Screw the lettuce. Pass the healthier greens.

Washington Post has a great article on the dangers of salads in terms of fooling us into thinking they have nutritional value. Maybe we should all buy the zucchini spaghetti maker and start filling out salad bowls with more nutritious vegetables.

Minus their greens, left to right: the Caesar Salad With Chicken from the Cheesecake Factory; the Quesadilla Explosion Salad from Chili’s Grill & Bar; the Waldorf Salad from California Pizza Kitchen. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/For The Washington Post).

Read the full article here
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/why-salad-is-so-overrated/2015/08/21/ecc03d7a-4677-11e5-8ab4-c73967a143d3_story.html