Tarting Up the Kitchen Garden
Growing your own salad greens and herbs is very satisfying, and you don't need a lot of space. You can grow a few greens in large pots or troughs, or tuck them into the flowerbed. In no time at all you'll be enjoying your first harvest. In our ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Herbs in Pots
Don potted up troughs with salad greens, including lettuce, chicory, mizuna and spinach. He also planted some smaller pots with tea herbs, including lemon grass, lemon verbena, lemon balm, peppermint and sage. Don planted red oak-leaf and green ... [... more]
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Grevillea grafting
For information on growing drought tolerant Tree Peonies click here. For our salad greens growing tips and recipes, click here For our silver beet growing tips and recipes, click here For our tomato recipes, click here For our quince growing tips ... [... more]
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Chickpea Salad
Have you ever tried chickpea salad? Its great in whole wheat pita bread with lettuce and/or sprouts. Mix everything together and stuff in a pita or on bread as a sandwich. You can also scoop it onto plate lined with salad greens. 1 can chickpeas, ... [... more]
International Vegetarian Union |
Cranberry Vinaigrette
Process all ingredients in a blender until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides. Serve with salad greens. 1/4 cup cranberry juice drink concentrate 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard Serving Size: 10 1/4 teaspoon freshly ... [... more]
International Vegetarian Union |
Prawn Cocktail
Combine sauce ingredients in a bowl. Adjust quantities to taste. Place salad greens in serving bowl topped with a generous dollop of sauce. Salt & pepper, to taste Cooked prawns, as many as desired Display prawns around the outside of the ... [... more]
Australian Womens Weekly |
Mixed salad with warm olive and tomato vinaigrette
Place olive oil and lemon juice in a pan and heat until hot. Add olives, tomatoes and onion pieces, and cook for 1-2 minutes until onion has become tender. Scatter over salad greens and sprinkle with extra oregano and season. Place salad greens ... [... more]
Australian Womens Weekly |
Salad of bitter greens
Toss salad greens, cucumber and chives then dress with lemon juice and serve. 200g witlof, leaves separated 100g curly endive (or frisee) (type of lettuce) 2 tablespoons snipped fresh chives 1 Lebanese cucumber, diced [... more]
Australian Womens Weekly |
Growing Greens
When Neville was a lad, one of his jobs was to go out in the garden with a bowl and a pair of scissors and cut the salad greens; you can't get freshness better than that. Greens are so easy to grow in the home garden that buying them is almost a sin. [... more]
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