Mixed salad leaves (peppery) Grown by Riverford's Devon Polytunnels at Buckfastleigh, Devon

£2.85 / 100g

A balanced salad mix of colours, textures and flavours

We’re pretty proud of our seasonal salad mixes, freshly picked on our Devon farm. We grow all sorts of organic leaves, and pick what’s tasting best each week to give you a carefully balanced mix of colours, textures and flavours: sweet and peppery, delicate and crisp. Instead of importing from overseas, our salad celebrates the British seasons - while saving on carbon!

Conventional ‘washed’ salad leaves often undergo a chlorine treatment wash. Our fresh, untreated leaves just need a rinse under cold water in your kitchen, so you can enjoy natural food straight from our farm.

Here's a little guide to the main varieties we grow:

  • Red Salanova - the leaves are tender, with a delicate, sweet, buttery flavour.
  • Mustard- That unique mustard character, but sweet and peppery rather than overly pungent or bitter.
  • Dandelion - They aren’t just pesky weeds! Distinctly bitter and spicy, dandelion leaves are beautiful balanced with sharp, acidic dressings.
  • Radicchio - The dark red leaves have a fabulous bitter flavour – just the thing to revive a jaded winter palate.
  • Claytonia - Succulent, mellow, spinach-like leaves. A great backbone to a salad mix, acting as a foil to its punchier companions. Safe and steady.
  • Ruby chard - Like a cross between spinach and beetroot tops; sweet, earthy and robust. The young stalks have a wonderful crunch.

Prefer a milder tasting salad mix? Our Mild Salad Leaves might be for you.

Country of origin

Produced in
  • The UK

How to prepare

Three tips for a good salad.

  1. Balance. Balance salty cheese or olives with sweet apples, roasted peppers or tomatoes, and combat bitter tastes with something sharp.

  2. Texture. Toasted nuts, seeds or croutons will lend a crunch to proceedings. Pulses and grains such as puy lentils or chickpeas bring bite as well as bulk. Raw beans or asparagus can add a hit of fresh, snappy succulence.

  3. Style. It isn’t always prudent to toss everything together. Herbs, crumbled cheese, nuts and vibrant dressings are best added at the end as a finishing flourish.

Storage

Keep in the fridge and eat within a couple of days. Fresh from our farm, so give the leaves a wash before using.

  • Riverford stalwart Ed Scott standing in a polytunnel holdings herbs and a chilli pepper.

    Grown by Riverford's Devon Polytunnels, Buckfastleigh, Devon

    Riverford on Wash Farm is our Devon home, and has been since 1986. As well as growing lots of veg outdoors in the fields, we have several acres of polytunnels. Protected from the weather, we grow summery treats such as cherry tomatoes, award-winning mini cucumbers, fresh basil, lots of colourful chilli peppers, and more.

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