Salad and veg leaves from the garden

[MTCee]

Fresh picked leaves for today’s salad and dinner. Sorrel, chives, rocket and tender new Swiss chard for the salad. Different kinds of kale for the stir fry 😋

[Professor-Yaffle]

Those chives look nice and fat... thin chives annoy me. Enjoy your crop MeTeeCee.

[MTCee in reply to Professor-Yaffle]

Thank you. They seem to have done well this year. Lots of tasty flowers too.

[Professor-Yaffle in reply to MTCee]

Chive flowers are very attractive. I think i would find it hard to choose between putting them in a salad or putting them in a vase.

[MTCee in reply to Professor-Yaffle]

I know what you mean 😂

[Subtle_badger]

Excellent. To eat what you grow. Work rewarded.

I used to hate salads, back when I was low fat. I would try to choke down a salad when I had to, dressed in a splash of vinegar. I would enjoy a bite of a leaf, but the whole pile would be an anathema to me.

But now I let myself it fat, I look at that a mentally add mayonnaise or a rich vinaigrette, and my mouth is watering. Added advantage, the fat soluble vitamins will actually be absorbed if fatty dressing is included.

Enjoy!

[MTCee in reply to Subtle_badger]

I totally agree. I make my own mustard vinaigrette and it’s darn tasty 😋 on a mixed salad.

[Missdoubleyou]

Looks lovely! I am trying to grow sorrel but it’s not looking very happy at the moment!

[MTCee in reply to Missdoubleyou]

I grew it for the first time last year and it did well. I think I should have grown it again from seed this year too, because it’s not as abundant this time and is intent on making seed.

[happytulip]

Looks fabulous. I'm looking for to cutting my first lot of lettuce today. I like a simple dressing of good quality olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

[MTCee in reply to happytulip]

I’m just experimenting with some lettuce this year. It’s looking quite promising but I don’t think mine will be ready for cutting for quite a while yet. You’ve done well to start harvesting some already.