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Lettuce is a mild-flavored, leaf vegetable commonly used in salads and sandwiches. The boston green variety has tender, delicate green leaves. Lettuce is usually eaten raw, but it is also commonly grilled, sauteed, braised, and cooked in a variety of recipes.
Red Boston lettuce is very similar to the Greenn Boston variety in its tender texture, but the tops of the leaves have a reddish-purple hue.
This green vegetable has a somewhat bitter flavor, found in many European dishes. Older dandelion greens should be cooked; younger ones can be cooked or served raw as a salad green. Can be a substitue for red or green leaf lettuce in salads.
Endive is a slightly bitter leaf vegetable that technically belongs to the daisy family. The two main varieties are curly endive (also called chicory or frisee) and escarole.
Escarole, or broad-leaved, endive (var latifolia) has broad, pale green leaves and is less bitter than the other varieties.
This is the standard crisp-head variety with large solid hearts and very crisp, tasty leaves.
Lettuce is a mild-flavored, leaf vegetable commonly used in salads and sandwiches. The green leaf variety has tender, delicate green leaves. Green leaf lettuce is an excellent source for both vitamins A and K. One cup provides 53% and 78% respectively for only 5 calories!
Red leaf lettuce is a mild-flavored, leaf vegetable commonly used in salads and sandwiches. Red leaf lettuce is very similar to the green leaf variety in its tender texture, but the tops of the leaves have a reddish-purple hue. Lettuce is usually eaten raw, but it is also commonly grilled, sauteed, braised, and cooked in a variety of recipes.
Romaine lettuce is a mild-flavoured, leaf vegetable commonly used in salads and sandwiches. The romaine variety grows upright, sturdy leaves that have a firm rib running down the center. Romaine lettuce has the most nutrients per cup of all the varieties of lettuce! It is an especially good source of vitamin A, vitamin K, folate, vitamin C, manganese, and chromium.
Romaine lettuce is a mild-flavoured, leaf vegetable commonly used in salads and sandwiches. The romaine variety grows upright, sturdy leaves that have a firm rib running down the center. Romaine lettuce has the most nutrients per cup of all the varieties of lettuce! It is an especially good source of vitamin A, vitamin K, folate, vitamin C, manganese, and chromium.
Spinach is an edible, flowering plant. Spinach is highly nutritious, containing exceptionally high amounts of vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin K, folate, calcium, and manganese. It is also considered to be a rich vegetarian source of iron.
It is grown as a leaf vegetable which usually has white-veined red leaves. It has a bitter and spicy taste, which mellows when it is grilled or roasted.
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