p i c t u r e d : salad with home grown organic lettuce and mesclun mix / salad with home grown organic lettuces, cuccumbers, cherry tomatoes, parsley, and alfalfa sprouts
fresh raw salads are vital to good health - generally, we share one nice size salad per day, with dinner, and include as much home grown, locally grown produce as we can... there is an amazing array of delicious raw foods you can add to a salad, which means you can get VERY creative with the flavors and colors that nature provides...
there are hundreds of varieties of lettuce - enough to find which types grow best in your area, and what are your favorite flavors, textures, and colors... there is also a lot of variety in cut and come again baby greens and salad mixes - all of which grow very fast...
lettuces, baby greens, wild edible plants, edible flowers, sprouted seeds and grains, root veggies like carrots, beets, and radishes, cauliflower, chopped cabbage, celery, parsley, cucumbers, tomatoes, zucchini, peppers, peas, olives, and an equally diverse array of dressings make raw salads a supreme treat to eat
it is usually best to keep a salad somewhat simple - without TOO many ingredients... lettuce, spring mixes, sprouts, peas, and cabbage... tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers... lettuce, spinach, carrot, celery, parsley, tomato... 4 or 5 things is usually plenty...
our favorite way to have salad is simply with a little extra virgin olive oil, ume plum vinegar, and/or brown rice vinegar... other favorite combos are sesame tahini with ume plum vinegar, apple cider vinegar, or balsamic vinegar... hemp oil, with apple cider vinegar and bragg's liquid aminos... sprinkle a little eden shake, gomasio and/or dulse flakes on top... or add pieces of nori seaweed...
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