8 salad verbena Recipes

dry white wine, honey , plus 2 tsp (see homemade lavender ), fresh lemon juice (preferably from meyer lemons), chopped fresh lemon zest, chopped fresh lemon verbena (optional), granulated sugar, mixed baby lettuce greens (4 generous handfuls), fresh peach, fresh nectarine, fresh raspberry (or fresh berries of your choice), sliced fresh lemon verbena or lemon balm or mint leaf, for garnish

lettuce leaf (to line the platter) (optional), grape tomatoes (yellow , orange, red, etc.) or 1 pint heirloom tomato (yellow, orange, red, etc.), lemon cucumbers (your choice to peel ) or 1 small cucumber, diced (your choice to peel), feta cheese, cubed, white balsamic vinegar (my addition), extra virgin olive oil, cracked black pepper, fresh lemon verbena leaves , cut into ribbons (not dried!)

lemon , juice, kefir or 1/2 cup sour cream or 1/2 cup yogurt, fresh lemon verbena leaves (use a mix of all) or 2 tbsp lime basil (use a mix of all) or 2 tbsp parsley (use a mix of all), salt, pepper, honey or 1 tbsp sugar, mayonnaise , optional for more creaminess, fresh shredded carrots, marcona almonds , rough chopped, crystallized ginger , rough chopped, dried mango, diced, diced fresh pineapple (optional)

loosely packed baby spinach or 4 cups mixed greens, cleaned, rinsed and spun dried, strawberry, hulled, cleaned and sliced, purple scallions, thinly sliced (standard green scallions ok), lemon verbena leaves, to taste, cut into ribbons, candied walnuts (almonds, walnuts or pecans)

israeli couscous, head of broccoli, florets only , save stems for another use, red apple ( skin on ), shredded or juliene carrots, tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil, key lime juice, lemon verbena leaves ( or zest from grated lemon), salt and frssh cracked pepper to taste

granny smith apples , quartered lengthwise, cored and thinly sliced crosswise (about 1 lb), sweet onion , such as vidalia, quartered lengthwise and thinly sliced crosswise, ginger, about 3 inches, peeled and cut into 1/8-by-2-inch matchsticks, fresh coconut, finely grated (i used frozen), fresh lemon juice, basil, finely shredded, salt & freshly ground black pepper, lemon verbena leaves (about 3 oz) or 2 stalks fresh lemongrass, tender inner white bulbs only, crushed, grapeseed oil, salt