Comment by mjevans
2 days ago
Have you tried looking for the 'more vegetables' option?
It effectively doesn't exist. "Salads" are nearly all BS lettuce leaves with some sugary condiments and overly sugary dressing to make up for the complete lack of flavor.
Sides are a hit/miss even if you do ask for a vegetable option.
I have not seen a vegetable forward, optimized for taste and texture option on _any_ menu I've looked at all year. Professionals can't figure out how to do this. How am I, a non-chef with very little time, supposed to do better?
If this isn't continuation of the analogy that I'm not getting:
- Salad A: Cut celery bite size, add lemon and salt to taste.
- Salad B: Cut cucumber in slices, add yogurt, spritz of vinegar, salt and pepper, small spoonful of sugar. Search Gurkensalat for decent instructions.
- Main A: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuffed_peppers
- Main B: Any good cabbage stew / soup recipe, looks awful, is delicious.
- Main C: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moussaka
> I have not seen a vegetable forward, optimized for taste and texture option on _any_ menu I've looked at all year.
I'm guessing you do not patronise Indian restaurants; they usually have tons of good vegetarian dishes, including several vegetable-forward ones.
If you don’t make your own food or hire private chefs (which is more doable than you might think) it’s a challenge for sure, but if you are that busy, so is getting to the airport three hours ahead of your flight