Salad problem

AGreen54

Hi. I like to eat salads with romaine lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers but my problem is that I don't like lettuce so in order to make it taste good, I drown it with dressing. Usually I have a raspberry dressing that is around 35 cal per 2 teaspoons. How do I make lettuce taste good without putting on so much dressing. I usually love fruits and veggies but I don't like lettuce or celery. Any tips?

anemoneprose

If it's iceberg lettuce you're having, I'm with you. Have you tried baby spinach? It's got a nicer (imo) texture, and a nuttier flavour. I find that red or green leaf lettuce also have a nice feel.

kimothy38

You don't have to have lettuce in a salad. Some lettuce can be bitter and not pleasant at all. You could have capsicum, carrot, courgette, cucumber, mushrooms without lettuce.

JenKillough

Just don't eat lettuce or celery.

laurwillbelovely

What about spinach leaves instead?Or have a warm asian salad and cook up a little bok choi, garlic a bit of orange juice, chilli and water chestnuts which is pretty delicious. Or even have a bean salad (green beans, kidney beans, a few corn kernels) which is lovely too and very filling and NO lettuce!

SoulNeedsBeauty

I personally don't mind thr greens, but I find that when I add some juicy fruit to my salad, I don't even need any dressing . Try adding pineapple/ orange/ grapefruit stuff like that.the most tasty one is cantaloupe or honeydew melon

kmhenry84

I don't like romaine lettuce either. I prefer Iceburg, which has pretty much no nutritional value, so I tend to stick with green beans or some other fruit/veggie.

jerbear1962

OK how about having all the toppings to a salad instead of adding the lettuce. Maybe have those toppings over rice or even on Baked Potatoes..skip that lettuce all together.

melaniecheeks

35 calories for your dressing? Is that all? I wouldnt worry about it, just enjoy.

wadhaa

I have the same problem i hate lettuce at all!
I'm not salad person
I prefer greek salad
Or eat cucmber alone

GeneveSparkles

Chop the lettuce in fine strips. I hate big pices of lettuce so if you do a larger style chiffonad with the romaine and make it more of an accompaniment, for the texture, rather than a main part of the salad it makes it so much easier to tolerate. Make the other ingredients in your salad be the standouts! Also consider adding a couple more ingredients i.e. quinoa, red onion, bell peppers and you would be surprised how far a little lemon juice and salt and pepper go when dressing a salad.

zoeluiisa

If you don't like lettuce, don't have lettuce in your salad! Though I would say try some more varieties before giving up - Romaine is only one sort. I like rocket and spinach or those baby leaves mixtures.