Lettuce Soup with 1C

Recipe for Lettuce Soup

2 litre	Vegetable stock
1	Lettuce roughly chopped
6	Spring onions roughly chopped
1	Garlic, chopped
4-6	Potatoes peeled and chopped
pinch	Nutmeg
4 teaspoon	sugar
1 cup	cream
Garnish	parsley

Place stock, lettuce, spring onions, garlic, potatoes, nutmeg and sugar into a pot and bring to boil. Simmer until potatoes are done then puree with a stick blender, stir in the cream and garnish with mint leaves or chives.

Oriental crunchy noodle salad with 4S

Cutting up red cabbage, chinese cabbage, purple carrots and spring onions from the garden.

Recipe Oriental Fried Noodle Salad

½ - 1	Chinese cabbage, red cabbage, carrots
6	Green onions, chopped into 5mm lenghts
1pkt	Fried noodles

Dressing

¼ cup	White vinegar
¼ cup	Castor sugar
1 tablespoon	Soy sauce
2 teaspoon	Sesame oil
½ cup	Olive oil

Combine all the dressing ingredients in a saucepan. Stir well over low heat until sugar is dissolved. Cool. Toss the cabbage, chopped green onions in salad bowl. Add dressing and mix well. Just before serving add the noodles and toss thoroughly.

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Mr Green the Gecko says ...

Even if you have little growing space you can always squeeze in a few herbs to add freshness and flavour to your food. Try growing basil, dill, garlic, mint, oregano, parley, thyme. They are easy to cultivate and ideal for beginners.