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Garden greens on a plate do not a salad make, but with a few bits of savory bacon, some boiled eggs, croutons, or whatever you like on your salad, some garden greens would be good to raid your outdoor forest floor one night soon. Carrots, lettuce and parsley can also go in big pots.
Get this garden going and here are the kinds of plants to grow with the ideas following for the dishes they can accent.
1. Arugula
An Italian herlbal lettuce leaf that figures in continental nouveau cuisine as the central part of a salad with citric notes like tangerines or raisins and champagne dressing to counteract bitterness.
2. Broccoli (Raab & Romanesco)
Those who get their broccoli from the store are missing out on the chartreuse “Veronica” with its postlinear shapes and fantastic auliflower type head. The Romanesco tastes deeper than brocoli with a distinctly nutty flavor. Serve with olives tossed lightly in flavored olive oil and chili flakes for a vegetarian appetizer.
3. Savoy Cabbage
Not nearly a slaw salad green, the savoy is a salad classic with tuna and olives or sardines and orange juice soaked raisins in a tossed plate. Chop and fry with potatoes with butter. Use as a basis for pear and cottage cheese snack plates.
4. Green Onion
Great helps for that salad time when you don’t feel like cooking and something in the kitchen needs a punch. Bacon, chicken strips, baked potatoes and lots of other vegetables taste better with a hint of fresh chopped dill. Great for eggs scrambled or taco style beef.
5. Thyme, Dill, Mint, Parsley
These garden herbs can be chopped fresh and fine and complient any meal especially soup and give it extra flavor. Mint can be used with milk in smoothies or with lamb. Thyme is great for vegetable or meat dshes.
6. Cauliflower
Cream of cauliflower soup can be made with salt, pepper, and cooked cauliflower added back into the pan. Same with broccoli. Solve your dinnertime doldrums in coming months by setting up your kitchen garden now.
7. Mustard
The ultimate seasoning salad green also used for chopping in herb sauces and salad dressings. Creamed spinach is a sound side dish to set beside any steak or vegetable protein. Spinach chopped goes with almost any vegetable or salad.
8. Kale, Lacinato & Curly Leafed
Add the Lacinato to penne pasta with Italian sausage or lasagna and let it cook down. Collard greens with kale is a popular southern fried dish.
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