I'm a greenie

Green has always been my favorite color. I'm also enamored by textures. All shades and textures of green. Having been raised on the Oregon coast, I wonder how much being surrounded by lush greens all year round influenced that love?

Put those two together, and you get GARDEN GREENS! I have something green at every meal - right now, asparagus for breakfast starts my day; a bowl of mixed salad greens or brothy soup with spinach or lamb's quarters for lunch; steamed or oven roasted broccoli with a light dinner - I never get tired of eating green.

Young Buttercrunch lettuce garnished by volunteer dill in a garden bed...

with snippings from my beloved herb bed alongside the tub of mixed greens I trim for salad cuttings...
make a daily harvest deeply satisfying.

Keeping garden greens crisp and handy is easy. A quick rinse in the colender, then laid on a paper towel...

gently rolled like a jelly roll...

inserted into a clear plastic bag (so you don't forget what's in it), secured with a handy clip then stored in the frig...

ensure that there are cool crisp greens ready at a moment's notice.

And that moment is frequently all the time I have, to grab something nutritious and greenly satisfying. Adding a crumble of goat cheese, a sprinkle of toasted walnuts, a spritz of vinegrette -

OK, two moments.