Preserving

Monday, April 26, 2010

Harvest Monday


I harvested two more heads of romaine lettuce last night. This lettuce made it through the winter under two feet of snow. We had a wonderful ceasar salad with dinner last night! Only two heads left :(

Ceasar Dressing Recipe

1-2 Cloves Garlic
1 Egg
1/3 Cup Vegetable Oil
1/4 tsp. Dry Mustard
3 Drops Tabasco
1/4 tsp. Worcestershire Sauce
3/4 tsp. Red Wine Vinegar
1 tsp. Lemon Juice
Pepper & Salt

Finely chop garlic, add remaining ingredients and blend well. I use a mini chopper/grinder. You could use a blender or food processor.

Top fresh greens with your choice of grated cheese, bacon bits, croutons or anchovies....what ever you desire! ENJOY!

9 comments:

  1. Beutiful winter survivors! Does a cover of snow make the lettuce taste sweeter?

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  2. Angela, I think that it tastes a little more bitter. My dinner guests did not think so.

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  3. Lovely harvest!

    I also had over wintered lettuce for harvest. It was not bitter. It is a different variety than this one...

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  4. That romaine is lovely - and obviously hardy as well!

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  5. That's amazing a romaine can survive under the snow and emerge so beautiful and green! Your Ceaser salad recipe sounds so good!

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  6. Those are two beautiful heads of lettuce. I can't wait for my romaine to be ready to pick, but mine was planted in the spring so it will still be a while.

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  7. I've not tried overwitnering romaine but now I will. I have seeded some red romaine that self sows. Maybe'll it'll give me some babies to experiment with.

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  8. The overwintering of the romaine was not planned. We were going to make a cold frame for this bed last fall. We didn't have the time to build it. I think that I will seed it again this fall!

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  9. I'll definitely have to try this recipe. Your lettuce looks amazing by the way.

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