Green leaf lettuce
Red leaf lettuce
4 or 5 green onions, to taste
15 or so fresh snow peas or as many as you have in the garden
Fresh chives – 1 tbsp. chopped greens, 8 blossoms, snipped and 5 buds
Fresh parsley – lots
Fresh salad burnet
Fresh fennel (optional)
Fresh lemon verbena (optional)
Violets or violas or burnet flowers
Wash all ingredients in cold water. Shake off excess water. Tear lettuce leaves in pieces and put in bottom of bowl. Chop and add green onions and herbs. Make sure to use tender chive blossoms that haven’t been open too long, and salad burnet that is not yet bitter. If available, a few fennel sprigs and lemon verbena leaves make a nice addition. Top with violet, viola, or burnet flowers.
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