Lettuce face it, salads are really just an excuse to eat dressing. Am I right?

With all of the lettuce contamination outbreaks in the past 10 years and heck just the past 6 months with two romaine outbreaks, (let’s not forget the spinach one a few years ago too!) I’m literally scared for myself and everyone to eat this stuff raw. Doesn’t a cooked lettuce salad sound delish? 

Washing lettuce won’t kill e.coli and salmonella. It has to be cooked. Like to 140-160 degrees. And who doesn’t love a cooked lettuce salad? Mmmm! No.

Since it sounds like we have a better chance at not eating raw contaminated other vegetables like the other vegetables we put on top of the lettuce (carrots, cukes, etc) maybe just exclude the lettuce? But then it feels like something is missing...

So, try my new obsession...

Buddha Bowls! It’s a bunch of foods, placed in a wide bowl, more flat than a cereal bowl, and you don’t mix the food together, but they coexist together. You let the food be near and take combo bites. Here’s some of my recent photos below.

Usually I will add an animal protein like eggs or tuna. I also add seeds and beans for added protein and nutrition. The main star are the veggies. No lettuce! You could add cooked spinach. Sometimes a little dressing or salsa. Sometimes I add a grain like rice or potato.

(Did I mention how pretty Buddha bowls look right before you dig in??)