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Vegetables That Don’t Suck, Part III: Leafy Green Things

by Chad Austin on February 16th, 2009

I grew up eating iceberg lettuce. And then more iceberg lettuce. I thought iceberg and fruit were the only salads you could eat. Good thing I was wrong.

iceberg

(Actually, I wasn’t unhappy with iceberg lettuce salads. When your base ingredient sucks, you just add a bunch of cheese, bacon, ranch dressing, and tomatoes. But then, why are you even eating the lettuce at all?)

You all know this, but I’m going to say it anyway. There are much better green things to eat. Green things that are so good by themselves that you don’t need cheese or ranch or bacon. They are spinach, arugula, dandelion greens, radicchio, and chard. In order:

spinach arugula dandelion greens radicchio chard

Again, limited experience here. The consumption process:

  1. Buy.
  2. Clean.
  3. Optionally add a vinaigrette or eggs or pasta or whatever.
  4. NOM crunch NOM crunch NOM.

You’re happy, full of delicious green things! Now you can eat your giant cheeseburger without feeling guilty!

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3 Responses to “Vegetables That Don’t Suck, Part III: Leafy Green Things”

  1. egometry Says:
    February 17th, 2009 at 12:34 am

    In recent years I’ve taken to loving Spinach as a crispy delicious salad leaf.

    When I was a babby grue, the only spinach I knew was canned or frozen. And it was gross.

    When will old people learn that the only good produce is fresh produce?

  2. joshuamckenty Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 12:35 am

    The only way to eat greens is fresh – REALLY, truly fresh. Grow them yourself – you’d be surprised at how tasty even iceberg lettuce is when it’s straight out of the ground. The five you named are ridiculously easy to grow – the dandelions are ALREADY growing in your yard, most likely.

  3. aegisknight Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 10:52 pm

    I wish I could afford a yard and have a cool job at the same time. :(

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