Super Salad Greens

Salad greens are a leaf that we eat. Salad greens are also called lettuce.

Bolting is when a plant sends up a flower stalk and blooms.

To bolt means to escape or run away. While plants do not “run away” physically, their growth may run away rapidly, and this is what the phrase means in the gardening world.

Farmers do not want lettuce to bolt because it will lose its good taste.

Lettuce is picked before this bolting process begins.

There are hundreds of varieties of salad greens.

The darker the leaf the more nutrients.

Iceberg Lettuce

One cup raw provides:

•Vitamin A 7%

•Vitamin C 3%

•Calcium 1%

•Iron 2%

www.nutritiondata.com

Romaine Lettuce

One cup raw provides:

•Vitamin A 82%

•Vitamin C 19%

•Calcium 2%

•Iron 3%

www.nutritiondata.com

Red Leaf Lettuce

One cup raw provides:

•Vitamin A 42%

•Vitamin C 2%

•Calcium 1%

•Iron 2%

www.nutritiondata.com

Spinach

One cup raw provides:

•Vitamin A 56%

•Vitamin C 14%

•Calcium 3%

•Iron 5%

www.nutritiondata.com

Kale

One cup raw provides:

•Vitamin A 206%

•Vitamin C 134%

•Calcium 9%

•Iron 6%

www.nutritiondata.com

Have you tried any of these varieties?

Bok Choy Arugula

Belgian Endive Watercress

Butterhead Green Leaf

Radicchio

Do dark green salad greens have more nutrients?

What do you think?

YES!-YES!-YES! And………

Many of the health benefits that leafy greens provide come from phytonutrients, unique plant chemicals that provide protection for plants.

These chemicals are becoming recognized as part of a nutritious diet that promotes long-term health.

Phytonutrients can act as antioxidants, which help to prevent chronic diseases like cancer and heart disease.

Just the Facts• In the United States, lettuce is the

second most popular vegetable behind potatoes.

• Green salad is the most commonly eaten vegetable by California children.

Just the Facts• The ancient relative of lettuce

contained a compound that made one sleepy.

• Ancient Romans and Egyptians would eat lettuce at the end of a large meal to help make them sleepy!

Did Little Red Riding Hood eat a salad instead of porridge?

Did Sleeping Beauty eat a salad instead of an apple?

The lettuce we eat today does not have that compound that made people sleepy.

California leads the nation in production of leaf lettuce, head

lettuce and romaine lettuce.

What California counties grow lettuce?

Monterey

Imperial

Fresno

San Benito

Santa Barbara

• What variety of lettuce shown in this PowerPoint has the most nutrients?

Kale

• Name two counties in California where lettuce grows.

San Benito, Imperial, Fresno, Monterey, Santa Barbara

• True or False Bolting is when lettuce is ready to pick.

False, lettuce is harvested before bolting occurs.

•True or False In the United States, lettuce is the most popular vegetable with potatoes being second.

False, potatoes are the most popular with lettuce being second.

Tasting Trio - Krazy Kale SaladIngredients

1.One package shredded kale

2.One package dried cranberries

3.Two packages honey mustard dressing

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