Dole Superkids
Lettuce
Fun & Easy Ways to Eat
One reason why we're so popular is because lettuce is the main ingredient in fresh and delicious salads! Iceberg lettuce is crunchy and has a sweet taste. Romaine lettuce leaves have a stronger flavor than iceberg, and are tender, sweet and less bitter than other lettuce varieties. Butterhead lettuce leaves are soft and have a sweet, delicate, buttery flavor. While leaf lettuce has a crisp texture and mildly sweet flavor.

Iceberg lettuce is a start for a great salad, just add lots of colorful vegetables or fruit.

O.K., imagine all these different flavors, and choose a mixture of lettuce when creating your salad! And for a quick and easy start, select a bag of "fresh-cut" mixed salads. There's lots of different blends to choose from. Here's some ideas for you to try when making salads:

Mix crisper lettuce leaves with softer ones, and sweet flavors with mildly bitter ones. You can also select pre-packaged or bulk lettuce.
Add other vegetables like carrots, bell pepper, tomato, mushrooms, asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, cucumber, and radishes.
For a fruity touch, mix in apple slices, raisins, mandarin oranges, grapes, and pineapple.
Turn a salad into a meal by adding garbanzo beans, kidney and fava beans, snow peas and green peas.
Use fresh herbs like parsley, chives and basil for additional flavor.
Top it with your favorite low fat dressing or squeeze some lemon juice or rice vinegar on top.

Lettuce is also delicious when added to sandwiches, tacos, or tostados! Lettuce sure is an awesome vegetable -- and best of all it's tasty AND good for you!