3 less fat Philadelphia cream cheese 8 oz reduced fat sour cream 16 oz jar mild salsa1 / 2 packet taco seasoning 2 cups
iceberg lettuce, shredded fine 2 large tomatoes, seeds removed and diced 1 cup reduced fat shredded cheddar cheese 2.25 oz sliced black olives Directions: In a large bowl combine cream cheese, sour cream, salsa and taco seasoning and mix
well with an electric mixer.
I love using Bibb
lettuce in this recipe but Romaine and
Iceberg work
good too!
Displaying overt love for store - bought, pre-formed taco shells filled with «taco seasoning» — dusted ground beef, chopped beefsteak tomatoes, shredded
iceberg lettuce, and grated yellow - orange cheese — can be,
well, mildly embarrassing.
Cold, warm, soggy, over-mayoed, under - mayoed, with leftover Easter eggs, eggs that have been sitting in the fridge for six months, fresh eggs, overboiled eggs (but NEVER underdone eggs), mustard, celery or celery seed, mayo, cheese or no cheese, tunafish added, crispy
iceberg lettuce with no nutritional value whatsoever, bacon crumbles or sliced green olives, scallions, chives... Egg salad is just a high - protein base for hundreds of combinations, and it wears
well on day - old Wonderbread, or Portugese rolls or French loves with the middles hollowed out to make room for all of the veggies you add.
Water content: 91.4 % water
Iceberg lettuce may have a higher water content, but spinach is usually a
better bet overall.
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.
Also, if one needed more Vitamin C or E, then
iceberg lettuce is the
better choice.
The average plant food does indeed have over a thousand units of antioxidant power, but for comparison's sake, just to be fair to the animal foods, I'm going to choose the least healthy plant food I can think of —
good old American
iceberg lettuce, which I think of as basically just water.
Leafy
lettuce that is somewhat sturdy (Boston, green leaf, or even
iceberg) works
best for wrapping up burgers, sandwich fixins», and even something as simple as hummus and shredded carrots.
These Whole30 In N Out burgers: double double animal style are just as
good as they sound and look: two thin patties brushed with mustard, loaded with pickle slices, deeply caramelized onions, a creamy sauce spiked with my Whole30 ketchup recipe, coconut aminos, and relish, all sandwiched between two perfect
iceberg lettuce buns.
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.
Too much fiber creates this problem as
well as hard to digest foods for example
iceberg lettuce, skin on fruits and vegetables, dry foods, onion, spicy foods etc..
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.
I'd skip the
Iceberg variety but Cos or Romaine
lettuce work really
well.
This usually includes a
good canary or finch seed mix, along with pellets and greens like mustard, celery tops and
lettuces — avoid
iceberg lettuce, which has little nutritional value.
While many varieties of
lettuce, such as romaine, butter, or dark leaf
lettuces, are considered safe and healthy for rabbits,
iceberg and other light colored varieties are
best avoided.
Make sure to stay clear of
iceberg lettuce, as it contains too much water and too little fiber to count as a
good meal.
We learned that
iceberg lettuce is not
good for rabbits.