Friday Night Salad

Salad greens are the easiest things to grow - and they grow fast. I once heard of someone who, when she was done with her bag salad, filled it with dirt, some salad/lettuce seeds and put it in a sunny spot. She had lettuce in 8 weeks! I think I need to try that..

But first, Greenie and Little Manster make a salad from whatever they can find in the raised bed. They collected a variety of salad greens and some carrots. I offered them some cucumbers and tomatoes from the fridge, but they only wanted to work with what they'd collected.

After washing the greens, Greenie gently ripped up the leaves. (or not so gently actually. i think I had to say, 'easy there, your going to bruise the poor things' about 50 times.)

Then Little Manster worked the carrots sans knife. (he did a pretty good job, and he could be as rough as he wanted. he liked that.)

Then they made their favorite salad dressing, (not pictured) but here is the recipe:

- a little water, a little garlic, soy sauce and olive oil. Whisk to taste.

A toss or two.

And a taste. YUM!

Add a grilled cheese sandwich to the mix and we have a fabulous dinner!