Salad Mix is what we call our medley of greens where lettuce is the main attraction. The lettuce we are currently growing is a "Red Planet Blend" so it's the three different varieties of red lettuce you see in that mix. We also usually add some real flavor punches to the mix to make a ready to eat mix out of it. Early in the spring that means pea shoots, throughout the season it usually means some Sorrel--a strong lemon-y tasting green.
HOW TO STORE: In a closed bag with a paper towel in the fridge.
HOW TO USE: This one is right in the name--make a salad! With the sorrel and pea shoots in there you almost don't need a dressing. I'd recommend some salt, a little bit of oil, and your favorite vinegar. Add some mustard greens to it and no-one with taste buds could ever call that a "boring" salad.
One of our go-to quick meals in the week are "wraps." These start with big tortillas and almost always have eggs, cheese, some homemade mayo*, and loads of greens on them. Depending on how much time we have that is sometimes all they have, but what we really like is sautee-ing up some roots, carrots, potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, garlic, and having a big batch of rice, beans, quinoa, or lentils that we can add.
*when we were looking for ways to use up our winter surplus of eggs I started making homemade mayo. I feel like I've really stumbled upon a wonderfully delicious gourmet hack. Mayo is super simple: drop some amount of eggs, some vinegar, some mustard, little bit of lemon juice in a blender and get it going a bit, then slowly add oil until your happy with the consistency (I didn't say it was healthy...) Where the fun comes in is how you can customize it to be exactly what you want. I wonder what adding some spicy brown mustard would do to the flavor...I wonder what adding A LOT of spicy brown mustard would do to the flavor! Our favorite customization lately has been dropping a clove or two of raw garlic into the blender at the beginning . You can even tell your friends and family that you are serving them homemade garlic aoli and feel real fancy (fun fact: aoli originally meant just garlic and oil, even though it is now basically synonymous with mayo).