I Want To Like Salad!!

[tinkerbell23]

...but i dont!!

I dont like lettuce etc on my sandwiches & I dont enjoy raw veg!

I love any cooked veg.

Trying to be healthier - does anyone have any nice salads that I could try? Even ones that mix fruit in with greens?

I dont think ill ever like lettuce EVER... but I am jelous of those who can sit down to a lovely salad!!! Xx

[dannyk13]

If you like cooked vegetables then why not have warm salads?

[-Talbot-]

More likely she can eat the bacon that has been trimmed of the fat, Hc

[-Talbot-]

Don't over face yourself with too much salad, just add a little to any meals that can accommodate a bit of salad.

[pastafreak]

Bacon isn't bacon without the fat.

[ummmm]

I love salads and raw veg. I usually have them with some sort of seafood.

[Patsy33]

What about a minced beef/ chicken, spring roll. You could hide lots of chopped salad in those..

[TonyV]

Made up your salad idea sounds delish with some feta cheese. Tinkerbell I used to grow my own bean sprouts gorgeous in quick stir fry with filey shredded veg, if you have a mandolin and some cooked chicken warmed through

[TonyV]

^^^^

Even finely chopped works as well

[Maydup]

Oh grapes, of course we often have grapes in a salad, I'd forgotten about them earlier. Use the black ones for sweetness, the green ones are nearly as tastless as lettuce!

Don't forget red cabbage, grated is lovely; sweetcorn and sugar snap peas. I'd mix those together and add segments of orange.

[ummmm]

Cooked fruit is also nice.

[alavahalf]

The main reason that many dont like salad is be cause they have been eating supermarket salad. Firstly it is out of the growing season and secondly at this time of year is has been forced to grow indoors in artificial conditions in some far off country. It then has to be stored and transported, the end result is it is tasteless.
Personally I have spent a lifetime hating salad .. until I grew my own. Now I cant wait to start growing lots of different lettuce, believe me they all have different flavours ... not unless is is from the supermarket.
Sadly most people who say salad is tasteless dont have access to home grown produce, so they will never be any the wiser !

[TonyV]

You can grow your own salad even if you only have a window box, is much tastier

[Maydup]

Cant agree more about the fresh salad alavahalf, but in the winter months, its still possible to grate carrots, cabbage, onions and to add a few imported bits like red and yellow pepper, avacado, and cherry tomatoes just to liven things up until the sun shines again!

[TonyV]

Link here

https://www.rhs.org.uk/about-the-rhs/publications/magazines/the-garden/2012-issues/november/In-the-garden-upstairs.pdf

[ummmm]

I get my salad from supermarkets and I don't find them tasteless.

[alavahalf]

Exactly Tony .. I would suggest anyone who doubts it should march down to Wilkos, spend a £1.00 on a packet of Little Gem seed. Scatter just 10 seds in a tray of moist compost .. cover it with cling film and put it on a windowsill. When the seedling are an inch tall, remove the film and prick it out with a matchstick or fork and pot it in larger/deeper pot 4 or 5" deep. The reason you only do 10 at a time is because if you put the whole pack of seeds in at once, is you will get 300 little gems arriving at the same time. By potting them on individualy you will get a constant supply.
Better still get a tray and put a whole packet of 'cut and come again' type lettuce and you can keep trimming the small leaves and have constant supply throughout the summer.
https://www.simplyseed.co.uk/salad-leaf-seeds/bright-and-spicy-mixed.html?gclid=Cj0KCQiAk-7jBRD9ARIsAEy8mh7ZoeyZ4OG551jyEKKaNIOPj_dR8I1U9ZydujTp4oh5YrzXm0AiGC0aAtNuEALw_wcB

[ummmm]

Some of us don't have room for that.

[pastafreak]

That link looks good, alavahalf.
I've grown sprouting seeds, and intend to do it again. I'm looking for broccoli sprouting seeds plus the usual alfalfa and a few others.

[alavahalf]

What .. no windowsill ?

[pastafreak]

I think those can be done on windowsill ummmm. Sprouting seeds just need a jar.