HomeblogSalads for microgreens If you’ve been taking part in the 52-week salad challenge so far, you’ll already know that microgreens are a lynchpin of your salad dishes at present. They are quick to grow, do not require as much light or space as cut-and-come again salads, and have a wonderful kick of a taste. Some microgreens are well-known, others less so. To help you get a fat crop of tiny leaves that is as varied and flavoursome as possible, here is a near-comprehensive list of salads that you can grow as microgreens: Amaranth Basil Beetroot Bok Choy Broccoli Cabbage Carrot Celery leaf Celtuce Chard Chervil Chia (Salvia hispanica) Chicory Chinese mustard Chinese water pepper Chives Coriander Cress Dandelion Dill Endive Fennel Fenugreek Garlic chives Hong vit Hon tsai tai Italian dandelion ‘Red rib’ Kale Kohl Rabi Komatsuna Lamb’s lettuce Leek Lemon balm Lettuce Minutina Mitsuba Mizuna Mustard Orache Par cel Peas Perilla Perpetual spinach Purslane Radicchio Radish Rocket Sage Savory Shungiku Sorrel Spinach Spring onion Tatsoi Thyme Turnip Watercress Yukina Warning: While you can grow most salads and herbs as microgreens, you cannot use the leaves of parsnips, as they are poisonous at all stages. Don’t forget to follow others taking part in the salad challenge on twitter using the hashtag#saladchat. And if you don’t have your own blog but want to write a post about your own experience of the challenge, then use our Your Blogs section. Share this:Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)MoreClick to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Online treasuresUK Casinos Not On GamstopCasino Sites Not On GamstopUK Online Casinos Not On Gamstop 7 Responses Mel February 8, 2012 Thank nyou so much for this list. I have been wondering if there are any I shouldn’t be eating. I am safe from parsnips, because I don’t eat them when large, so I haven’t any seeds! Reply Gudrun February 8, 2012 Hallo, I’m intrigued by the idea of growing microgreens, as the recemt cold has even killed off my hardiest overwintering vegetables. I didn’t find spinach or lambs lettuce on your list, but I have lots of extra seeds. Can I grow these, too? And if so, how do I go about? Thank you! Reply F&F February 8, 2012 Hi Gudrun, You can grow them as microgreens for sure - the omission was a mistake! I’ll add them now. Here’s a guide on how to grow them: http://www.fennelandfern.co.uk/blog/2012/01/07/the-52-week-salad-challenge/ Thanks! Reply Barbara Wilde February 9, 2012 Thanks for the link, and the heads up about parsnip leaves! Not that I was going to eat the leaves, but still lol Reply Sonia Rasbery February 13, 2012 Been considering trying out micro-greens, so pleased to come across this article and information through your 52 week challenge. Will be having a good read through for tips and advice. Reply Mel March 17, 2012 I went to a restuarant the other day and was served cucumber microgreens. They were very tasty, but more like lamb’s tongue lettuce with a hint of cucumber. I would recommend them, especially if you have seed saved from last year’s crop. Reply F&F March 17, 2012 Mel, that’s such a good idea. I’m sowing pumpkin and courgette as microgreens in the next week to see what they are like. Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply
Mel February 8, 2012 Thank nyou so much for this list. I have been wondering if there are any I shouldn’t be eating. I am safe from parsnips, because I don’t eat them when large, so I haven’t any seeds! Reply
Gudrun February 8, 2012 Hallo, I’m intrigued by the idea of growing microgreens, as the recemt cold has even killed off my hardiest overwintering vegetables. I didn’t find spinach or lambs lettuce on your list, but I have lots of extra seeds. Can I grow these, too? And if so, how do I go about? Thank you! Reply
F&F February 8, 2012 Hi Gudrun, You can grow them as microgreens for sure - the omission was a mistake! I’ll add them now. Here’s a guide on how to grow them: http://www.fennelandfern.co.uk/blog/2012/01/07/the-52-week-salad-challenge/ Thanks! Reply
Barbara Wilde February 9, 2012 Thanks for the link, and the heads up about parsnip leaves! Not that I was going to eat the leaves, but still lol Reply
Sonia Rasbery February 13, 2012 Been considering trying out micro-greens, so pleased to come across this article and information through your 52 week challenge. Will be having a good read through for tips and advice. Reply
Mel March 17, 2012 I went to a restuarant the other day and was served cucumber microgreens. They were very tasty, but more like lamb’s tongue lettuce with a hint of cucumber. I would recommend them, especially if you have seed saved from last year’s crop. Reply
F&F March 17, 2012 Mel, that’s such a good idea. I’m sowing pumpkin and courgette as microgreens in the next week to see what they are like. Reply
