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A side salad of sorts made with fresh grown flowers and sprouts from around the house, with a bit of red onion from the fridge.  These salads have become a creative outlet.  Luckily, so far, they are tasty too.  Growing up, the only salads I ate were made of torn iceberg lettuce, sliced red tomatoes and maybe a chopped cucumber.  The dressing was usually mayonnaise from a jar until my mom got into creamy bottled dressings.  Recently, at a restaurant, I saw a salad being served.  On a lovely china saucer sat a wedge of iceberg lettuce and upon its light green surface was drizzled a bit of white dressing.  When I checked the menu for its price, I was a bit startled and could only think of my mom and had to chuckle.

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When I say some of my growing vessels are tiny, I’m not kidding.  This little clay pot is approximately 2 inches deep and 2.5 inches across.

I imagine one day that the cuban oregano growing inside will tip it over.  But not yet.

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nasturtium leaves

upland cress and spicy mix sprouts

one tomato and a little red onion

finish off with a drizzle of olive oil, sprinkle of black pepper and whatever else your heart desires 😉

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Mugs are on sale.  I repeat, mugs and espresso cups are on sale in my zazzle shop, ImagesbyCynthia.  Click on any image to learn more.  Most of the images are in the realms of nature and science.

In the realm of food, there’s some new 6×6 prints and coasters available in the JustFood shop. Enjoy!

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in a recycled carry out container grows pea sprouts that are quite tasty with tomatoes and hummus.  In the gold goblet, upland cress is hopefully germinating.  Their sprouts from a previous harvest were quite fine on smoked salmon.  And I think in the clay pots I planted some combination of sunflowers and a spicy mesclun mix.  The sun shines on them bright so we’ll see what happens next. And, meanwhile, outside and down below, that same sun shines intense on a landscape covered in ice and snow.

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It is a gift that keeps giving.  The herb with one hundred names.  Oregano on steroids.  My friend simply introduced it as cuban oregano when he handed me the little pot several years ago.

It is a hardy succulent that smells wonderful when you rake your finger gently across a leaf.  And even if you aren’t gentle, and a piece falls to the soil, no problem.  It roots quite easily.  From my one pot, I now have several pots of oregano.  Please keep in mind that some of these “pots” are the size of demitasse cups but … they are still wonderful, edible, bits of green to tuck in sunlit places.

P.S. You can view some green images in this previous post.  😉

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The instructions say to plant seeds in a shallow dish and move as needed for best light. Instructions I can follow! Not sure how I’m going to serve up this first little harvest.  Maybe with slices of avocado and tomatoes on toasted bread rubbed with garlic.  Theoretically, this cress is a spicy herb.  We shall see. I’m not sure that I grow enough at a time to benefit from the nutritional value, but the simple act of planting a few seeds in a bit of dirt and watching the sprouts rise in the sun, that’s worth the effort alone.

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