So this week I've had two small pickings of corn salad, also known as lamb's lettuce, a hardy salad leaf, with lovely dark leaves. I left a few plants to go to seed a few years ago. This year, after harvesting potatoes and disturbing the soil a bit, I had a surprise crop spring up. I've got some leeks and chard in the same bed too, that I transplanted there after harvesting all the potatoes. I've now covered this bed with environmesh.
The first picking, which went into sarnies for lunch,
And some more I picked today, for more sarnies made this evening (with egg and carrot). There's quite a few little corn salad plants, and rather than leave them to get big and picking a whole plant, (which would take a long time to grow) I've been picking a few leaves from each, a bit like 'cut and come again'. These were only little sandwiches so I made 3 to have one and a half each :) Nice to have some fresh greenery.
And a bit of a beige but tasty meal yesterday (I didn't realise how bad the photo made the meal look, I was rushing to eat! ) with home grown veggies - cabbage, potatoes and plum chutney. Also a celeriac roasted as chips but not home grown. Plus I made another two of Shaheen's chickpea loaf (I froze one). It was raining all day so I felt like a bit of baking.
And finally, nothing to do with harvests but....how cute is our cat Minxie!!! Enjoying a sunny spot.
Linking in with Harvest Monday over at Daphne's Dandelions.
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I've never thought of putting carrot in a sandwich.
ReplyDeleteI put it in sometimes sue, cutting the carrot quite thinly, adds a bit of crunch.
DeleteI put grated carrot in a sandwich too, but its mostly with hummus - I nicked the idea from Boots, they used to do a vegan sandwich (not sure if they still do it) called Bugs Bunny, or something like that...anyway, I started making it at home. Now you reminded me and I shd make it for work one of these days.
DeleteI'm too lazy to grate the carrot Shaheen (which also makes more washing up!) so I just slice it thinly instead for sandwiches :). Although in the summer when making salads I do grated carrot with poppyseed and drizzle with cider vinegar or similar.
DeleteDefinitely good to get inspiration from shop combinations. I save the ingredients lists from posh salads, keep meaning to make them (like lentil salads). I've never actually got round to making one though!
I do occasionally grow a bit of Corn Salad, but it is frustratingly slow to mature! I usually pick a few leaves at a time, like you do, and put them in a mixed salad.
ReplyDeleteIt is slow isn't it mark! I've spotted a few more little seedlings of corn salad so hopefully will get a spring harvest.
DeleteThat corn salad looks so fresh & delicious! I haven't grown any yet, but it is on the list to try in the future.
ReplyDeleteOh, Minxie is adorable...I loved when our cats did the "curl".
Thanks Margaret! It's a good crop for early and late season, and grows best for me when it self seeds. I Have some packet seed left but I might just throw it randomly on my two small veg beds in the back garden to see what happens.
DeleteThank you, minxie sure is a cutie! And has a talent for finding the sunny places.
That is a nice harvest for the middle of winter. I have some mache down under the snow too, but I'm not digging to find it. I'll eat it in the spring when the snow melts.
ReplyDeleteThanks daphne, I haven't heard it called mache before (had to google it). It'll be a nice harvest for you when the snow's gone.
ReplyDeleteSalad still coming from the garden, how lucky are you. Oh I am also so glad you are still making the Chickpea Loaf - good to know it freezes well. By the way, I have all the ingredients to make your Chestnut Loaf, so will let you know when I the blog post goes up. MInxie looks so adorable,
ReplyDeleteThanks Shaheen. Yeh the loaf is so easy, a great one to keep making. I varied this one a bit and mixed a tin of chick peas and a tin of butter beans to make enough mixture for two loaves (I'd had the butter beans knocking around for a while so thought I'd use them up).
DeleteOoh, I might get some chestnut loaf out of the freezer for tea :)
HAd no idea lamb's lettuce lasted through the winter, Lou - yet another reason to include this in my new (tiny) patch.
ReplyDeleteYes it's a good one Lynne, and can be sown late summer so is good as a follow-on once you've harvested summer crops and then have an empty space. It doesn't do well for me in the summer anyway, so is better for autumn/ winter / spring. The dark leaves are good for you too :)
DeleteI have sown it before as part of a 'mixed leaves' seed packet, but, as I say, had no idea it was a 'keeper'. Great news!
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