Pregnant Jinger Duggar eats LA restaurant's spicy salad after hearing it helps start labor as she reaches her due date
Olivia Shea
Published Sep 06, 2026
PREGNANT Jinger Duggar ate a Los Angeles restaurant's spicy salad after hearing it helps start labor.
The Counting On star tried the famous meal as her due date approaches.
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Jinger's husband Jeremy Vuolo, 33, documented their outing to Caitoti Pizza Café in LA in an Instagram post on Thursday.
He shared a shot of Jinger holding her pregnant belly as she stood in front of a sign that read "Salad Babies."
The 26-year-old wore a flowy blue dress, white cardigan and wrapped a bandana around her face to cover her mouth in the photo.
Jeremy captioned the post: "We’ve heard rumors of a salad that puts you into labor..."
The salad is question is called "The Salad," though it's become more commonly known as the maternity salad.
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The meal- which consists of romaine lettuce, gorgonzola cheese, walnuts, watercress and the restaurant’s secret herb-balsamic dressing- has created it's own following because it's made with "labor-inducing" ingredients.
Jinger is not the first star to eat the salad in an attempt to induce labor.
Actress Hilary Duff, 33, previously tried to quicken her labor by eating the salad when she was pregnant with her second child.
Carrie LaDou, owner of Caioti Pizza, previously told Today: "Doctors send their patients here — so do midwives and doulas.
"Everybody knows us and the salad has become an end-of-pregnancy tradition for most locals."
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Jinger's due date is fast approaching, which explains why she was so eager to try the famous salad.
The TV personality, who's been showing off her growing baby bump on social media, married Jeremy in 2016.
The couple shares two-year-old daughter Felicity.
Jinger and Jeremy announced her pregnancy to her famous family on the most recent season of the TLC show during a virtual gathering over Zoom.
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During the episode, the expectant father revealed that they waited a while to share the news that they are expecting after they suffered a tragic miscarriage.
He shared: "We found out about three months ago, but we decided to wait a bit longer, perhaps than normal, because of the miscarriage.”
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Jinger told her family that she was feeling "well" and "most of the morning sickness has passed."
She continued: "It's a really enjoyable time.”
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