I tried with the following ingredients:-
Vegetable Sandwich |
- Capcicum
- Tomato
- Onion
- Lettuce leaf
- Tomato cheese spread
- Wheat bread
- Oregano
- Black pepper
- Salt
First of all the vegetables were finely chopped and kept aside. Below is the picture of the chopped vegetables
Then in a bowl all the veggies and seasoning (salt, oregano, black pepper, salt, tomato cheese spread) were mixed well.
Vegetable sandwich |
This one was ready in 3 easy steps and without any hassel. Eating vegetable in raw form have there own benefits.
Some benefits of lettuce leaf are :-
- Lettuce contains considerable amount of iron and supplies a good form of vegetable haemoglobin. It can, therefore, be used as a good tonic food for anaemia.
- It is rich in cellulose, thus increases the bulk of the intestinal contents and encourages peristalsis (Intestinal movement).
- It is beneficial in the treatment of insomnia as it contains a sleep inducing substance called 'lectucarium'.
- Fresh leaves contain good amounts folates and vitamin C. Folates is required for DNA synthesis and therefore, vital in prevention of the neural tube defects in-utero fetus during pregnancy.
- It is a rich source of vitamin K. Vitamin K has a potential role in the bone metabolism where it thought to increase bone mass by promoting osteotrophic activity in the bone cells.
- It also contains good amount of minerals like iron, calcium, magnesium and potassium, which are essential for body metabolism.
- It is rich in B-complex group of vitamins like:- thiamin, riboflavin and vitamin B-6.
Though lettuce leaf is quite new in Indian market but these days it is availabe in most of the grocery stores. So next time make it a point to add it in your basket and give it a try.