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Salad Greens!
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Kids right here in Whatcom County plant, grow, harvest, sell and EAT salad greens!
Blaine Farmers’ Market
Bellingham Farmers’ Market
Photo credit: David
Westerlund
Photo credit: Mardi SolomonSlide3
How are salad greens different from plain old lettuce?
Salad greens are vegetables that are often served raw and can act as a bed for other salad ingredients. They are usually a variety of different lettuces.
http://
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Why pick salad greens?
Variety is good for you. Different lettuces have different amounts of different vitamins. Salad made with a mixture of salad greens often has more vitamins, thanks to the variety. There are four main categories of lettuce:
looseleaf
,
butterhead
, crisphead, and romaine.
Crisphead
: iceberg
Butterhead
Romaine
Looseleaf
Iceberg lettuce from Cook's Thesaurus: Salad
Greeens
.
http://www.foodsubs.com/Greensld.html
. Other salad green photo credits from:
Epicurious
:
http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/seasonalcooking/farmtotable/visualguidesaladgreens#10Slide5
Salad greens are a great way to eat a rainbow.
Enjoy salad greens for Harvest of the Month!
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