Club Sandwich: A Meal On The Move

Club sandwich is a snack served in many leisure centres, seminars and conferences. Even as breakfast at home. It can also be served as snacks in the lunch boxes of the kids to take to school instead of the sweet junks. Making sandwich with bread makes bread a lot more interesting. The easiest and fastest ways of preparing it, makes it a meal at go, on the move with no hassle.

The combination of lettuce in sandwich gives it a lovely crunchy juicy taste. Lettuce can be eaten raw which has many micronutrients not found in cooked or processed vegetables. It is one of the few foods which can be found organic and prewashed already in the supermarkets and trays .It is also displayed on the wheel borrows for you to eat immediately gratitude to people from the Northern part of Nigeria (Hausa). They have made organic fruits and vegetables available at our door steps There are different types of lettuces; romaine , crisphead, butterhead, and red and green leaf. Romaine has one of the highest nutritional values in the lettuces category. Most people are familiar with iceberg lettuce, which has the lowest nutrition. For easy identification: Romaine – This is the classic Greek salad. It is sweet and crunchy. The crisphead – Iceberg is white on the inside, crisp texture and mild taste. While the butterhead is large green leaves that are soft and sweet. Also the red and Green Leaf: delicate taste and leaves.

Ingredients:
– Cooked or fried chicken, turkey or bacon
– Lettuce leaves
– Sliced tomatoes
– Sliced cucumber
– Little mayonnaise
– Slices bread or toasted bread

Direction:
1. Wash the lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes. Cut of the root of the lettuce. Ensure that the lettuce is not soaked so as to retain its crunchiness.
2. Lay a little bit of lettuce cucumber, tomatoes, bacon and the chicken in between the 2 sliced of toasted bread.
3. Add little mayonnaise to give a creamy taste.
4. You can cut into slices of rectangle or triangle shapes and hold together with a toothpick.

Nutritional benefits of lettuce:
1. Lettuce helps with Insomnia; the white fluid that you see when you break or cut lettuce leaves is called lactucarium. This has relaxing and sleep inducing properties similar to opium but without the strong side effects. Simply eat a few leaves or drink some lettuce juice of you go that sweet wonderland.

2. It contains protein especially romaine lettuce has compared to other types of lettuces.

3. Low glycemic index of the average of 15 is absolute of no account makes it a good meal for the control of blood sugar level and great weight management.

4. It is good to maintain a healthy heart .The vitamin C and beta-carotene that are present in lettuce work together to prevent the oxidation of cholesterol.

5. The high fiber content and cellulose which makes it good for the heart because the fiber also helps remove bile salts from the body. When the body replaces these salts it breaks down cholesterol to do so. This is why lettuce is also good for your heart.

6. Lettuce has low calories content and almost no fat. In one shredded cup it contains only12. Due to this, it is a good meal for weight loss.

7. Lettuce is alkaline forming ability aids to remove toxins and keep your acid/alkaline balance in order to give energy, clearer thinking, deep restful sleep, and youthful skin.

8. Romaine type of lettuce contains Omega-3 Fatty acids.

By Naij.com Contributor: Oluremilekun Osobu-Asubiojo

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