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15 Healthy Restaurant Menu Ideas with Baby Iceberg Lettuce

29 Mar, 2016

Your customers appreciate original dishes, and they want healthy choices too. Baby iceberg lettuce is perfect for showcasing your culinary talents and satisfying appetites for nutritious, plant-based options. Keep customers happy with one of these creative appetizer, dinner and lunch restaurant recipe ideas.

1. Update a Classic Appetizer

Take a classic California appetizer, and give it a new look. Fashion an inside-out shrimp cocktail with an elegantly casual presentation of fresh shrimp arranged inside a mini iceberg lettuce bowl.

2. Wrap Up Asian Cuisine

Crisp baby iceberg leaves are the perfect size for wrapping up Asian hand rolls. They assemble quickly and deliver a delicious customer experience that's sure to send compliments to the chef.

3. Serve Up Summer Flavors

Please customers' palates with locally sourced produce in a delightful watermelon salad. Heirloom tomatoes, almonds and feta cubes finish this summer dish on a bed of crisp baby iceberg lettuce.

4. Show Off Your Freshest Seafood

Mini iceberg heads are naturals for serving your freshest ceviche. Present your marinated best in edible bowls that add extra crunch and flavor to this divine dish.

5. Surprise with a Cool Soup

The presentation possibilities of mini iceberg lettuce bowls include summer favorites like a chilled cucumber avocado soup. Impress customers with something that's cool and luxuriously tasty.

6. Complement Korean Traditions

Korean beef cups combine simple traditions with exotic flavors. Wrap them in baby iceberg leaves, and you have a dinner or lunch entree that looks and tastes delicious.

7. Take Chicken Tropical

Put tropical sunshine in a colorful, colorful chicken salad drizzled with lime yogurt dressing. Serve up the sensational results nestled in a crisp head of sweet mini iceberg lettuce.

8. Put a New Twist on Tacos

Crisp mini iceberg leaves give health-conscious customers a tantalizing excuse to wrap up tender turkey-stuffed tacos. Top with avocado slices and your best house-made salsa.

9. Complement Italian Accents

Create an elegantly dramatic antipasto salad topped with fresh baby iceberg wedges. Their naturally sweet taste complements the rich Italian flavors of this classic appetizer.

10. Elevate the BLT

Elevate a beloved comfort food to a guilt-free BLT gorgonzola indulgence. Entice customers with pancetta and roma tomatoes sided with crisp baby iceberg wedges.

11. Celebrate Calamari

Show your commitment to locally sourced seafood with an artistically crafted calamari salad. This customer-pleasing dish is beautifully served in mini iceberg lettuce bowls. 

12. Create a Special Caprese

Layer fresh mozzarella and heirloom tomatoes with slices of baby iceberg lettuce to create a very special caprese. Customers enjoy this Italian tradition as an appetizer or entree.

13. Design a Plate with Hanger Steak

Turn plates into culinary palettes with slices of Cuban hanger steak, red onion and ripe avocado. Finish each masterpiece with the crunch of lime yogurt-dressed mini iceberg slices.

14. Refine and Refresh Thai Flavors

Mini iceberg lettuce leaves tame the heat and add a cool touch of sweet to fiery larb gai. This hands-on dining experience wraps up a favorite Thai tradition with unforgettably good taste.

15. Delight No-Carb Lovers

Cater to their preferences, and they will come. Offer a lean,  juicy turkey burger nestled on a no-carb bun of crisp baby iceberg leaves, and they'll come back for seconds.

Serving You With Our Best

We're proud of the quality and value that our baby iceberg lettuce brings to your kitchen, so it's our pleasure to share restaurant recipe ideas that make menu planning a little easier. As one of the industry leaders among California produce vendors, we're committed to always serving you with our very best.

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