This Week…Who Needs Lettuce!?

Kathy, OH YUM.   I make a version of this, only a bit more simple.  Onions, tomato, oregano flakes, olive oil and balsamic.    I did hear about the lettuce scare, and see many funnies on FB about changing eating habits.

Good morning Kathy. We do consume a version of this salad on a regular basis even before the lettuce scare. That said, for cautionary reasons lettuce is off the grocery list for now and is missed. Better safe than sorry. Enjoy your day.

Oh yummy. When my cucumbers and tomatoes ripen, I'm going to make this!

Good morning, Kathy... I too continue to eat lettuce. I always buy hothouse lettuce that is already triple washed and wash it again when I make a salad. So far so good... and I don't expect that to change. As for that recipe... it's one I'd have to pass on... I don't eat feta cheese or raw onions (raw onions give me a migraine type headache). Sorry about that.

Nice. That looks like I could almost make it. I have been eating lettuce, but I NEVER buy pre-washed anything (they use chlorine in the wash). I wash it myself. Avocado is really high in protein and well priced right now. With that dressing it would be yum on a sandwich  :)

Good morning Kathy Streib ,

Wow..this looks do yummy! Really a great blend of flavors and I like feta and Bermuda onions so often make a similar salad. I always have to add avocado!

Good Saturday afternoon, Kathy. Thank you very much for sharing this recipe.

Not a feta fan Kathy, but I'll try it with more tomato and cucumbers!

Normally I'd be wanting this for lunch but for some reason I can't eat onions or cucumbers plus other things right now.  Hopefully soon I'll be diving into great recipes soon Kathy!

Kathy we have also continued to eat lettuce, and we have always washed them really well before serving.

Hello Kathy, I stop buying lettuce two weeks ago to be on the safe side but not making more pasta salads and tuna fish salads.

Now, that's a salad that might taste wonderful in a spinach, tortilla as well, Kathy. Add chicken breast and it's a wrap! 🌯

It sounds like Jeffrey DiMuria 321.223.6253 Waves Realty might actually make that for himself.  If I made it for myself, I would add some beef to it, haha.  He will be happy to know that I get my beef from regenerative farmers who treat their animals well.

Kathy Streib - as long as I've been shopping for groceries, I've always practiced good hygiene for myself, my home, and groceries, like lettuce too! I buy mine from the Farmer's Market where I know the owners and their help, and I still know the proper way to wash lettuce and produce. I use a lettuce spinner too and eat mostly salads. As you say, a salad doesn't have to include lettuce. 

Yes indeed, I am still eating salads. I bought more lettuce yesterday. 

I wash all of my fruit and veggies in food-grade (35%) hydrogen peroxide ... appropriately diluted! Kathy Streib 

I've made something similar to this recipe, and it is tasty - especially good in the summer! 

Hello Kathy Streib thank you for sharing a very delicious tomato, cucumber and onion salad with feta vinaigrette recipe. I will try it.

Lettuce? I am switching to cold watermelon the rest of the Summer in Arizona. 😉

I was unaware of the produce scare until after stocking up on my bi-weekly grocery haul.  I bought leafy greens, cucumbers, strawberries and who knows what, only to learn the following day from my granddaughter about the parasitic contamination. Scared to eat what I purchased, the stuff is sitting in the fridge rotting away.

Yum, I love those tomato-cucumber salads. And yes, we can get creative until this blows over.