Sentence examples for bed of lettuce from inspiring English sources

Set the warm eggs on the bed of lettuce.

We both had my favorite, scoops of tuna, chicken, and potato salad on a bed of lettuce".

So it will always be — to quote the marvellous New Yorker cartoon by Mick Stevens — "a mystery, wrapped in an enigma, served on a bed of lettuce".

The starters will be served on a bed of lettuce, similar to that upon which Adonis's body was laid to rest after being gored by a wild boar.

So it will always be to quote the marvellous New Yorker cartoon by Mick Stevens—"a mystery, wrapped in an enigma, served on a bed of lettuce".

A plate of barbecue beef bun — broiled strips of flank steak served on a bed of lettuce with rice noodles, herbs, vegetables, peanuts and a sweet sauce — was fresh but bland (the requested bowl of fresh coriander helped).

The six cultivated acres surrounding Holbrook Farm's red barn retail shop are neatly lined with raised beds of lettuces, herbs, onions, edamame, okra and, at one point or another, just about everything else that will grow in Connecticut soil.

He roasts baby artichoke hearts and tosses them into a bed of frisée lettuce.

A bed of bibb lettuce came first, then shards of torn basil, tomato and avocado.

2. To serve, toss with chilled boiled shrimp and place on a bed of shredded lettuce, garnished with tomato wedges.

Another entree, chicken saltimbocca (with a thin layer of prosciutto and melted mozzarella over the top), was acceptable and arrived on a bed of mixed lettuce greens.