I love salads! Wandering around the gardens finding interesting edible ingredients to add to our daily salad is one of those things that I look forward to every day throughout summer.
Salads don't have to be boring. In fact, with so many ingredients to choose from they should be exciting! Skip the iceberg lettuce and reach for something more nutritious and nourishing for the mind and body. We use all sorts of things to make up the leafy greens including kale, chard, nasturtium, dandelion greens and more!
Today the base of our salad used kale and the remaining ingredients included:
Peony petals
Oregano (flowers and leaves)
Pansies
Nasturtium (flowers and leaves)
Kale flowers
Chive blossoms plus some chives
Oxeye Daisy
Pink Clover
Basil
This salad is packed with flavor while also being fresh, vibrant and full of nutrition. We work hard on the homestead and a wild and cultivated diet helps keep us strong and healthy. By eating such a varied diet we feel healthier and of course with the wild greens we are getting plenty of important digestive bitters that are often missing in store bought greens. This makes my body really happy. Plus, everything we put on the table looks so pretty.
The salad was tossed in a simple and healthy & easy to make salad dressing using our homemade apple cider vinegar / Fire cider concoction.