Lettuce Patch Gardens
Sustainably grown artisan vegetables
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Learn about each of the vegetables we grow and find great recipes using our vegetables

Our organic produce: Lettuce & Salad Mixes, Scallions, Baby Leeks, Parsley, Cutting-Celery, Radishes
Recipes for our organic produce: Lettuce & Salad Mixes, Scallions, Baby Leeks, Parsley, Cutting-Celery, Radishes
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Arugula

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Popular in Italy and Southern France. It is typically found in mesclun mixes, and makes a wonderful salad on its own. It has a strong peppery flavor that is tempered with cooking.

Nutrition: Exceptionally high in beta carotene, vitamin C, calcium and a good source of iron.

Asian Greens

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Beets

 

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Broccoli Raab

 

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A traditional Italian vegetable. It has small broccoli-like florets that taste like broccoli. Its mustard-y greens are mellowed with cooking.

Nutrition: Good source of beta carotene and iron; very good source of vitamin C and calcium.

Carrots

 

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Celeriac

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Chinese Cabbage

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With a flavor superior to other cabbages, Chinese cabbage has a crunchy texture, but can become creamy with longer cooking.

Nutrition: High in beta carotene, vitamin C, potassium, some B vitamins and fiber.

Lettuce

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When you sample the wide variety of great tasting lettuce and lettuce mixes available today, you will see why the days of iceberg-lettuce salads are numbered.

Nutrition: Has beta carotene, some calcium and vitamin C.

Mache

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Radiccio

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Radishes

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Salad Dressings

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Scallions

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Also called green onions by growers, scallions are >>>>>>

Spinach

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Swiss Chard

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Our favorite Cookbooks for slow, seasonal and organic food

Fresh Choices
Author: David Joachim
Food to Live By
Author: Myra Goodman
Organic Cookbook
Author: Eric Treuille
   
         

 

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Lettuce Patch Gardens, Inc.
Sustainably grown artisan vegetables
Cheryl Spencer, Owner & Market Gardener
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