Lettuce

To taste fresh-picked lettuce is something I thought I knew. We’ve eaten greens fresh from the farm before. It turns out that where the farm is and who is growing it is also important. Blue Moon Acres has started growing on a slightly larger scale, and there is no comparison to the lettuces we’ve eaten in the past. These were tender and flavorful, as well as incredibly beautiful. They only required a hint of dressing, a squeeze of lime, and the pan juices from seared shrimp deglazed with a few tablespoons of wine to make them spectacular.

*A quick tip that I learned from Peg: Lettuces can be washed in the salad spinner using the basket to drain them before whirling them dry. Perhaps everyone else already knows this, although I’ve always used a separate bowl in the past. I learn something new every day…