Salad of Mixed Greens

Now that mesclun (for more on this “mix,” see) is everywhere, and often has kale and little cabbage leaves or raw chard in it—I don’t want to stand there for hours in the supermarket picking out the cattle food even if they would let me—I go more for mixed greens that I choose and mix myself.

I have developed many variants of the garden salad over the years. This version is the basic one, using whatever greens, flowers, and herbs you have in your