Blenders do help to woosh up ingredients like peppers onion and herbs to make the base for sauces and add it to minced or diced meat.

I agree that a limp lettuce salad can look unappealing but lettuce isn't the only thing to make up a salad. Shredded white cabbage and grated carrot is nice with a honey and mustard dressing or vinagrette. I like cubed cucumber, apple and diced red pepper and it looks a bit more colourful than a limp lettuce. You can even toss through a few cubes of cheese or chopped nuts (if no allergy problems of course) to make it a bit more tasty or interesting. Coz lettuce is the best of the lettuces because it's crunchier and doesn't have the metally taste of an Iceburg on the otherhand an Iceburg lettuce will keep fresher for longer.