I can't stomach anymore salad... what can I do?

[redfoxglove]

I'm with some of the women above, I don't really like "lettuce" salad. Occasionally I like a lettuce salad, IF it's the mixed baby greens kind or the butter lettuce kind. But "salad" to me just means a mixture of vegetables served with dressing. I like to mix up raw vegetables with cooked ones, like throw some cooked green or wax beans on the salad. Or mushrooms sauteed with a little bit of bacon, onion, and peppers, on a bed of mixed baby greens, topped with a hamburger patty slathered with blue cheese. Now That's a Salad! Or, the mushroom, bacon, onion, pepper thing, and at the last minute throw in chopped red chard to the skillet, stir around until wilted, and serve...mmmmmmmmmmmm Have fun with it.

[mothette]

Wow, reading all these awesome responses lets me know how narrow minded I am when it comes to food options. I guess thats what comes from eating out most of the time rather than cooking. Now that I've been eating this way I've kinda stuck with the basics. I gotta learn to branch out there and try new stuff.

[Sherri]

Oh, just wanted to add, on page 89 DANDR 2002, Dr. Atkins writes "How (and When) to eat your Veggies" A must read.
Sherri

[redfoxglove]

Mothette, I'm with you on the eating out thing. Before I was married I ate out, a LOT, and after marriage my husband did a lot of the cooking. In the past couple of years I've learned that I like my own cooking the best! And once I looked at it as, doing my own cooking is the most basic self-care that I can do, I got over the "it's a chore" thing that I had grown up with. Now I see it as another avenue for self expression. Nevertoolate who posts on this board made a great point the other day, she suggested looking at vegetarian cook books for recipe ideas. Now that's a whole road of exploring I'm going to go down, in my spare time...Have fun!

[mothette]

Oooh.. good idea with the vegetarian cook book. I'm gonna try that too.