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Iceberg vs Romaine Lettuce!

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  • cross2bear
    cross2bear Posts: 1,106 Member
    I mix them - romaine for the taste and iceberg for the crunch. But you are right - I too have always thought of iceberg lettuce as crunchy water!
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    zyxst wrote: »
    TheAlexMarkov wrote: »
    Heyyy, look at all these people loving real lettuce - sweet!
    Alex

    Where's the fake lettuce?

    http://www.thekitchn.com/look-at-how-these-crazy-fake-foods-are-made-in-japan-221381
  • ActivatedAlm0nds
    ActivatedAlm0nds Posts: 169 Member
    edited April 2017
    enterdanger wrote: »
    To hell with lettuce. I prefer spinach. Fills me up better, tastes better.
    Raw spinach is my favorite vegetable. Baby raw carrots are good too, but they don't agree with my TMJ.
    yayamom3 wrote: »
    enterdanger wrote: »
    To hell with lettuce. I prefer spinach. Fills me up better, tastes better.

    It lasts a lot longer in the fridge, too.
    http://www.rubbermaid.com/en-US/freshworks-produce-saver-green
    Honestly, I have one of these for cut vegetables and it's been working wonders. Though, I don't think Rubbermaid recommends cutting or washing the produce. I'm thinking of picking up the 23 dollar value pack at Wal Mart.
  • macchiatto
    macchiatto Posts: 2,905 Member
    Eh, I eat both. Sure, iceberg doesn't have much nutritional value but it's also so few calories, who cares?
  • prattiger65
    prattiger65 Posts: 1,657 Member
    macchiatto wrote: »
    Eh, I eat both. Sure, iceberg doesn't have much nutritional value but it's also so few calories, who cares?

    Seriously! I cant wrap my head around why anyone would give a *kitten* about what kind of lettuce I eat? smh
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    kgirlhart wrote: »
    I really like all lettuces including iceberg. My husband has IBS and deep leafy lettuces are definitely a trigger for him so we mostly eat salads with iceberg. I do like to throw in some butter lettuce and that seems to be ok for him.

    I have to admit, as much as I love romaine, it does mess with me (I have IBS). Buying hearts of romaine helps sometimes because they're not as green.

    I dearly miss leaf lettuces. I love red leaf and green leaf.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    zyxst wrote: »
    Ready2Rock206 wrote: »
    I took a nutrition class in college. The instructor called iceburg lettuce just crunchy water. I have never forgotten. So many other lettuce types to waste your time eating crunchy water.

    What's wrong with crunchy water?
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    But a lettuce flavored snowcone doesn't sound very yummy...
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    kgirlhart wrote: »
    I really like all lettuces including iceberg. My husband has IBS and deep leafy lettuces are definitely a trigger for him so we mostly eat salads with iceberg. I do like to throw in some butter lettuce and that seems to be ok for him.

    I have to admit, as much as I love romaine, it does mess with me (I have IBS). Buying hearts of romaine helps sometimes because they're not as green.

    I dearly miss leaf lettuces. I love red leaf and green leaf.

    Really? Lettuce causes you IBS issues? Geez. You sound like you have it worse than my wife (and she has a lot of food issues).
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    edited April 2017
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    kgirlhart wrote: »
    I really like all lettuces including iceberg. My husband has IBS and deep leafy lettuces are definitely a trigger for him so we mostly eat salads with iceberg. I do like to throw in some butter lettuce and that seems to be ok for him.

    I have to admit, as much as I love romaine, it does mess with me (I have IBS). Buying hearts of romaine helps sometimes because they're not as green.

    I dearly miss leaf lettuces. I love red leaf and green leaf.

    Really? Lettuce causes you IBS issues? Geez. You sound like you have it worse than my wife (and she has a lot of food issues).

    Dark leafy greens. Raw. Yup. To be honest, I have to be careful with a lot of raw vegetables. I can't eat cruciferous veggies raw, they cause me problems too. Which grieves me terribly. I adore coleslaw. If I want to use broccoli or cauliflower for crudites, I need to blanch them.
  • rdmitch
    rdmitch Posts: 278 Member
    I like iceberg lettuce it adds lots of filler to a salad is relatively inexpensive and holds my salad dressing in place.
    I grew up eating iceberg and always use it still. These days I do mix it with some spring mix type stuff
    And throw in lots of carrots, red cabbage, onion to dress up the salad. It's a great way to fill up with minimal
    added calories.
    I give iceberg a big thumbs up!
  • lightenup2016
    lightenup2016 Posts: 1,055 Member
    rdmitch wrote: »
    I like iceberg lettuce it adds lots of filler to a salad is relatively inexpensive and holds my salad dressing in place.
    I grew up eating iceberg and always use it still. These days I do mix it with some spring mix type stuff
    And throw in lots of carrots, red cabbage, onion to dress up the salad. It's a great way to fill up with minimal
    added calories.
    I give iceberg a big thumbs up!

    I'm with you! I actually don't care much for romaine. It seems so...wilty? My favorite is butter lettuce, and a little bit of spring mix or spinach is fine, but I also grew up on iceberg, and I love it. I eat big chunks of it while I'm chopping.

    Thumbs up for crunchy water!! (Who doesn't love crunch, and water is good for you, so...)
  • fitmom4lifemfp
    fitmom4lifemfp Posts: 1,572 Member
    TheAlexMarkov wrote: »
    Hi,
    amazing how nutrient dense romaine lettuce can be!
    Thanks
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    The labels are reversed. Very confusing picture. Was that intentional for some reason?
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