
Ever notice all the different greens that make up “mesclun”? Mesclun, roughly translated from the Provençal dialect, means “mixture.” Many of the greens in mesclun mixes are available individually at the supermarket or at farmers’ markets or in your garden if you grow your own. This guide will help you identify some of our favorite choices for the salad bowl.

A quick-growing, peppery salad green that stars in most mesclun mixes. Baby arugula has a more mellow flavor and larger-leafed mature arugula is more intensely spicy.
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