What's in your Salad Bed?

[Penellype]

I tend to grab what's there rather than having a specific salad bed, but I do find myself avoiding certain things, particularly the coarser mizuna/mustard types. Getting fussier in my old age, I suspect, so salads are mainly lettuce, plus whatever is available/in season from cucumber, tomato, spinach, pea shoots, fresh peas, microgreens, peppers, beetroot, carrots, apple, new potatoes (nice if boiled then tossed in a little french dressing while hot, then mixed with mayonnaise when cold), chives, garlic chives, edible flowers. I also add sultanas, and sometimes cottage cheese or smoked cheese (which I obviously don't grow!).

[mcdood]

I inherited mint and lemon balm on my allotment and never paid them much attention as not fussed about mint sauce or lemon balm tea. Thanks to this thread I now know what to do with them. I picked some young leaves this morning and added a few to my usual lunchtime salad leaves and it was a delicious addition, thank you.