Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Ten Leaves of Lettuce
Lettuce comes in a wide array of varieties with the most incredible names-- Ithaca, Summertime, Bibb, Buttercrunch , Marvel of Four Seasons, Salad Bowl, Lollo Bionda, Oakleaf, Rouge d’Hiver, Little Gem, and Mesclun. Summertime is a type of crisphead or iceberg lettuce, but isn’t it so much better to think about eating a bowl of summer?Today’s Lunch
Roast Beef Roll Ups
6 leaf lettuce leaves
1 tsp horseradish
3 tbsp mayonnaise
6 slices roast beef
1 red pepper
Wash lettuce leaves and pat dry. Mix horseradish and mayonnaise. Wash pepper, slice off the top and clean out the seeds. Cut into strips. Assemble the roll ups by laying a lettuce leaf flat and smear with horseradish mayonnaise. Lay 1 slice of roast beef on the mayonnaise and add a few pepper strips at the base of the leaf and roll! Serves 2.
