Saturday 28 January 2023

Garden Affair : Growing Lettuce and health benefits

 Lettuce is one of the widely consumed  leafy vegetable around the world for its versatility in recipes across the globe. Moreover it become popular around the world for its crisp texture and high nutritional value with additional benefit of being low in calories. 


                                                   Leaf Lettuce                                                         




                Growing Lettuce at Home :

Lettuce is a cool weather crop and can be easily grown at home irrespective of space . There are many varieties of lettuce , Iceberg lettuce being most popular around the world. It can easily be grown from seeds and can be obtained for harvest within few weeks. 

                                                         Home grown Leaf Lettuce 


                  Lettuce grows best in our mild winter climate and can not survive   in our  high summer  temperatures of scorching heat. It can be propagated through stem cutting too but is easy  to grow by seeds.

Health benefits and consumption   

                                                         Red Leafy Lettuce                                                    


    Lettuce is a popular low calorie food which is rich in Vitamins and potassium and other micro nutrients.  It is a fact that regular consumption of lettuce can be helpful in strengthening body and fulfillment of essential nutrients can be obtained.    

Lettuce is a popular  vegetable used in variety of salads, sandwiches and   burgers for its crispy texture. Lettuce Boat is a popular recipe where desirable stuffing is being inserted in Lettuce leafs. 

                                                             Lettuce boats


 



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7 comments:

  1. Thank you. Enjoy your refreshed home!

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  2. Dear Arun, your Lettuce boats look delicious ❤️! Various types of lettuce also grow in my raised beds, but it is currently too cold / too snowy for Lettuce.
    Alt the best from wintery Austria,
    Traude

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  3. The lettuce boats look fantaxstic - like a Sang Choi Bao~!

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  4. I love lettuce and almost all kinds of salads -except the ones with sweet fruits. Have a good time. Violetta

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  5. I especially like Bibb lettuce (also called Boston Lettuce-- not sure of why, but the seeds were said to have been imported from Europe, perhaps to the port of Boston, Massachusetts, not far from where I now live). Also Romaine, but not Iceberg unless shredded over a taco.

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  6. I like these letuce boats! I see them for the first time!
    Thank you for sharing them, Arun!
    Have a fine week!

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  7. Tried it myself once on the small balcony but the growing was just as successful. But those lettuce boats those looked quite nice too. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from the Netherlands.

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