#Food Today's advice column inspired grouse:
Starter salads are not a vegetarian entree!
I am a breathing embodiment of the stereotype that vegetarians love salad. I really do! I love salad A LOT.
And yet, not being a cow, I still cannot digest roughage. Folks who seem to fully understand for themselves and their meat-eating guests that a bowl of greens is not a meal should not have trouble grasping that it is not a meal for a vegetarian, either.
#Food If you are providing a meal for vegetarians and you really don't know what to offer you can go ahead and ask the vegetarians in question. But a good guideline is that vegetarians have the same macronutrient needs as everyone else. Our meals typically contain some combination of carbs, fat, and protein.
Fun fact: lettuce contains none of the above. All it is is fun to crunch. Basically the bubble wrap of the food world.
#Food Getting several replies to this from lettuce fans talking up its nutritional value. Lettuce is great!
...but it's not a meal, which is the point of this thread. Meals contain actual calories in sufficient quantity to fuel daily activities. In situations where a meal is being served, vegetarians deserve to be served an actual meal, and green salad is not a meal.
Annalee
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