does anyone buy prepared salads?

Gingham_Ribbon

Try grated carrot drizzled with lemon juice and topped with sesame seeds. Or cooked, chopped beetroot with pumpkin seeds in a light dressing (olive oil and white wine vinegar)

mypet62

What about growing your own mixed lettace leaves in a pot on your window sill all year round!:j

dronid

I buy bagged salads as we can only get Iceberg and round lettuce in the supermarket. They have a 'Market Value' one for about £1 and it lasts 3 days.

*~*Pinky*~*

We have fresh spinach instead of lettuce, the kids prefer it to regular salad leaves (and it's better for them) and when it starts to go "over" I just add it to a curry!

champys

thriftlady wrote: »

Lettuce is a summer veg so we don't eat it in the winter.

When we want salad in winter I make them out of red cabbage, white cabbage, carrots, chicory (Belgian endive), onion, grated root veg like celeriac, apple, dried fruit, oranges, celery (if I can find British). Lamb's lettuce and watercress are sometimes available in the winter. Home sprouted bean sprouts are another good source of fresh salad stuff.

Yes, we do exactly the same in winter - there is so much that can be 'salad'! Today we had sliced cold cooked beetroot, sliced cucumber and shredded fennel, all drizzled with a little vinaigrette. Tomorrow it will be chicory with walnuts and apple.

kittyscarlett

Only watercress and sometimes lambs lettuce on occasion. Have not bought bagged mixed salad leaves in years, they are mank and go off far too quickly. Little gems and romaine are the best lettuce keepers if you have to buy it in winter but agree that salad consists of so much more than leaves. Take a tip from all the wartime cookery books that tell you how to make salads from all kinds of veg, fruit etc.

angelavdavis

I am growing salad leaves in my cold frame at the moment. They don't grow quickly, but have given us enough for a couple of meals. I also potted up a lollo rosso plant and it lives in my unheated conservatory and have cut some of this to use it too.

competitionscafe

Really easy and tasty warm beetroot salad:

Boil or roast some small fresh beetroot until cooked. Meanwhile whisk some tahini (sesame seed paste) and some crushed garlic into some greek yoghurt. Season with salt and pepper. Peel the beetroot (or just rub off the skins they come off fairly easily, rubber gloves help). Slice the beetroot into quarters (wedges). Put on a plate and drizzle with the dressing. Eat warm. Yum! (You can sprinkle the salad with freshly chopped mint if you have some but not essential.)

An alternative dressing which works really well is a salsa verde:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/recipes/article2169359.ece

Zara77

Hi
You could try visiting your local food market. Normally their salad stuff is much cheaper and you can buy the volume you require. And it tastes alot better.

Hollyberry

I tend to buy beetroot, red cabbage and carrot through the winter months and do the grating and slicing with the mandoline, so it's quick. We have a weekly veggie box which also has celariac and fennel occasionally, so there's a bit of variety. I keep a jar of Julian Graves' mixed seeds and nuts for salad; these are gorgeous for a bit more crunch and are lovely with honey mustard dressing. In the summer, it's the farm shop's mixed leaves (choose your own from a selection), which are absolutely delicious.