'Adventurous Plate' Salad
This is a mixture of tasty leaves to nibble on, or simply add to other salads to satisfy your need for an adventure on your plate!
Contains a mixture of:
Garlic cress - subtle garlic hit, followed up with a cabbage like, mildly spicy flavour
Mashua leaves - peppery leaves that give your palate a pleasant kick.
Immortality herb (otherwise known as gynostemma pentaphyllum) - sweet aftertaste with licorice like flavours.
Vietnamese coriander - Highly aromatic and powerful flavour with strong peppery kick.
Sweet potato leaves - Mild leaf, similar in taste and texture to spinach.
Fennel flowers - Strong sweet aniseed/licorice flavour - like a floral sweet.
Nasturtium flowers - peppery
Lemon Balm - herby, lemon flavour that enhances any salad.
Yarrow - herby bitter flavour a bit like a cross between thyme and sage
Suggest use:
Simply add to a normal salad to turn it into an interesting experience, or just nibble on its own!
Try to really savour each type of leaf's flavour, aroma and effect on your physiology!
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