Recipe: Tortoise fall salad

Well it’s coming up to fall but the weather is still perfect for a fresh salad and there’s still plenty of plants in your garden that can go into it. This one is a real treat on a warm fall afternoon.

Salad ingredients

Most or all of the following (depending what you can find in your garden or local market). Health food stores often stock dried versions of these ingredients which is fine as a substitute for one or two of them, but they aren’t as nutritious or nearly as tasty. Remember: fresh is best!

• Desert willow flowers
• ivy geranium
• gazania
• Hall's honeysuckle
• hollyhock
• Mexican evening primrose
• rose petals
• young grape leaves
• petunia
• verbena
• the young pads of spineless cactus

Dressing

• Two tablespoons rosewater vinegar (or other flower-derived vinegar)
• One tablespoon coconut oil
• One teaspoon seeded mustard
• Salt to taste (but not too much!)

Combine salad leaves. Mix dressing ingredients in a jar and shake vigorously.

Enjoy!

Dr Frankie Miller