Preparation

• For the leafy or baby leaf part, you have a wide choice among numerous types:
  • lettuce, baby lettuce, arugula, corn salad, baby spinach, and mixed greens.

  Select and wash the salad leaves or baby leaves.
  Drain them in a colander.
  Dry them with a paper towel.
  Or use a salad spinner.

  Place in a bowl or salad bowl.

  

• You can complete your green salad with various seasonal vegetables:
  • carrots;
  • cucumbers;
  • fennel;
  • tomatoes [fruit];
  • radicchio;
  • celery;
  • …

• Season with a pinch of salt and a pinch of pepper, apple cider vinegar or lemon juice, and oil, then mix.

  You can flavor your salad with herbs [basil or parsley, marjoram or oregano, rosemary or sage] and spices [from cinnamon to turmeric to smoked paprika] to taste.

  Serve.

  

• Your tasty mixed salad for all tastes is ready.

  Enjoy your meal!

• Low-calorie and rich in fiber, it is perfect to consume at the start of a meal and/or as a side dish.

• Oilseeds
  You can enrich your salad with a mix of mixed seeds for salads or mixed seeds for baked goods [sunflower, sesame, flax, poppy] and/or chia seeds and pumpkin seeds.
  Considering the presence of oilseeds, season your salad with lemon juice and oil to reduce the quantity of the latter.
  ^{Oilseeds are a good source of calcium, especially chia, sesame, and flax seeds.}

• With Nuts
  You can complete your mixed salad with nuts: almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts.
  Considering the presence of nuts, season your salad with lemon juice and oil to reduce the quantity of the latter.

• With Fresh Seasonal Fruit
  You can complete your mixed salad with fresh seasonal fruit, creating a sort of hybrid between salad and fruit salad, to serve as a side dish or to finish the meal or consume as a delicious snack.
  Consider the sugar content in fruit.
  In case of hyperglycemia, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes, it’s necessary to consider the portion of fruit and the entire meal in which it is included.

• My Experience with Vegetables, Digestion, and Irritable Bowel
  Personally, I have trouble digesting lettuce and radicchio.
  I solved it by consuming baby leaf salads and particularly: baby lettuce, arugula, corn salad, and baby spinach.
  ^{In the presence of disorders like irritable bowel and diverticulitis, it is advisable to establish with your doctor which vegetables should be consumed and which should be avoided.}