When it comes to nutrition, everybody has an opinion. What is good with green salad is that it can fit with all tastes, diets, regions, religions, cultures…

So why don’t you eat green salad more often? Find your way to eat Green Salad:

–          As an appetizer:  It’s always good to begin with a salad as it will fill your stomach and help to limit overeating. Greens can also accompany a meat dish or be eaten with cheese.

–          Wrap or sandwich: Lettuces (cos, or loose leaf) are mostly used in wraps or sandwiches for their tenderness. You can also add greens salad such as spinach or chard in your Panini.

–          Cooked: winter is the peak season for kale, collard or chard. They can be prepared sautéed. Bitterness of mature leaves fades with cooking. Another way to cook greens is to grill or stir-fry.

–          Soup: All kinds of salad can be added to soups. Possibilities are infinite as you with other vegetables and spices, etc.

–          Hamburger: the buns can be replaced by green salad (a famous fast food chain in Socal is doing that)

–          Omelet:  there are two main ways to eat salad with your omelet. You can add it into your omelet (spinach is a good one) or eat it on the side (lettuce, or mixed greens, such as Mesclun)

Pizza, chips (kale), sauces (pesto with green leaves), appetizers (greens to dip into your hummus, picon or Belgium endive are good choices), muffins, fermented, smoothies, juices: the ways to eat green salad are numerous and can fit to your taste or needs.

As always, eat with moderation.