A big salad:
Two varieties of leaf lettuce, one a dark red-purple curly type you'll never find at the grocery store.
Spinach.
Arugula.
Mustard spinach (a very mild variety of mustard, actually)
Another mild form of mustard.
Four or five leaves of a spicy reddish mustard.
Mizuna (a frilly-leaved green of turnip, actually, from Japan)
Three leaves of red shiso, another Japanese herb.
A dozen or so leaves of lamb's quarters, a wild weed that grows all over the place, and is just excellent.
Five standard red round radishes, sliced thin.
Four or five green leaves from the same radishes.
A few leaves of hyssop, the famed "bitter herb" of Passover times in the Old Testament.
Three or four sprigs of chervil, a very sweet anise-flavored herb resembling cilantro.
Three nasturtium flowers.
A little ground pepper and a pinch of salt.
That's it, all rescued from the garden in the rain and wind we are currently experiencing. No fatty oily dressing of any kind. The herbs and nasturtium flowers and spicy mustard leaves provide plenty of dressing-like flavor to the salad.
I'm trying to fantasize that it's all very healthy for me, while I take my glass of wine and go to bed.
caw
Two varieties of leaf lettuce, one a dark red-purple curly type you'll never find at the grocery store.
Spinach.
Arugula.
Mustard spinach (a very mild variety of mustard, actually)
Another mild form of mustard.
Four or five leaves of a spicy reddish mustard.
Mizuna (a frilly-leaved green of turnip, actually, from Japan)
Three leaves of red shiso, another Japanese herb.
A dozen or so leaves of lamb's quarters, a wild weed that grows all over the place, and is just excellent.
Five standard red round radishes, sliced thin.
Four or five green leaves from the same radishes.
A few leaves of hyssop, the famed "bitter herb" of Passover times in the Old Testament.
Three or four sprigs of chervil, a very sweet anise-flavored herb resembling cilantro.
Three nasturtium flowers.
A little ground pepper and a pinch of salt.
That's it, all rescued from the garden in the rain and wind we are currently experiencing. No fatty oily dressing of any kind. The herbs and nasturtium flowers and spicy mustard leaves provide plenty of dressing-like flavor to the salad.
I'm trying to fantasize that it's all very healthy for me, while I take my glass of wine and go to bed.
caw
