Salad Day Success!
Can you see this seed?
Do you see the seed at the end of this pencil? We estimated that ONE SEED just like this produced about TWO BOWLS of lettuce that we enjoyed today!
We worked hard for our salad, going way back to early September when we planted our lettuce and radish seeds. We watered them and watched them grow. We weeded and made sure they had room to grow. 
Then we harvested the lettuce and radishes. Cleaned them well and we even made the salad 
dressings with herbs from our garden and a few store bought ingredients.
Then we harvested the lettuce and radishes. Cleaned them well and we even made the salad 
dressings with herbs from our garden and a few store bought ingredients. And you know what we realized? We have a lot of lettuce left over and a lot of dressing. It looks like we will be having another salad day soon!
Here are the Dressing Recipes (thank you to Mrs. Seawell for organizing and helping with this whole event – especially the dressing making!):
Vinaigrette
1 cup balsamic vinegar
1 cup olive oil
2 tbsp. chopped fresh herbs (we used parsley, rosemary, basil, lemon balm, and oregano)
Mix together and shake well before serving!
Creamy Herb Dressing
1 quart light mayo
1 quart plain low-fat yogurt
1 tsp. salt
4 Tbsp. chopped fresh herbs (we used basil, oregano, thyme, lemon grass, lemon balm, parsley)
Mix all together and store in the refridgerator!
Tammy King said,
November 10, 2009 @ 8:47 pm
Those salads sure look yummy!
Great job on growing your own lettuce.
You guys have soooooooooo much fun!
Kathy Seawell said,
November 15, 2009 @ 9:05 pm
Mr. M J’s Class,
We had so much fun in the cooking lab making the salad dressings and the salad. I think we have some future chefs and maybe a farmer or two in this class.